The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-06
Sealed Bids or Proposals.

Sealed Bids or Proposals will be received at
the Board of Freeholders Room in Morristown
New Jersey, on Monday the twenty-tbird day
of February nineteen hundred and three, at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, by committee of
the Board of Chosen Freeholders' OF the County
of Morris, for matchmaking the following
roads or sections of roads In said County, viz:
The Morristown and Green Village road.
BEGINNING at the corporate limits of Morris
town in South street and extending In q
Southerly direction following the line of the
aforesaid Green Village Road through Loan
taxa Terrace and Spring Valley to the Village
distance of 1881 feet.
The Boonton and Beavertown road. BEGIN
MING at a point in the middle of the road
aiding from Boonton to Lincoln Park at the
division line between the townships of Mont
vile and Boonton thence extending in a
WESTERLY direction following the line of the
aforesaid road Its several courses through the
township of Montville tt the division line
between Montville and PeQuannoc township
near the head of Beavertown Plain, a distance
of 2260O feet.
section of the Sussex Turnpike. BEGIN
MING at a point In the middle of said turnpike
road at the intersection of the same with the
road leading from Ledgewood 10 Port Morris
in the township of Roxbury. thence extending
In a westerly direction following the line of
the aforesaid sussex turnpike road through
the township of Roxburv q distance of b28O
feet.
The maps, profiles and specifications may be
seen at the Board of Freeholders Room In
may be secured and blank bids and bonds OBJ
tanned.
Each bid must be accompanied by a bond in
One Thousand Dollars with satisfactory Sc
curity conditioned that If the contract shall be
awarded the bidder, he will. when required by
the Board execute an agreement In writing 10
perform the work according to the specih-
cations and bond in at least the contract
price to faithfully perform the work.
Bidders submitting bids on more than one of
the above mentioned roads or sections OF
roads shall enclose The same In BeDArAto
envelopes with the name of the road or section
for which the same Is submitted. and also the
name of the bidder endorsed thereon. Non
compliance with this provision shall result in
the rejection of the bib as Informal.
Bidders must submit an estimate by the
square yard on six inch macadam road.
Samples Of stone to be used by the contractor
must accon pany each bid and statement of
the place where the same is obtained so that
the treeholders may enter and obtain
specimens If deemed necessary.
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
Engineers office at MorrstOwn-
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 be 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 aud 'unbalaice bids will be re-
jected Bids will he rejected 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 biddersis 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 the road
way to be paved whenever such 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
depth of cuts and fils the size and quantity
OF drai pipe and the width. epth ara extent
4 the cutters and shall not at any tine Afte
the submission ~ q bid, dispute or complain
IT err, RS 10 esiim % nor assert that there wa
n mtSun inrsta, in reward to the excR-
vations or fills. the work to be done or