The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-29
CITY ADvERTIsEMENrs.
OFFICE of the Board of Street and Water
commissioner of the City of Newark.
CITY HALL
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OFFICE of the Board of Street and Water
commissioner of the City of Newark.
CITY HALL
Newark. n. J...July %, 1903.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Of
fee from s;15 10 $3.50 O'Clock p. m, Of Thurs,
day. the fifth day of August. 1903, ana opened
at the last named hour. at a public meeting
Of the Board TO be held at said time and place,
for the grading and curbing of
WOODSIDE PLACE.
from Arlington avenue to Summer avenue.
The GLOWING is about the amount OF the
work to be done. and the materials TO be fur-
nished in the construction and completion OF
said work, and upon which bids Will be com
pared:
cubic yards of excavation. one hundred ana
twenty-five q25l cubic yards of which is to be
em~bankment on the street. excavation ouiy 10
Two thousand two hundred and forty G. 24O
lineal feet of new 20 by 4 inch four cut curb;
One hundred and ninety-two Gs2) lineal feet
of old curb to be four cut and reset;
Four e) sets of new 20 by inch four cut
corners.
rails 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 Of
the bidder and OF the Improvement, and d.
rected to the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners of the City OF Newark
Bidders will state their prices in writing as
well as In figures.
Bidders must specify In their proposals tnat'
shoull the above work be awarded to them,
they will bind themselves to hnish and COM
plete the same within twenty-five t2) consecu-
tive working days.
The plans and specihcst tons of the work can
be Examine at the Office of the Chief Engineer
OF the Board of Street and Water Commission
ers at the City Hall. Said proposals to be ac-
companied by the consent in writing OF TWO
~sureties. or a surety company quGlined to 90
business In New Jersey, who shall, at the time
of putting in such proposals, qualify as 10
their responsibility in the amount OF such pro
posal, and bind themselves that, If the contract
be awarded to the person or persons making
the DrOpOSal. thew will. UPON its being 80
awarded become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance of said work. and that II
the person or persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract they VIII pay to the City OF
Newark any difference between the sums TO
which he or they would have been entitled
upon completion Of the contract and thst
nay the person or persons by whom such con-
tract shall be executed.
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 all
proposals for the above work, as they may
deem best for 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 Is. 1881.
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
faithful execution and performance OF said
public work shall first be approved as 70 suf-
hciency by the BOARD, and a. 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
to examine the proposed bondsmen under oath.
II he shall so desire. or shall be SO instructed
by the Board, but the Board VIII not be bound
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 pub
lie work.
NJ. r. SHERRERD.
jyes-5t Chief Engineer.