The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-15
PROPOSALS WANTED.

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Office of Director of Public Works.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
| Committee on Subway of the city OF
| Savannah, Ga, until IL o'clock noon,
| city time, Tuesday, July 70, 1904, for
/ furnishing all labor, tools, material,
| etc, required for the eXcavating and
| removing soil, constructing retaining
WALL abutments and parapets for sub
| way in GWinnett street at the Attain
tic Coast Line Railroad crossing, in
! accordance with plans. prohles and
| specifications on file in the office of the
| director of public works; work to be
! done under these plans and specifica-
! lions consist of the following approx
! mate quantities:
First. EXcaVating and removing TO-
! 500 cubic yards of soil.
| Second. Furnishing and construct
! ing $1,000 feet B. NJ. timber founda-
J lions and driving sos piles.
/ Third. Furnishing and constructing
1920 cubic yards of concrete masonry.
Fourth. Furnishing in place 154 lin
cal feet of coping stone, . feet inches
by / foot 6 inches in length, of 5 feet
and under
| Contracts for each of above items
will be awarded separately or collec-
lively as committee may elect. All bids
must be made on the blank forms fur
nished for the purpose
All bids must be accompanied by
| certified check for 10 per cent. of the
amount of bid made on any bank in
| city of Savannah, Ga, payable to the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Sa-
Vannah, as guarantee of good faith.
! The checks of the unsuccessful bidders
will be returned to them. The success
| full bidders check will be returned when
| bond is furnished Good and sufficient
/ surety companys bond to the amount
OF 25 per cent. of the contract price
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| city of Savannah by the successful bid
! ders. Work under this contract must
start by Sept. l, 1904 and bidders must
state in their bid the amount of time
they will require to complete their con-
| tract
The city reserves the right to reject
| any or all bids and to contract for the
whole or any part of the work.
| All bids must be Endorsed Proposals
for Gwinnett Street Subway" and ad-
dressed to the Mayor of the city of Sa-
vannah. Ga.
All applicants for plans and specih-
cations for the above work must first
deposit with the director of public
works a check for ten dollars, made
payable to the Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Savannah. When plans
and specifications are returned checks
will be returned to unsuccessful bid
ders. GEO. NJ. GADSDEN,
Director of Public Works
.. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. sAvAN-
nah. Ga. July -, 1904. Sealed pro-
posals for constructing wooden hull
for one steam vessel and installing
machinery therein, will be received at
this office until u, noon eastern
Standard Time), Aug. u. 1904, and then
publicly opened. Specifications, blank
forms, and all available information
will be furnished on application to this
Office. James B. Quinn, 1t. Col. Corps
of Eng'rs, U. S. A.
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, JACK
| sonville, Fla, June Is, 1904. Sealed
proposals for dredging and removal
of rock in Withlacoochee river en-
trance, Fla, will be received here I'M
til 49, noon, July 16, 1904, and then
publicly opened Information furnish
ed on application. Francis r. Skunk,
| Capt. Engrs.