The Jersey City news., 1906-10-04

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received .by
the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners on Monday, October Sth, 1906,
at 2 O'Clock P. NJ, in the Assembly
Chamber of the City Hall for the
IMPROVEMENT OF COLUMBIA
AVENUE,
from Zabriskie street to Thorne street,
Said improvement to be made conform
ably to the provisions of Chapte PIT Of
the Laws of 1895. and in accordance
with specifications on file in the Office OF
the Clerk of said Board
Blank forms of bid and agreement of
sureties must be obtained at the Office of
the Chief Engineer, City Hall, Jersey
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES..
1907 Standard
Of Cost.
About S51 cubic yards of earth
excavation, per cubic yard -. 5 40
About . cubic yards of rock ex-
cavation, per cubic yard .... $50
About 8 cubic yards of sand fll-
ing, per cubic yard ....,. 100
About 4, 200 square yards of paw
ing lasphalt) per square yard. 1.T5
About $50 lineal feet of curb TsN
stone, 5"x16s, set in concrete,
per lineal foot .,........... 80
About 81 square yards of repav-
ing (Belgian), per square yard so
About 2,172 lineal feet of reset in
concrete and dressed curb
stone per lineal foot ,...,,.. .35
About so square feet Of relaid
and dressed bridge stone, per
square foot .......- -.!.... %
About 80 square feet of relaid
dressed tagging, per square
About 12o lineal feet of cribbing
set in concrete, per lineal foot. %
About reset manhole heads
each ,..s.-,.ta.---,. ,.-.... 2-tO
About 8 noiseless manhole covers,
each ......... .....s-..... 90
Abont gate boxes reset. each. ss,2 90
Time allowed for the completion Of the
work. 80 working days.
The making of the above improvement
and award of the contract therefor will
be subject to the remonstranee of the
owners of the property liable to more
than one-half the assessment therefor on
the basis of preliminary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed
envelopes endorsed, Proposals for the
Improvement of Columbia Avenue" di-
rected to Mr. james s. Nolan, Chairman
of the Committee on Streets aand
Sewers" and handed to the Clerk of the
Board in open meeting when called for
IN the order of business relating TO seal
ed proposals. sGh7sla9
The bonds required to be furnished on
proposals (and a possible subsequent
centraeD are those of some surety eom-
pany authorized to do business in the
State of New Jersey. ua,
Bidders must state a single fixed per-
centage of the hundred per cent stand
ard above quoted for which they will fur
nish all materials and do all the work
comprehended in specifications. 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 or all proposals. e
The attention of bidders is especially
called to Section Z, Chapter 1874, af the
Laws of 1891 under the terms WHEREOF
no contract shall be binding upon tfie
city, or become effective or operative tln-
til the bonds offered by the contractor
have been approved as TO sufieiency BY
this Board. and as to form hy the Cor
poration Counsel President of this
Board having the power to examine the
proposed bondsmen under oath.
GEO. T. BOUTON,
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. October /. 1906.