The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-31
LADDERS AND POLES
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
OFFICE OF the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of tho city OF Newark. City

OFFICE OF the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of tho city of Newark. City
Hall.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office from 3;15 to $3.50 o'clock p. m. Of Thurs
day, the fifth day of September, 1907. and
meeting OF the board to be held at said time
and place. for the construction of a W In
LENTZ AVENUE,
between Horatlo street and Plum Point lane.
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done, and tho materials to be
furnished in the construction and completion
OF said work, and upon which bids will be
Six hundred and sixty e6so) lineal feet of
sewer:
Seven hundred and eighty t7so) lineal feet
OF SIX 90 inch pipe house connections;
Three go manholes with non heads and
covers and buckets complete.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terials and work for which there is a hxed
amount provided for In the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope. properly indorsed with the name OF
the bidder and Of the Improvement, and d.
rected to the Board Of Street and. Water Com
mlssioners Of the city Of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing as
Bidders must specify in their proposal that.
should the above work he awarded to- them,
they win bind themselves to finish and com
plete the same within twenty C2O consecutive
working days.
The plans and specifications OF the work can
be examined at the Office of the Chief Engineer
Of the Board Of Street and Water Commission
ers at tho City Hall. Said proposals to be ac-
colnpanied by the consent In writing OF two
suretiesS or a surety company qualified to do
business In New Jersey. who shall. at the time
OF putting In such proposals, qualify as to
their responsibility In the amount OF such pro-
posal. and bind themselves that. II the contract
DO awarded to the person or persons making
the proposal. they Will. upon Its being so
awarded. become his or their sureties for tho
faithful performance OF said work: and that TX
the person or persons omit OF refuse to execute
such contract they Will pay to the city or
Newark any difference between the sums to
which no O.. they would have been entitled
upon completion OF the contract and that
which the city Of Newark may be obliged to
pay the pcr3oeI or persons by whom such con-
tract shall be executed.
The Board OF Street and Water Commission
ers Of the city OF Newark reserve to them-
selves the right to accept or reject any or all
proposals for the above work, as they may
deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions of the seventh section
OF the law creating the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners, approved March %, 1891,
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
faithful execution and performance OF said
public work shall first be approved as to sur
hciency by tina Board, and as to form by the
counsel OF the Board, and no contract shall
be binding on the city or become effective or
tho President o. the Board shall nave power
to rxaminC the proposed bondsInen under oath,
II he shall so desire, or shall be so instructed
by the Board, but the Board will not be bound
proposed bondsmen. hut shall have full power
and absolute discretion In the whole matter,
and this provision shall be referred to In any
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub
l1 work,
BY direction II the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners of tho city OF Newark.
Nj. r. SHERRERD,
aus2S-5t Chief Engineer.