The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-09-23
INVITATION FOR BID FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A JAIL
IN AND FOR GLYNN
COUNTY. GEORGIA.
COUNTY, GEORGIA.,


The commissioners of roads and rev
enue of Glynn county, Georgia, hereby
invite sealed proposals for the con-
struction Of Jail to be erected in the
/ city Of 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 a front of approximately forty
four feet by depth of approximately
! eigty.two feet, with eight tool procf
steel cells and four Bessemer steel
cells, 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 #. inches by Al #.
| 2 inches; sheriff's Office consultation.
kitchen, dining room, two bed rooms.
besides the cell room designated. Boil
er room 10 IT. by Is IT. separate, in
accordance with plans and specifca-
tions prepared by Edwards & Walter,
architects, which are now of file and
open to inspection at the office of the
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 BULL
ing Atlanta, Georgia.
All persons submitting bids will be
required to deposit with their bid a
check payable to the order of r. 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 win be returned to them upon
award " the contract, and the check
of the successful bidder win be reta n.
ed until he executes and delivers 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
building, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his contract as pro
vided by law. The successful bidder
will be required to execute and de-
liver such contract and bond within
ten days from the date the contract IL
awarded, and in the event he should
+, fail to do so, the commissioners will
| retain the proceeds of the certified
check as liquidated damages, and the
same shall become the property alb
solutely Of said county.
4 The terms and time of payment Of
said contract shall be as follows: Els
Inmates shall be made by said archi-
tect, or by a 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 Rmcunt 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 ard specifications in the of.
fee Of said commissioners and alss at
the ofsce OF said architects, and open
TO inspection. This form of contract
may be changed or altered by the
commissioners at any time before the
final execution, If they deem 1t neces-
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
will deduct from their bids
| la) If the heating system is elimi
mated and awarded in a separate con-
tract
tbl II four Bessemer 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) l. all steel cell work is clint
mated and awarded under separate con-
tract.
(d) If the heating system is award
ed under separate contract.
(e) If the electric wiring and cleo
trio work is awarded under q 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 Of said plans and specifications
and form of contract may be obtained