The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
PRovEMENT OF UNION

Board Of street and Water Commissioners on
1uesaay February %. lsU4 at r. NJ, in
| tne Assembly CnamDer of the City Han for
OPENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF UNION
STREET.
| from Garfield avenue 10 Haliaday street.
SAID Improvement TO be made conformably
CT 1880. ana "A accordance with specitcaslons
on ME IN the off1ce OF the Clerk OF said
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sureties
must De obtained the ONCE OF the Chief En-
siheer EsgrnaTE Eg s Jersey e5 oA AN SPfr1Es r. s
STANDARD
About 200 cubic yards of earth excavation,
Aoou o sSSo caole yards Of earth iiing dn
place., pei cubic yard. 40
ABOUT z29 cuoic yarus of sand filing. per
About 600 square yards Of paving (Bei-
glan) IN gdeters, per square yard.......... l.2o
About 1,lSo Inca feet of curb stone, per
About sso square feet Of bridge stone, per
ABOUT i 900 square feet Of aggng. per ~
square loot. 10
About so square yards OF repaving. per
About so lineal feet of reset and dressed
euro stone per lineal fooS ......-.....-.... rs
About $50 square feet of relaid and dressed
tagging. per square foot. .02
About oVo cupic yards of concrete in abut-
ents ments and walls per cubic yard.......... 500
About granite stones, Tx2fx3", each...... 500
About 1900 lineal feet piles, driven, per
About 4,1Oo feet B. M. cappng. per M.....2S.O 90
About $500 feet B. NJ. flooring, per M......zo.O 70
About 1000 feet b. NJ. sheathiRg, per M. 20
About 81 square feet coping stone per
Time allowed for the co1npietion 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 sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Opening
ana improvement of Union street, directed to
Mr.. James S. Nolan, Chairman of the Com
mftee 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 on pro-
posals land possible subsequent consracD are
those OF some surety company authorized TO do
business in the STATE of New Jersey.
Bidders must state single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent standard above quoted
for which they viii furnish all materials and
do all the work compFehendSd in specfca-
ttons, and If final award of contract be made
the per cent. 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
or all proposals. The attention of bidders is
especially called to section Z, chapter 1874 of
the Laws of 1891 under the terms whereof no
contract shall be binding upon the City, or be-
come effective or operative until the bonds
offered by the contractor have been approved
as to sufficiency by this Board, and to form
Dy the Corporation Counsel, President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsrnen under oath.
By order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Dated, Jersey City February 18th. 1904