The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-12
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
ncs from S:15 to 1880 O'Clock p. M. OF Thurs
day, the seventeenth day OF September. 1908.
and opened at the last named hour. at a public
meeting Of the Board to be held at said time
and place. FOR the repaving OF
HILL STREET,
from Broad street to Washington street.
The following is about the amount OF the
nished In the construction and completion az
said work, and upon which bids w1l be com
Three thousand 1000 square yards OF
Granitoid concrete blocked pavement on a con-
'Tkirteen hundred q 1900 iineal feet Of new
~ by 5 inch eight cut curb. set In concrete;
One hundred dW lineal feet OF old curb
one hundred 600 square feet OF new Belgian
Bridging laid on concrete:
Three CO new manholes complete with Noise
one Is new basin with connecting chute
one ~ new basin. using old head and sill.
standard prices viii be paid for the fol-
lowing:
Four ~ sets Of new 16 by 5 inch eight cut
corners set in concrete;
One hundred and sixty 1e0) lineal feet Of
new 10 by 1 inch header curb, set in concrete:
Fifty t5l square yards of old granite pave
mont relaid on sand;
Fifty G0) square yards Of new asphalt pave
mant on 4 concrete foundation.
Bids for the above pavement must include a
IiNt bh PCT ~ RAlA 20 s''i ~ ihe#i
tenance and repair OF said pavement during an
additional and second period Of nve 0N years
required at option Of the Board Mt any time
before the expiration OF the first I'VE @ year
guarantee.
Bidders are not TO state any price for ma
terials and work for which there Is q fixed
amount provided Tor IN the speeiheatlons'
Each proposal must be enclosed IN a sealed
envelope. properly indorsed with the name II
the bidder and Of the Improvement and DIT
missioners OF the city OF Newark.
Bidders will state their prices In writing as
bidders must specify In their proposals that,
should the above work he awarded to them,
they will bind themselves to finish and com
plete the same within thlrty-nve t35) consecu-
tive working days.
The plans and specifications Of the work car
he examined at the office OF the Chief Engineer
~ the Board of Street and Water Commission
ers at tn, city Hall. Said proposals to be ac.
companied by the consent. in writing. Of twc
s%ureties. or a surety company qualified to dc
business In New Jersey, who shall: at the time
responsibility in the amount of such proposal
and bind themselves that. IL the contract b.
proposal they win, upon its being SO awarded
become his or their sureties for the faithful
performance OF said work; and that IL the per
son or persons omit or refuse to execute sucf
contract. they will pay 70 the City OF Newark
any difference between the sums to which III
or they would have been entitled upon com
pletion. OF the contract, and that which thu
City Of Newark may be obliged to pay the per
son or persons by whom such contract shall h
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 al
proposals for the above work, as they ma,
deem best f4 the interest Of the city.
Bidders ana sureties are hereby notified tina
under the provisions of the seventh section o
the law creating the Board OF Street am
Water Commissioners. approved March 2Sth
1891, that the bond or bonds to be given for I'll
faithful execution and performance Of sal,
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 b
binding on the city. or become effective o
operative until such bond is so approved: an
the President OF the Board shall have powe
TO examine the proposed bondsmen under oath
If he shall so desire, or shall be so instructe
by the Board, but the Board will not be boun
by any tatcment that may be made by sue
proposed bondsmen. but shall have fun powe
and absolute discretion In the whole matter
and this provision shall be referred to in an
advertisement inviting bids for any such publ
work.
BY direction Of the Board OF Street an
Water Commissioner OF the City Of Newark.
1ep13<rk Chief EnginesE.