The Jersey City news., 1902-07-09
CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
Tuesday, July 10, 1902 at 2 ocleck P. M, IN
the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hall, Tor
IMPROVEMENT. OF. DUNCAN. AVENUE,
from West Side avenue TO Nunda avenue
Said improvement to be made conformably to
the provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws OF
1885, and in accordance with specifications On
ile in the office of the Clerk OF said Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sureties
must be obtained at the office OF the Cher
Engineer, City Hall, Jersey City, N y
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
loos6 standard
of cost
About s.117 cubic yards of earth excava-
ton, per cubic yard .....-.. ...-......-.-$ 80
About cubic yards of rock excavation.
About b 1.aol cubic yards Of sand aiiing, ].
About 5,2ss square yards Of Belgian paw
ing, per square yard ,........... LIP
About 1000 lineal feet of curbstone, per
About 1.5l2 square feet OF bridgestone, !
per linea foot 40
square s foot s .............s..n.. ss.s' 15
About s52 square yards of repaving, per j
About 9ss lineal feet Of reset curbstone.
per iineal foot ....... -....-........-..-.. 20
About 4oS square feet of reset and dressed
bridgestone, per square foot -............ 10
About so square feet of reset and dressed
tagging, per square foot ..-......-..s..-. .O2
About 264 ineal feet of cribbing stone.
About receiving basin heads to be reset, =
ASaut manhole heads to be reset. each soo
About water gate boxes. each .-.......-. 200
About 2 new receiving basins and connec-
tons complete, each...... :.-....-..s..... 50 90
About ! receiving basin and connections
complete, rebuilt ...-...... . %
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
80 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstrance of the owners of the props
erty liable to more than one-haH the assess
ment therefor on the basis of preliminary
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
veiopes, endorsed Proposals for the improve
Jas s. Nolan Chairman OF the Committee 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 pro-
posals.
The bonds required TO be furnished on pro-
posals (and a possible subsequent contracD are
those of some surety company authorized to
do business in the State OF New jersey.
Bidders must state single fixed percentage
Of the hundred per cent standard above quoted
for which they will furnish al materials and
do all the work comprehended in specifications,
and if final award of contract be made the
per cent. stated will form the basis upon
which payment will be made for all items.
The 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 L Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to suffieency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
tion Counsel, the President Of this Board hay
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds-
men under oath.
BY order Of the Board Of Street and Water
'''''''' '-~'0 GEO. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, July s. 1902.