The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-03-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Board is Of 1 Street t' and Water commissloneSs on
Tuesday, March TO- 1903, at O'clock p. M, In
the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hall. for
IMPROVEMENT OF WAYNE STREET,
from Fremont street to corneiison avenue and
CORNELISON AyENUE,
from Wayne street TO Montgomery street.
said Improvement 70 be made conformabiy
to the provisions OF Chapter III OF the Laws
cf 1885, and in accordance with specifications
on file in the office OF the Clerk or said Board.
Blank forms OF bid and agreement OF sureties
must be obtained at the office OF the Chief
Ens'nssE EsfIxar fis aa Of asfssS e6ANirns assf Il
l''ss q s:saaATd essss
About 700 cubic yards of earth excava-
About 1900 cubic yards of earth filling.
per cubic yard. 80
About 4.50o square yards Of Belgian Paw
ing. per square yard LIS
About 2 500 iineal feet Of curb stone, per
lineal foot. ................-..........-.. 20
About 1,o44 square feet of bridge stone,
per square foot ............. .45
About 10, 43D square feet of tagging, per
square foot. .15
About 20 square yards of repaying, per
About 20 lineal feet Of reset and dressed
curb stone, per ineal foot................ 20
Abont 100 square feet Of tagging stone to
be reset, square foot eots.......--............ .02
About 155 lineal feet of, cribbing stone,
per foot. 10
About receiving basin head to be reset.
About I2 manhole heads to be reset, at. 200
About 3 water gate boxes to be reset at. 200
About s new receiving basins and connec-
tions complete. at .........-.. $500
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
70 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 prop
serty liable 10 more than one-haif the assess
ment therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch.
PROPOSALS must be enclosed in sealed envel-
opes, endorsed Proposals for improvement of
Wayne street, &C." directed to Mr. 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 proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
posals (and possible subsequent eontractl
are those of some surety company authorized
to do business in the State of New Jersey
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
for which they will furnish all materials and
do all the work comprehended 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
The Board may. under the provisions OF lnhe
Act above cited, exercise its right to rd Ect
or all proposals
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 134 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 sufficiency
by this Board, and as to form by the Corpora-
ton 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
Commissioners.
GEO. T. BouToN.
f>ts.