New-York tribune., 1908-04-23
PUBLIC NOTICES.
INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS
(Fourth Avenue. sackett Street % Tenth
Street,

(Fourth Avenue. Sacket street y Ae-ti
Street,
The City OF New York. acting By the
Public Service Commission for the + lEst
District. By this advertisement IN n'ltss
proposals 20 construct that part of tne
proposed Fourth Avenue subway IN " ~
Borough OF Brooklyn. between POINTS p"
Fourth Avenue 10 feet north OF the nlFtl,
line OF Sackett street and 10 feet north OF
the north line Of Tenth street.
The general plan OF construction cans lee
fOur-tr2ck suC-Surface Railroad plt w
Contractor will not be required under tils
contract proposed 10 provide or ray tIachs,
ties or ballast Two stations. one oet"rt' =
Union Street and President Street. and one
between Eighth Street and Ninth street.
viii he cons tructed. and suitable crossovel ;.
turnoGtS and sid!ugs also - be pro-
Vid~d. all as Indicated on the detailed plans
OF CONSTRUCTION Inc tunnels are 10 nav 4
height Of not less than thirteen q3J feet N
the clear. and maximum width OF Itjeen
uob feet for each track. except at curves.
etc. Nnere the Wicth may be increased
Inc roof OF the tu.lusis Is generally % be
rs near the surface OF the street as street
CONDITIONS and grades viii permit. me
roof and sides OF the tunnels viii be OF
Iron or steel and masonry. EntraDg.s 90
The stations are intended 10 be placed with
IN private property, rights in which VIII ne
acquired for the purpose. or on the streets.
or on tho sidewalks adjacent to private
property. as indicated on the plans.
The manner OF construction shall be by
excavation under cover. unless otherwise
provided in the contract or directed BY the
Commission
In. the detailed plans for construction.
provisions Tor pipe galleries along the IIGs
OF the tunnel are Included Bids for the
construction Of the railroad must be ac-
coinpanied by a separate bid for che con
sTuctlOn Of the pipe galleries above re-
terree 20. as II IS essential Tor the city 20
separate the cost OF the railroad from the
cost OF the pipe galleries The Commission
reserves tho right to accept a bid for con-
structlon OF the railroad and at the same
time TO reject the accompanying bid for
pipe galleries.
Bidders must visit the location o. the
railroad and stations To be built under tSis
contract and note the present conditions
along the line OF the prOpossi railroad
A fuller description OF the W-rk TO -
conc Is set forth, and other requirement
provisions. details and specifications are
slAte1 IN the printed form OF contract now
on file in the Office OF the Commission. NJ.
l3i Nassau Street. iu the Borough of Man
haitian. and in the detailed drawings there
IN referred to- az which Office copies or the
contract and Of the form o. bond and con
tractor : proposal may be had on appl-c1-
ton The contract drawings may bc il
spsctsd at the same Office Tne printed
form or contract and the detailed drawings
are 10 be oeemed z part oS this 1nv1taLi 2.
Partial payments TO the CONTRACTOR viii
be made monthly as the work proceeds. a.
pr9yided in the form or contract
The work OF construction fiuciudfng ptps
sdIIeI4esl Is 70 be completed as soon as
practicable, and within tWenty-fOur r1o1-n
IRON IN tEe dats y de-ivery of The contract
EE RECEIVED At THE SAID OFFICE or
TIE COMMISSION AT No 154 NASSAU
= r. tTAE55. n The RoR0Gc5I OF AA\-
UNTIL friday. THE sTH DAY OF
MAY. 1903. AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
NOON At WHICH TIME or At \
COMMISSION THE PROPOSALS WILL
BE PUBLICLY OPENED.
Proposals must be in the form prescribed
py the Commission copies O; which may
be obtained at the Office Of the Co-1uli zsio-l-
LEe proposal must contain a statement.
IN the form prescribed. OF the quantities
and unit values upon which the 5td q
oased- such statement shall Be merely for
me information OF the Commission 70 en-
- - - 20 osL@II!llhe upon wnat bas-s The
proposal IA made and for no other purpose
whatsoever and the Commission sreT not
De boGnd IN any way 20 make payments or
value work done. upon the basis OF such
quahtlles and unit values contained IN
such statement.
No proposal viii be allowed To oe with
mission.
The award Of the contract or contracts
dr awarded VIII be made by the Comuis-
sion within twenty days after the opening
OF the proposals The bidder whose pru-
posal shall be accepted shall IN person O-
oy duly authorized representative attend a
the sad Office OF the Couuissi 81 within
ten oays after the delivery OF a notice ~
the Commission that his proposal IS ac-
cepted and that the contract IS approved
u
ment- and such bidder shah then deliver a
contract IN the form referred to- duly s--
ecuted and with its execution duly proved
AT ne time or the delivery OF the con-
tract the contractor Wfll be required .
furnish security 70 the City by giving q
pond IN the penalty Of one hundred and
the successful bidde- cash or approved
securities may Be deposited instead o. Civ
Ing bond II securities are deposited fl
place OF bond under this contract. the
! must be OF the character q seCll-stfaz n
which Savings Banks NAV invest their
funds and must be approved by the Com
mission The Contractor : bond must be ~
the form annexed TO the form OF contract.
IN addition and as further security %
tne CITY. ten per cent OF each amount
the contractor will be retained until the
1 work is fully completed.
Bidders whose proposals are otherwise
satisfactory to the Commission NAV. in
case the sure-1eS or securities named ~
them are not approved by the Commission
substitute in their proposals the names ~
new sureties or different schedule ~
securities approved hy the Commission brt
such substitution must Be made within five
days after notice Of disapDrorai tv the
commission unless this period s extended
by the Commission.
n case OF failure or neglect 70 execute
and deliver TIE contract or 70 make the
required deposit or to execute and deliver
the required bond. such bidder viii ar the
option OF the Comm issiOn. be deemed either
70 have made the contract Or 70 have
case
the Commission VIII give notice thereof 70
the derauItins bidder. And the Commission
may theTsupOu proceed 70 make another
contract with such II any. Of the origt-a!
sion. IL will be 20 the best interest of the
City TO contract with, or may 5v new ad-
vertIseinent invite further proposals The
defaultinZ bidder shall thereuDO1 be liable
to the City fcr all loss ard damage by T.
sustained, including the excess II any. OF
the amount IL shall pay any other con
IN a - -
defauiti1g bidder
Every proposal must. when submitted. be
enclosed IN a sealed envelope endorsed
'PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTING;
RAPID TRANSIT RATLR0AD-CFGI-PT
AVENUE. SACkETT STREET To- TENTH
STREET. and must be delivered 70 the
Commission or to It's Secretary: AMI in the
presence OF the person Offering the proposal
it Will be deposited IN a sealed box IN
which all proposals Will be deposited No
proposal viii be received or deposited unless
accompanied by a certified check drawn
upon National or State Bank OF Trust
and satisfactory 70 the Commission. pava-
Bile to the order OF the Comptroller o. The
City Of New York, Tor the SIM q twelve
thousand five hundred dollars.
II the Commission shall give notics %
any bidder that his or its proposal IS &C
cepted and that the contract Is 4rrrova5
BY the Board OF Estimate ard App6-Jiou-
ment. and II the bidder shall fair within
ten days thereafter or within such further
period. If 2nv. as NAV be prescribed bv t-a
Commission. 10 execute and deliver the con
tract and 70 execGsS and deliver the bopf
with surettes. or make a deposit IN casa
or securities. then this Invitation 90 Con-
tractors and proposal accepted as aForeSaf q
shall be a contract binding the bidder 70
pay 70 the City the damages by !t sus-
tained by reason OF such failure. and n
such case the bidder shall. by the terms q
the proposal. absolutely assign TO the CITY
the ownership Of the check ACCOMMODATING
his or its proposal as payment OF accounr
Of such dana Ees-
All such deposits made by Bidders whose
proposals shall not be accepted BY the Com
mission Will be returned TO the person or
persons making the same within five davs
after the contract shall be executed and
delivered. The deposit OF the successful
bidder viii be returned when the contract
l. executed and It's provisions as 10 security
are complied with
New York. April list. 1903.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT.
By WILLIAM r WILCOX.
Chairman.
TRAVIS II WHITNEY.
CFCP INVITATIONS To CONTRACT
ORs FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
OTHER SDCTIONS OF THE FOURTH
STTpyTAV Apply THE