The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-12-16
CORP GRAFTON NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
tuesday, December Sth,s 1903. at o'crock p.
A., N the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall,
IMRovEMENT OF BARTHOLDI AVENUE,
from Hudson Boulevard TO Morris Canal.
Said Improvement to be made conformably
to the provisions Of Chapter 2l7 Of the Laws
Of 1896 and In accordance with specifications
on ME 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
1Ooq6 standard
of cost.
About 1000 cubic yards of earth excava-
tion per cubic yard. ...................... $50
About 200 cubic yards of rock excavation,
About 50 cubic yards Of earth filling, per
About 800 cubic yards Of sand fiiling, per !
About s.71o square yards Of Belgian paw
lg, ing, per square yard. .,............... l25
About 10 lineal feet of curb stone in con-
crete, per lineal foot. ..-.l............-.-. SO
About sio square yards of repaving, per !.
About 2.sio iineai feet of resetting in con.
crete and dressing curb stone. per iiheal
Aboaf bout $50 square feet Of reayins and ~
dressing bridge stone per square yard; 0o
About 50 square feet of relaying and
dressing tagging stone, per square yard. .02
About u lineal feet of cribbng stone set
IN concrete, per lineal foot. -............. 20
About 10 .resetting manhole heads, each. 2.oo
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
60 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of contract therefor will be subject to
the remonstrance of the owners of the property
liable to more than one-half the assessment
therefor on the basis of preliminary sketch
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envel-
opes endorsed, Proposals for the Improvement
Of Bartholdi avenue, directed to Mr.. Jas. S.
Nolan. Chairman of the Committee on Streets
and Sewers" and handed to the Clerk OF the
Board in oper meeting when called fer in the
order Of business relating to sealed proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
posals land a possible subsequent contraet),
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 quot
ed, for which they will furnish all materials
andedo all the work comprehended in specifica-
tions, 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 the
act above cited. exercise its right to reject aay
or all proposals
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1881,
under the terms whereof 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
tion Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. T. BoUToN,
Clerk
Dated Jersey City, December 1. 1903