Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-10
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

Notice Inviting street Work Proposals
PURSUANT to Statutes and to Ordinance
NO. i2,4S1 New Series) of the Council
February s. 1906. directing this notice.
the Board of Public Works of said city
invites and will receive at it's office in
the City Hall, up to II o'clock a. m. of
Monday, April 16, 1906, sealed proposals
or bids for the following street work,
to be done according to specifications:
No 10 (New series) for paving
No % (New series) for cement
No. 2a (New series) for cement side
No. 10 (New series) for granite block
No 10 (New series) for culverts.
In the City of Los Angeles, posted
and on file therefor adopted, or herein
mentioned, to wit:
1st. That
CENTRAL AVENUE,
in said city from the northerly line Oh
Twelfth street to the. south boundary
including all intersections of streets
(cxcepting such portions of sald
avenue and intersections as are re-,
quired by law to be kept dor,nsny IN 0rury
having railroad tracks thereon ana
also excepting such portions as haSe
already been graded and paved with as
paved with hydraulic cement and
broken stone concrete base with broken
stone and asphaltic cement binder
course, with asphaltlc wearing surface
and with granite block cutters.
Said cutters are to extend along each
line of the roadway of said Central aye .
nue. from the northerly line OF IWeltsn I'm
street to the south boundary line OF the
City of Los Angeles excepting sucn
portions of said avenue as are required
by law to be kept in order or repair oy
p,, ha m
tracks thereon, and also excepting such
portions of said Central avenue along
which cement or granite block cutters
have already been constructed to the
official line and grade); and along each
side of said Central avenue across each
intersecting street or alley between the the
south line of Twelfth street and the
Said cutters shall be three CD feet
in width except across street and ailey
intersections, where said cutters snail
be six CO. feet in width.
All of said work is to be done In ac-
cordanoe with plans, nrohles ana cross
sections therefor on file in the office OF
the City Engineer of the City OF LOS
Angeles
Said granite block cutters shall be
constructed in accordance with Section
of Specifications No. 10 (New Serles''
hereinafter described. -,
Said paving with asphalt shall be
performed in accordance with speclnGIaio
cement and broken stone, concrete base
and asphalt wearing surface, Class b,
said specifications being No. 10 (New
Series).
Cd That cement curb be constructed1
Central avenue from the north line or
60ndarv Twsdth street tree the the CITY soutf Of
such portions of the line of said
roadway upon which cement or granite
official line and grade), in, accordance
with specifications for constructing ce-
ment -curbs, on file in the office. of the
C. Sity y,, Clers; said specifications being NO
feet IN n'd width be c9qstfqeted aons
from tho north line of Twelfth, street
to the south boundary line Of
the City of Los Angeles (excepting such
portions. of said street between said points
f1ve (5) feet in width has been constructed
to the official line and grade), said side
specifica tions for constructing cement
sidewalks on file in the office of the
city City Clerk Clerk of said 3. SSty said specica-
4th. That one IL culvert be con-
structed along the west side of said
Central avenue from the curb return at
avenue and Twelfth street to the. curb
return at the southwest corner of said
Central avenue and said Twelfth street
lcXcepting along such portions Of said
Central avenue as are required by law
to be kept in order or repair by any
person or company having railroad
tracks thereon).
Said culvert is to be constructed of
concrete with steel plate top, in accord
once with Section 10 of Specifications
No. 10 (New SeriesC, on file in the office
Of pd the City Clerk Of said City Of Los An
therefor on file in the office of the City
Engineer of said city of Los Angeles,
The Council of 49,, said city 4,1 finds finds
that the total cost of said improvement
will be greater than fifty cents per front
foot, along each line. of said street in
cluding the cost of intersections. and it is
of the legislature, State of Califor-
mia. approved February 9th, 1893. as
amending sale, last named act, which
amending act became a law March Cd,
1899, that bonds shalt be issued to repre-:
bonds shall be serial extending over
period of ten years, an even proportion of
the principal sum of which shall be pay
ary of each year by coupon, after their
date until the whole are paid, and to bear
interest at the rate of seven 90 per cent.
per annum. payable semi-annual1y on the
second days of January and July OF each
and every year
Bidders must file with each proposal
or bid check payable to the order of
the Mayor of this city, certified by
responsible bank, for an amount which
shall not be less than ten per cent of
the aggregate of the proposal or a bond
for the said amount and so payable,
signed by the bidder and two sureties,
who shall justify before any officer
competent to administer an oath, in
double the said amount, and over and
above all statutory exemptions.
In bidding use blanks which will be
furnished by the Secretary of the Board
of Public Works upon application:
Los Angeles, Cal, April 8, 1906.
HORACE b. FERRIS,
Secretary of the Board of Public Works
of the City of Los Angeles.
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