Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-21

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 for 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
a contract for and work and service
hereinafter mentioned, the Board OF
| Public Works will receive, up to the
| hour of o. clock p. m. of Friday, the 29tn
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.
| 70, ,5U6 on file in the office of the City Clerk
of the City of Los Angeles.
| Said electric current snail be furnished
for the lighting of incandescent electric
lamps to be placed on the said ten orna-
mental cast iron lighting posts on Hlll
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 c-.ndle power incandescent
electric lamps, said posts and lamps be-
| ing as indicated on plan No. 25,504. on file
in the office of the City Clerk of the City
| of Los Angeles. Said lamps shall be
| nSnted Dy means OIL an electric current
having voltage equal to at least 9S per
| cent of the voltage for which said lamps
are designed. Said lamps and electric
current snail be furnished and said posts,
| lamps and globes shall be maintained and
| renewed for the .period of one year be-
ginning November l. 1905, and ending No
yember l, 1907. Said lamps shall be kept
| from one-half hour after sunset until
midnight.
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| current actually used for lighting said
lamps, and said price shall include the
maintenance and renewal of said posts
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
| lipcandeScent 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
mentioned shall be commenced within
| thirty days from the execution of the
contract therefor, and shall be completed
on or before November /, 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 1. 1906, and
| Each bid must be accompanied by a
| check certified by 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 a salts
| factory bond for the said amount and
| so payable, as guarantee that the bidder
will enter into the proposed contract If
| 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
| 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 said work.
| Each bid must be filed with che Board
| of Public Works before the hour of 2
o. 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
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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