Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-22

Notice Inviting Proposals for Furnish-
ing Electric Current and Incandescent
Electric Lamps for the Lighting of
Hill street. from First street to Sec
ond street, and for Renewing and
Maintaining the Lamps, Globes and
Posts Tor Said Lighting
Notice is hereby given that In pursu--
ance of the resolution of the City Council
of the City of Los Angeles, adopted at
Its meeting of March 26, 1905, authorizing
a contract for and work and service
hereinafter mentioned, the Board OF
Public Works will receive, up to the
hour of 2 o'clock p. m. Of Friday, the 2sth
day of June, 1906, sealed bids for furnish
ing the electric current and incandescent
electric lamps for the lighting of Hill
street, from First street to Second street,
and for renewing and maintaining the
lamps, globes and ten posts for said
lighting, located as shown by plan No.
rs ,506 on file in the office of the City Clerk
Of the City of Los Angeles.
Said electric current shall be furnished
for the lighting of incandescent electric
lamps to be placed on the said ten orna, 1s,,
street, from First street to Second street,
each of said posts being surmounted by
four twelve-inch globes and each OF said
globes to contain three 16-candle power
lncandeScent electric lamps, and BY one
sixteen-inch glass globe to contain three
thirty-two o..ndle. power incandescent
electric lamps, said posts and lamps be-
ing as indicated on plan No. 25,50i, on file
in the office of the City Clerk of the City
Of Los Angeles. Said lamps shall be
having a voltage equal to at least 9S per
cent of the voltage for which said lamps
are designed. Said lamps and electric
current shall be furnished, and said posts,
lamps and globes shall be maintained and
renewed for the period of one year be-
ginning November !, 1905, and ending No
lighted every night during said period
from one-half hour after sunset until
midnight.
Bids must be made on the basis of the
price per kilowatt hour for the electric
current actually used for lighting said
lamps, and said price shall include the
and globes and the furnishing, maintain
ing and renewal of said lamps. The City
of Los Angeles reserves the right to re-
duce the number or candle power OF said
ncandescent lamps, or any of them, and
the right to change reduce or increase
the time during which said lamps or any
of them shall be lighted or remain lighted
each night
The work of installing the wires and
all necessary appurtenances incident TO
the furnishing of the electric current and
ali materials required herein and herein
mentioned shall be commenced within
thirty days from the execution of the
on or before November 1, 1906. thereafter.
and said electric current shall be fur
nished for said lighting and said
lamps, globes and posts shall be main
tanned and renewed for the period of one
year, commencing November /, 1906, and
ending November |, 1907.
Each bid must be accompanied Dy a
check certified by a responsible bank, and
payable to the order of James A. Ander-
son, President Of the Board of Public
Works of the City Of Los Angeles, for an
amount not less than five per cent of the
aggregate sum of the bid, or by salts
factory bond for the said amount. and
so payable, as a guarantee that the bidder
will enter into the proposed contract IL
the same be awarded to him.
The amount of the bond to be given for
the faithful performance OF the contract
for said work shall be twenty-five per
cent of the contract price therefor, and
an additional bond in an amount equal
to fifty per cent of the contract price of
said work shall be given to secure the
payment of the work contracted to be
done by the contractor, or for any work
OF labor of any kind done thereon.
Reference is hereby made to the plans,
drawings and specifications for said work
and service, filed in the office of the
Board of Public Works of said city, for
full details and descriptions of aaid work.
Each bid must be filed with The Board
O. clock p. m. of Friday, the 29th day OF
June, 1906, and must be submitted In a
sealed envelope addressed Board of Pub
lie Works, Los Angeles, California" and
indorsed: bids for furnishing electric
current and lamps for the lighting of
Hill street from First street to Second
street. and for the maintenance of the
globes and lamps therefor"
The Board of Public Works hereby re-
serves the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order OF the Board of Public Works
of the City OF Los Angeles
HORACE B. FERRIS,
Secretary of the Board of Public Works.
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