The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13
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 third day
of February nineteen hundred and three, at
the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County
of Morris for macadamlzing the following
roads or sections of roads in said County, viz:
The Morr stown and Green 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 said Green Village Road through Loan
TAXA Terrace and Spring Valley TO the Villas
Green at Green Village anu there ending
distance of 1881 feet.
The Boontun and Beavertown road. BEGIN
MING at point in the middle of the road
leading from Boonton to Lincoln Park at the
division line between the townships of Mont
vile and Bonnton 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 Montvile and PequanDoc township
near the head of Beavertown Plain, a distance
of 2260t feet.
A section of the sussex Turnpike. BEGIN
MING at point In the middle of said turnpike
road at the intersection of the same with the
road leading from Ledgewood % Port Morris
in the township of Roxbury. thence extending
In westerly, direction following the line of
the aforesaid sussex turnpike road through
the township of Roxbury a distance of bzStl
feet.
The maps, prof es and specifications may be
seen at The Board of Freeholders Room in
Morristown, New Jersey, where information
may be secured and blank bids and bonds OBJ
tanned.
Each bid must be accompanied by a bond in
ene 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 o
perform the work according to the specifi-
cations. ana a bond in at least the contract
price to faithfully perform the work.
Bidders submitting bias on more than one of
the above mentioned roads or sections OF
roads shall enclose the sane in separate
envelopes with the name of the road or section
Tor winch the same l. submitted and also the
name of the bidder endorsed thereon. Non
compliance with this provision shall result in
the rejection of the bi as Informal
Bidders must submit an estimate by the
square Yard on q 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 ii 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
Engineers 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-
jected Bids will he rejected as Informal thai
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 profiies.
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 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 fills. the size and quantity
of drai pipe and the width, Cepth ard extent
of the cutters, and shall not at any time afte
the submission of bid dispute or complain
of errors In estimai es nor assert that there was
Misunderstanding in regard to the exca-
vations or fills, the work to be done or
ma erials furnished.
The right Is reserved to increase or diminish
the cuts and fills aloI the line of the work
The right to reject any or all bids is especial
ly resef wed,
The right to return all bids relating to any
one of the above mentioned roads before the
same are opened by the committee, is hereby
expressly reserved.
G. A. BECKER,
Director of the Board of Chosen Freeholders
Morris County, N. j.