The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-09-16
INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A JAIL
IN AND FOR cLYNN
Nn.fMrW NEnnGtA
COUNTY, GEORGIA.

enue OF Glynn county, Georgia, hereby
invite sealed proposals for the con-
sruction Of Jail to be erected in the
city CT Brunswick, in and for Glynn
county, Georgia, the building to be of
two stories, or brick with stone trim
mings, with interior finish of wood,
marble, iron and plastering, roof to
be partly Of metal and partly of til
ing, and to be plumbed for water and
wired for electric Lighting throughout.
and to be fitted with steam heating
| system, said building to be two stories
with front of approximately forty
four feet by depth of approximately
eigty-two feet, with eight tool proof
steel cells and four Bessemer steel
Feels, one condemned cell, one hospi.
| tai cell, one padded cell, two female
and juvenile cells, and other equip
ment necessary for such a jail; said
building to contain rooms as follows:
main cell room 80 #. 4 inches by Al it.
2 inches; sheriffs office. consultation,
kitchen, dining room, two bed rooms,
besides the cell room designated. Boil
or room 10 #. by Is #. separate, in
accordance with plans and specifca-
tons prepared by Edwards e. Walter.
architects, which are now of file and
commissioners OF roads and revenue
Of said county in the courthouse in
and for said county, at Brunswick,
Georgia, and also in the Office of the
said architects in the Gambler build
ing Atlanta, Georgia.
All persons submitting bids will be
required TO deposit with their bid
check payable to the order OF T. w.
Lamb, treasurer of Glynn county, Geor-
gia, certified by some responsible bank
or trust company, in an amount equal
TO five per cent. of their respective
bids. The checks OF the unsuccessful
bidder Will be returned to them upon
award of the contract, and the check
Of the successful bidder will be reta n
ed until he executes and divers a sat
isfactory contract covering the con-
struction of said building, and makes
and files a satisfactory bond in dou-
BILE the amount to be paid for said
performance of his contract as pro
Vided by law. The successful bidder
viii be required to execute and de-
liver such contract and bond within
ten days from the date the contract is
awarded, and in the event he should
fail to do so, the commissioners VIII
retain the proceeds of the certified
check Is liquidated damages. and the
same shall become the property alb
solutely of said county.
The terms and time of payment of
said contract shall be as follows: Els
Inmates shall be made by said archi-
tect, or by duly authorized represen.
tative of said architects and said
county, On the first of each month. as
the WORK progresses, and payment of
the full amount of such estimate, less
fifteen per cent. shall be made to the
contractor at such times; the full bal
ance OF the amount reserved will be
paid upon the completion and accept
ance Of such building on behalf of said
county.
A substantial form of the contract
which the successful bidder will be
required to execute is now of file with
the plans AID specifications in the Of
fee Of said commissioners and alse at
the office of said architects, and open
to inspection. This form of contract
may be changed or altered by the
commissioners at any time before the
fira
sary or expedient.
Bidders are requested to state what
they will allow for the present Jail
building and the fixtures therein, in
GLIDING steel cells, and removing said
building from the grounds. Bidders
are also requested to state what they
viii deduct from their bids.
(a) If the heating system is elimi-
mated and awarded in separate con
tract. a
(b) Ii four Beesemer steel cells OF
the dimensions and specifications of
the Bessemer steel cells shown on the
plans and specifications are SUBSTITUTE
ed for four of the tool proof cells
(c) /, all stoel cell work is clint
mated and awarded under separate con
tract
(d) If the heating system is award
/ ed under Il separate contract
(el If the electric wiring ard cleo
trio work is awarded under a separate
! contract.
Bidders on steel work, both tool
proof and Bessemer. are required to
submit samples of steel to be used.
also sampls OF locking devices.
a set 4 said plans aud specifications
and form of contract may be obtained
by prospective sbidders upon appliea
ton to the undersigned. or to the ar
chitects, which must be accompanied
by check for twenty-iv pillars, pay,
able and certified as. SSJye provided
in regard to checks accompanying pro
posals Such checks viii be returned
to the persons depositing the sam