The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-16
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.


OFFICE Of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of the city of Newark. City
Hall. ,ooo
Sealed proposals will be received at this Of
flee from 3i5 to $3.50 o'clock p. M, Of Thurs
day. the twenty-hfth day, Of June lsoS, ana
meeting Of the board to be held at said time
and place, for furnishing and laying new side,
walks. with bluestone flag or with artihcial
stone-walk, and resetting of old and setting of
new b~iuestone curb within the limits of the
directed by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of the city OF Newark ana
under the supervision of the General Superin-
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done, and the materials To be fur.
nished i'm the construction and completion OF
said work, and upon which bids will be COM
Ten thousand 90. 900 square feet Of new blue
stone tagging, 4 feet wide;
Thirty thousand tSo.0Oo) square feet of new
bluestone Tagging. S feet wide;
Two thousand e. OoN square feet of new blue
stone tagging. : feet wide;
One thousand $1,000 square feet of new arti-
Five hundred 900 lineal feet of new 2O-inch
Five hundred $500 lineal feet of new 1s-inch
one thousand d.OOC lineal feet of old curbing
redressed and reset;
One hundred 900 square yards of repaving
Two hundred c2Oo cubic yards of extra filling
or excavation. only one TO be paid for;.
Ten thousand 90, 0OO) square yards of grass
Bidders are not to state any price fer ma
terials and work for which there is a Axed
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
missionerr o. tn" city Of Newark.
Bidders Will state their prices IN writing as
The plans and specifications Of the work can
lie examined at the office Of the Chief Engineer
Of the Board If Street and Water Commission
ers at the City Hall. Said proposals TO be &C
companied by the consent in writing OF two
%sureties, or a surety company qualified to dc
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 mat. If the contract
be awarded TO the person or persons making
the proposal. they will. upon Its being SC
awarded, become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance Of said work; and that II
the person OF persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract they will pay to the city Of
Newark any difference between the sums &c
which he or they would have been entitled
upon completion of the contract and that
which thu city of Newark may be Obliged t
pay the person or persons by whom such con
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 al
proposals for the above work. as they may
deem best for the interest of the city,
Bidders end sureties are hereby notified thai
under the provisions of the seventh sector
OF the law creating the Board Of Street ant
wafer commissioners approved MhFcn % 1881
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
faithful execution and performance OF sale
public work shall first be approved as TO suf
hciency by the Board, and as to form by tn,
counsel Of the Board. and no contract. shall
be binding on the city or become effective o.
operative until such bond is so approved; anC
the President Of the Board shall have powe1
10 examine the proposed bondsmen under oath
IL he shall so desire, or shall be so instructed
by the Board, hut the Board will not be bount
by any statement that may be made by sucl
proposed bondsmen, but shall have full powe
and absolute discretion in the whole matter
and this provision shall be referred to in an!
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub
lie work.
Water Commissioners of the city Of Newark.
NJ. r. SHERRERD.
je1b-5t Chief Engineer.