The Jersey City news., 1901-05-03
CORPORATION NOITCE



:, Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board OF Street and Water Commissioners on
Iuesday, May 7th 1901, at 2 O'Clock p NJ in
IN ne Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for
CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER IN WAYNE
STREET.
from corneison avenue to connect with the
sewer In Wayne street at Merseles street
Said sewer TO be built eonformably to
the provisions Of Chapter 217 of the Laws OF
l5s5, and in accordance with specifications on
file in the office Of the Clerk Of said Board
Blank forms Of bid and agreement OF sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the
Chief Engineer, City Hall. Jersey City, N J.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Standard
Of Cost.
About 50 iineai feet Of 24-inch circular
brick sewer, per lineal foot ............ $3.50
About 75 lineal feet Of 1S-inch vtriied pipe
sewer. per lineal foot .................... 1.40
About S17 lineal feet of se-inch circular
brick sewer. per lineal foot ........... 800
About go lineal feet Of 42-inch circular
brick sewer. per lineal foot ............ s.7s
About $40 lineal feet OF 42-inch cast iron
sewer. per iineai foot .......-.......... 100
About 10 cubic yards Of rock excavation.
per cubic yard .............. ...-.......... $50
About 70 cubic yards OF concrete, per
About 30 cubic yards of brick masonry.
per cubic yard ...--..-.. ...........@....- 500
About 2s,eo lineal feet of piles driven. per
Iineal foot ........... ,........ ....... OBS
NJ. feet .....,.....-...... 500
About 5000 feet B. NJ. flooring, per NJ
reet 2S.O0
About 10000 feet B. NJ. of sheathing. per
VI. feet ........-. ....-.......-... 1000
About receiving basins, each ............ $500
Time allowed for the completion of the work.
120 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award or the contract therefor viii be sub
ject to the remoastrance Of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor the basis Of prelIm-
mary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the construe-
tion of a sewer in Wayne street, directed 10
Mr.. Jas 5. Nolan, Chairman of the COMMITTEES
on Streets and Sewers" and handed to the
Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called for in the order Of business relating
to sealed proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
posals (and possible subsequent contrac) are
those of some surety company authorized to
do business in the State of New Jersey.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent. standard above quoted
for which they win furnish all materials and
do all the work eomprehended in specifications.
and if final award of contract be made the
per cent. so stated will form the basis upon
which payment will be made for all items
Tha Board may under the provisions Of the
act above cited. exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals
The attention OF bidders is especially called
TO Section z Chapter 194, OF the Laws Il
1891, under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city, or become effectivs
or operative, until the bonds offered by tha
contractor have been approved to suffieieneS
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel. the President OF this Board aav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
VIM. A. roLsoN.
Clerk Pro Tenn.
Dated Jersey City. April 80 1901