Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-06
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

Notice inviting Proposals for Furnish
/ ing Electric Current and incnndes-
/ cent Electric Lamps for the Lighting
of Hill street, from First street TO
/ Pico street, and Around Central Park,
aud for Renewing ana Maintaining
/ the lamps, Globes and Posts for Said
/ 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 July 2, 1908, authorizing
a contract for and work and service here
| matter mentioned the Board of Public
/ Works will receive, " to the hour OF 2
o'clock y. m. Of Friday, the 18th day Of
July, 1906, sealed bids for furnishing the
electric current and incandescent electric
! lamps for the lighting Of, or Tor lighting
any or all of the following sections OF
! Hill street. from First street to Pico
street, aud around Central Park, and for
renewing and maintaining the lamps and
globes and posts for said lighting.
Said sections above mentioned are de-
scribed as follows, to wit:
list. For tne lighting Of that part Of
Hill street to be designated as section 1
and more particularly described as fol-
lows.
All that part of Hill street lying be-
tween the south line of First street and
the north line of nth street. containing
forty-siX (4b) posts as shown by plans
Nos. 25504 and 25,5O5, on file in the office
of the city Clerk Of the City of Los
Angeles.
ID For lighting that part of Hill
street and those portions of Fifth, Olive
and Sixth streets around Central Park to
be designated as section ,, and more
particularly described as follows:
All that portion of Hill street lying be-
tween the south line of Fifth street and
the north line of Eighth street; all that
part of Fifth street lying between
point fifty (5O feet west OF the west line
of Hill street and the west line of Olive
streets; all that portion of Olive street
between the north line gf Fifth street and
the south line of Sixth street; all that
westerly line of Olive street and the west
line of Hill street. The total number of
posts contained in this section being
sixty (6W posts, as shown by plan No
25,505, on file in the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Los Angeles
Sd. For lighting that part of hill street
to be designated as section 8 and more
particularly described as follows:
All that portion of Hill street lying be-
tween the south line of Eighth street
and the north line of Pico street. contain
ing fifty eight (5S) posts, as shown by
plan No. 25.505 on file in the oHlce 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 he said ornamental
cast iron lighting posts on or for
lighting any or all of the above described
sections of Hill street, from First street
to Pico street, and around Central ark,
each of said posts Icing surm ounted by
four twelve-inch glass globes, and each
of said globes to contain three 1G-candle
power Candescent electric lamps and by
one siXteen-inch glass globe to contain
three thirtytwo candle power incandes-
cent electric lamps, said posts and lamps
being as indicated on plan No. 2550l on
file in the office of the City Clerk of
the City Los Angeles Said lamps shall
be lighted by means of an electric ctT-
rent having voltage equal to at least 9S
per cent of the voltage for which said
electric current shall be furnished. and
said posts. lamps and globes shall be
maintained and renewed for the p riod of
one year beginning November l. 1906, and
shall be kept lighted every night during
said period from one-haf hour after sun |
set until midnight
Bids must be made on the basis of the
price per kilnwatt hour for the electric |
current actually used for lighting said
lamps, and said price shall include the
mantero nee and renewal of said posts
and globes and the furnishing. mainte- |
nance and renewal of said lamps. The City /
of Los Angeles reserves the right to re- |
duce the number or candle power of said |
incandescent 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 !
all materials required herein and herein I
mentioned shall be commenced within
contract therefor, ard shall be completed
on or before November /, 1906, thereafter
and said electric current shall be fur
nshed 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 l, 1897.
Each bid must be accompanied by a |
check certified by a responsible bank. and
payable to the order of James A. Ander- |
son. President of the Board of Public |
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amount not less than five per cent of thu
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 II
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 nifty 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 contra ctor. or for any work
or 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 said work
Each p ,Ii BID must Tor,t be fled With the Board
o'clock p. m. of Friday. the 18th day of
July, 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 Pico
street. and around Central Park and for
the maintenance of the posts, 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 r. FERRIS,
Secretary of the Board Of Public Works
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