The Jersey City news., 1906-10-08
TO CONTRACTORS.

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 Chapter 217 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 -. S 40
About 5 cubic yards of rock ex-
cavation, per cubic yard 80. $50
About cubic yards of sand fill
ing, per cubic yard ....... 15O
About 400 square yards of paw,
ing (asphalt), per square yard
About 450 lineal feet of cur
stone, 5@x16@, set in concret
per lineal foot .
About 30 square yards of repay
ing (Belgian), per square yard. .oo
About 2.1T2 lineal feet of reset in
concrete and dressed curb
stone, per ineal foot . .s5
About go square feet of relaid
and dressed bridge stone, per
square foot ......... 20
About 30 square feet of relaid
dressed Tagging, per square
foot -..... .02
About 12O lineal feet of cribbing
set in concrete, per lineal foot. 20
About 8 reset manhole heads.
each -.-...,.-. ........ 200
About noiseless manhole covers,
each .... .......... 7.5O
About gate boxes reset. EACH. 200
Time allowed for the completion of the
work. so working days.
The making of the above improvement
and award of the contract therefor win
be subject to the remonstrance 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 s.AIr. James S. Nolan. Chairman
of the Committee on Streets and
Sewers" and handed to the Clerk of tht
Board in open meeting when called for
in the order of business relating to seal
ed proposals.
The bonds required TO be furnished OF
proposals tand possible subsequent
contract are those ofEsome surety COM
pany authorized to do business in tn,
State of New Jersey.
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 X
final award of contract be made, the per
cent. so stated will form the basis upoy
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 I, Chapter 1874. of fhe
Laws of 1891 under the terms whereof
no contract shall be binding upon fhe
city. or become effective or operative nm
til the bonds offered by the contractor
have been approved as to sufficiencv bv
this Board. and as to form bs the Cor
poration Counsel. President of tbi~
Board having the power to examine the
proposed bondsmen under oath
GEO. I. B0UTON.
Dated Jersey City, October i. 1906.