The Jersey City news., 1906-10-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

/ NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners on Monday, October Sth. 1905,
at 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 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.
100% Standard
of Cost.
About S51 cubic yards of earth
excavation, per cubic yard . 5 40
About cubic yards of rock ex-
eavation, per cubic yard .. $50
About 8 cubic yards of sand fill
ing, per cubic yard .... 1.50
About 1900 square yards of paw
ing (asphalt), per square yard. 1.75
About 450 lineal feet of curb
stone, 5Dx16@, set in concrete,
per lineal foot ......... 30
y
ing tBelgian), per square yard. 80
About 2,1T2 lineal feet Of reset in
concrete and dressed curb
stone, per lineal foot ... .35
About 60 square feet Of relaid
and dressed bridge stone, per
square foot ............... .05
About 81 square feet of relaid
dressed tagging, per square
loot ............ ...-.... w
About 120 lineal feet of cribhing
set in concrete, per lineal foot. 25
About 8 reset manhole heads,
each ......... $3.50. ........ 2.OO
About 8 noiseless manhole covers,
each ...-.... ........-. 90
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 will
be subject to the relnonstrance of the
owners of the property liable to more
than one-haf the assessment therefor Oh
the basis Of preliminary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed
envelopes endorsed, Proposals for the
ImproT ement of Columbia Avenue" d.
rected to Mr.. james S. Nolan, Chairman
of the Committee on Streets and
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.
The bonds required to be furnished on
proposals (and q possible subsequent
contract are those Of some surety COM
pany authorized to do business in the
State of New Jersey.
Bidders must state single fixed per-
ceHtage of the hundred per cent. stand
ard above quoted for which they will fur
nish all materials and do all the work
eomprehended in specifications, and if
final award of contract be made the per
cent. so stated viii form the basis upon
which payment will be made for all
ITEMS
The Board may under thesprovisions
of the act above cited exercise its right
to reject any or al proposals.
The attention cf bidders is especially
called TO Section {. Chapter 1S4, Of the
Laws ef 1891. under the terms whereof
no contract shall be binding upon the
city or become effective or operative nm
til the bonls offered by the contractor
have heer approved as to suficiency by
this 3 ard, and as to form BY the Cor
naratisl Counsel. President Of this
Board having the power to examine the
proposed bondsmen under oafh
GEO. T. BOUTON.
Dated Jersey City October /, 1905.