The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

OFFICE of the Board OF Street and water
Commissioners of the City OF Newark. city
Hall.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Of
nee from s:i5 to $3.50 o'clock. 7; m. OF Thurs
and opened at the last named hour, at a public
meeting Of the Board to be held at said time
and place. Tor tp Hn rgpa sTPSrp e.
from Broad street To Washington street.
The following Is about the amount OF the
nished In the construction and completion OF
said work, and upon which bids will be COM
pared:
Three thousand 5000 square yards Of
Gianitoid concrete blocked pavement on a con-
Thirteen hundred d,soW iinesl feet OF new
10 by 3 Inch eight cut curb. get in conetete;,
eight cut and reset In concrete;.
One hundred 900 square feet Of new Belgian
bridging laid on concrete:
Three f) new manholes complete with Noise
less covers:
One % new basin with connecting chute
One a. new basin. using old head and sill.
Standard prices Will be paid for the fol-
-Four tD sets OF new ie by s Inch eight cut
corners set In concrete:
One hundred and sixty nsD lineai feet OF
new 1s by ! inch header curb set In concrete:
fltty ,5ol square yards OF old granite pave
FIFTY GOD square yards OF new asphalt pave
ment on a concrete foundation.
Bids for the above pavement must include a
I'ANF pN Pei c4hhI0 an per wear Tut ndlu-
tenance and repair Of said pavement during an
additional. and second period OF five To- years
required at option Of the. Board at any tins
before the expiration OF the first nve go year
Bidders are not to state any price for 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 Il
the bidder and or the Improvement. and al
mlssioners or the city or Newark.
Bidders win state their prices in writing ss
Bidders must specify In their proposals that,
should the above work be awarded to them,
plete the same within thirty-nve (s5) consecu-
tive working days.
The nlans 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 N, City Hall. Said proposals to be ac-
companied by the consent. In writing, OF two
%sureties, or a surety company qualified to do
business in New Jersey, who shall. at the time
responsibility in the amount OF such proposal,
and bind themselves that. IL the contract be
awarded to the person or persons making the
proposal they will, upon its being SO awarded
become HIS or their sureties for the faithful
performanc OF SAID work; and that II the per-
contract, they MI pay to the City Of Neyarls
or they would have been n entitled nfnls 70 pn wn'c come ne
pletion of the contract, and that which the
City of Newark may be obliged TO pay the per-
son or persons by whom such contract shall be
executed.
The Board OF Street and Water Commission
ers OF the City OF Newark reserves to them
selves the right to accept or reject any or all
proposals for the above work, as they may
deem best fof the interest OF the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions OF the seventh section Of
the law creating the Board Of Street and
Water commissioners, approved March 2Sth.
1881, that the bond or bonds to be given for The
faithful execution and performance OF said
public work. shall first be approved as TO sur
fciency by the Board. and as to form. by the
Counsel OF the Board, and no contract shall be
binding ON the city, or become effective or
operative until such bond Is so approved. and
the President OF the Board shall have power
70 examine the proposed bondsmen under oath,
il 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 bondsmen. but shall have full power
and absolute discretion in the whole matter,
and this provision shall be referred to In any
advertisement inviting bids for any such public
work.
BY direction of the Board or Street ana
Water Commissioner Of the City Of Newark.
NJ. +. SHERRERD.