The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-15
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OF the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners of the city Of Newark. City

Hall.
Newark. N. j.. June 10. 1908.
Sealed proposals VIII be received at this Of
fee from 3;15 to 1880 o'clock p. m, OF Thurs
day. the twenty-hfth day Of June. 1908, and
opened at the last named hour, at a public
meeting Of the board to- be held at said time
va giAV with bIuestone fa ~ or iAy Win " artiscie1
s~tone-walk, and r~esetting of old and setting of
new bluestone curb. within the limits of the
city Of Newark for one D year, wherever
directed by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners Of the city Of Newark, and
under the Z, sTpsryision of the General superin-
The following is about the amount Of the
work to be done, and the materials TO be fur
nished in the construction and completion of
said work, and upon which bids will be COM
pared:
Ten thousand 600 square feet Of new blue
stone tagging, 4 feet wide;
Thirty thousand go. 00O) square feet of new
b~luestone tagging, 5 feet wide;
Two thousand q, 900 square feet Of new blue
stone tagging, 8 feet wide;
Eight thousand $1,000 square feet of old flag
One thousand q, OOO) square feet of new arti-
Five hundred $500 lineal feet of new 2O-inch
curbing:
Five hundred (5oO) lineal feet of new 1s-inch
One thousand q, ooD lineal feet of old curbing
redressed and reset;
Two hundred c2o0 cubic yards of extra filling
or excavation, only one to be paid for;
Ten thousand 100000 square yards of grass
sodding.
BIDDERS are not TO state any price fcr ma
terials and work for which there is a fixed
amount provided for in the Specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope. properly Endorsed with the name
of the bidder and of the improvement. and d.
rected to the. Board of Street and Water Com
missloners c. tho city of Newark.
Bidders Will state their prices In writing as
well as in figures.
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 the city Han. Said proposals to be ac-
| commanded nv the consent in writing NJ fuvn
s%ureties, or a surety company qualified to do
business In New Jersey. who shall. at the time
their responsibility in the amount of such pro-
posal, and bind themselves that. If the contract
the proposal. they will. upon its being SO
awarded. become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance OF said work: and that Il
the person OF persons omit or refuse to execute
sueh contract they VIII pay to the city Of
which he or they would have been entitled
upon completion Of the contract and that
which the city Of Newark may be obliged to
pay the person or persons by whom such con-
tract shall be executed.
The Board of Street and Water Commission
selves the right to accept or reject any or all
proposals for the above work, as they may
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions of the seventh section
Of the law creating the Board Of Street and
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
public work shall first be approved as to suf-
hciency by the Board. and as to form by the
counsel OF tie Board, and no contract shall
be binding on the city or become effective OF
operative until such bond is SO approved: and
the President of the Board shall have power
to examine the proposed bondsmen under oath,
II he shall so desire. or shall be so instructed
by the Board, but the Board will not be bound
by any statement that may be made by such
proposed bondsrnen, but shall have full power
and absolute discretion in the whole matter
and this provision shall be referred to in ans
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub
lie work.
BY direction OF the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners OF the city Of Newark.
NJ. r.. SHERRERD,
Jel5-5t Chief Engineer.