The Jersey City news., 1904-02-23
CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO coNrRAcroRs.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
1huesaay Feoruary 70. 1904, at z r M, IN
tne Assembly Chamber Of the City Hail for
OPENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF UNION
STREET.
from Garfield avenue to Halliday street.
sad Improvement to be made conformanly
TO the provisions of Chapter 2S9 of the Laws
of 1895. and in accordance with Specifications
on on ME IN the office Of the Clerk OF said
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sureties
must be obtained at the office OF the Chief En-
glneef y1,a Sagy Hai aIt, Jersey @ ,I Glty yIf, n =
Standard
~ Cost.
About zoo cubic yards of earth excavation,
per cubic yard 10
About 5000 cubic yards of earth filling Gin
place., per cubic yard. d..................-... 40
About 220 cubic yards OF sand filling, per
About 90 soi,ara Yards II payine t3ei.
gian) in cutters, per square yard. d.......--. 1.2o
About l,I5o iineaI feet of curb stone, per 20
About bout $50 SQUARE feet Of bridge stone per
square loot. 40
About $500 square feet of tagging, per
About so square yards Of repavng. per
Sd "a t, ft - d rsed 0V
curb stone, per lineal foot. .......:...... rs
About l50 square feetsof relaid and dressed
Tagging per square foot...........-..:.... .o2
About 90 cubic yards of concrete in abut-
ments and walls, per cubic yard........... 500
About granite stones. Tx2'x3~, each. 500
About 5000 lineal feet piles, driven, per
About 4,100 feet B. M. Gaping, per M. .2S 90
About $500 feet b. M flooring, per NJ. % 90
About 1000 feet b. M. sheathng, per M. 20
About "a square feet coping stone per =
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 liable to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch
Proposals must be enclosed in scaled en-
yelopes endorsed Proposals for the Opening
and improvement of Union street" directed to
Mr.. James 5. Nolan. Chairman or the Com
mitee on Streets and Sewers, :" and handed to
the Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called for in the order OF business relating to
sealed proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished pro-
posals land possible subsequent contraeD are
those of some surety company authorized to DO
business in the State of New Jersey.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent standard above quoted
for which they will furnish all materials and
do all the work comprehended in Speciiea-
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 any
all proposals. The attention of bidders is
especially called to section Z, chapter 1874. of
the Laws of 1881, under the terms whereof no
contract shah be binding upon the City, or be-
come effective operative until the bonds
offered by the contractor have been approved
to sufficiency by this Board, and as 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
GEO. t. BoUToN.