The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-20
Sealed Bids or Proposals.

| Sealed Bios or Proposals will be received at
the Board of Freeholders Room in Morristown
! New Jersey, on Monday the twenty ird day
of February nineteen hundred and three, at
ten 'clock in the forenoon, by q committee of
! the Board of Chosen Freeholders OF the County
OF Morris, for macadam ziDg the following
roads or sections of roads III said County, viz:
! The Morr stown and Greep Village road.
BEGINNING at the corporate limits of Morr s.
| town in South street and extending in a
Southerly direction following the line of the
! aforesaid Green Village Road through Loan
/ taxa Terrace and Spring Valley 10 the VILLAGE
| Green at Green Village anu there ending,
distance of 1881 feet
| The B0ontun and Beavertown road. BEGIN
MING at a point in the middle of the road
! leading from boonton to Lincoln PARK at the
division line between the townships of Mont
! vile and Bounton thence extending in a
westerly direction following the line of the
| aforesaid road its several courses through the
| township of Montville the division line
between Montville and Pequanpoc township
near the head of Beavertown Plain, a distance
| of 226Ou feet
| A section of the Sussex Turnpike. BEGIN
MING at point In the middle of said turnpike
J road at the inters ect1on of the same with the
road leading from Ledgewood Port Morris
! in the township of Ruxbnry. thence extending
in westerly direction following the line of
the aforesaid sussex turnpike road through
the lownship of Roxbury distance of t2S0
| feet.
The maps, prof es and specifications may be
sen at the Board Of Freeholders Room in
! Morristown, New Jersey, where information
|
| taintd.
Each bid must be accompanied by bond in
ne Thousand Dollars with satisfactory. sc
curity conditioned that If the contract shall be
awarded he bidder, he will when required by
| the Board execute an agreement In writing o
perform the work according to the specifi-
cations, and a bond in at least the contract
prico TO faithfully perform the work.
biduers submitting bus on more than one of
the above mentioned roads or sections Of
roads shall enclose the same in separate
envelopes with the name of the road or section
for which the same l. submitted. and also the
name of the bidder endorsed thereon. Non
compliance with this provision thall result in
| the rejection of the bi as Informal.
Bidders must submit estimate by the
! square ard on d six inch macadam road,
Samples Of stone to be used by the con- ractor
must accod pany each bid and a statements of
the place where the same is obtained SO that
| the treeholdtrs may enter and obtain
| specimens If deemed ne essary.
The stone to be used In the work must be
taken from the same quarry as the sample
submitted.
All the stone used must be quarry trap rock
| except as mentioned in the specifications,
| properly sized and screened and contractors
| will not be permitted to use 'tailings" on
work,
The material to be used must be equal in
quality to the sample of stone shown in the
Eneiueer's office at Morristown.
Bids must be for complete work, including
all materials
No bids shall be withdrawn.
The price must be written in the bids and
stated in figures
Bids must he accompanied by the name and
residence of the bidder.
Each bid must be accompanied with an
affidavit that no person other than those
mentioned is interested financially therein.
Informal and "unbala ced'' bids will be re
jecied Bids will he elected as informal hat
do not cover and include all the work COM
pleted. including the necessary and proper
preparation for the foundation of the road bed
and such grading as may be- called for In the
contract and specifications and on The maps
and profiles,
The attention of bidders Is articularly called
to he following resolution passed by the Road
Committee and the rights reserved therein.
Resolved, that in our proposals for bids the
| right Is reserved to narrow or widen he road
way to be paved whenever such a change may
be considered advisable.
Bidders must satisfy themselves. by personal
examination or otherwise. of the nature and
extent of the work. the width, length and
deptr of cuts and fills, the size and quantity
of dTai pipe and the width, cepth ara extent
| of the CUTTERS and shall not at any time afte
the submission of bid, dispute or complain
a misunderstanding in regard to the eXca-
vatons or fills, the work to be done or
materials furnished.
| The right is reserved to increase or diminish
the cuts and fills along the line of the work
The right to reject any or all bids Is especial
ly reserved,
The right to return all bids relating to any
one of the above mentioned roads before the
same are opened by tie committee, is hereby
expressly reserved.
G. A. BECKER,
Director of the Board of Chosen Freeholders,
| Morris County, n. j.