The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-02-17
CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Iuesday, FEBRUARY %, 1894. at T.. M, IN
tne Assembly Chamber OF the City Hall for
OPENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF UNION
from Garfield avenue to Halliday street.
Said Improvement to be MADE cenformably
to the provisions OF Chapter 2ss OF tae Laws
OF 1899. and IN accordance with specifications
on ME IN the oftace Of the Clerk OF said
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sureties
must be Obtained at the office OF the Chief En-
gineer. S, Sl.y Han, , Jersey Sity, - N J;
Stan4ard
~ Cost.
About 200 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
per cubic YARD. ............,...............$ 10
About $3.50 cubic yards of earth filling Gin
place., per cubic yard. .....-:..:-.....-.-.. AZ
ABOUT zz0 cuolc yards OF sand hillng, per
Aoanr , : ~ 40
gian) in cutters. per square yara.......... 1.25
ADout l, !SO hneai reet OF curp stone, Per -
About 800 square feet Of bridge stone, per
square foot -. 45
About s,soo square feet Of nasgng. per
square Ioot--...- 10
About 50 square yards OF repaving, Per
About u 50 iinea feet Of reset and dressed ''
eurD stone, per hneal foot. ......-:...--: 20
About 150 square feet of relaid and dressed
tagging, per square foot.-......-........--- .02
About 5UO cubic yards of concrete abut-
ments and walls, per cubic yard SEQ
About granite stones, 1fx2rx3", each 80. 800
About $3.50 lineal feet piles, DRIVEN per
About 4.loO feet B. NJ Gaping, per M. .2s 90
About 5se0 feet B. NJ. flooring, per rs. 90
about 1900 feet b. M. sheaIning, per M. 20
About "a square feet coping stone per
square foot Observation-Disclosures. .65
Time allowed for the completion Of the work
100 working days
The making Of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstrance of the owners of the prop
erty l1able to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor on the basis OF preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
and Improvement of Union street, directed 10
Mr.. James s. Nolan, Chairman of the Com
mitee on Streets and Sewers and handed TO
called for in the order of business relating to
sealed proposals.
The bon$ required to be furnished on pro-
posals (and a possible subsequent contract) are
business in the State Of New Jersey.
Bidders must state single fixed percentage
for which they will furnish all materials and
do all the work con1prehended in speefca-
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 it's right to reject any
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, be-
offered by the contractor have been approved
to sufficlency by this Board, and to form
by the Corporation Counsel, President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
By order of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. t. BoUToN.
Dated. Jersey City, February 18th. 1904.