Arizona republican., 1909-10-15
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.

Arizona, and endorsed Proposals for the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the Salt river at the foot of Center street south from the city of Phoenix, Arizona" will be received
 by the clerk of said board at the of fees of said board in the court house of 'Maricopa county at Phoenix, Ari- zona, until o'clock, local time, in the afternoon of Saturday. the 9th day of November. 1909. and will be publicly opened by said Board of Supervisors at meeting to be held on that day, or at the first meeting thereafter. The work for which said proposals are in vited is to provide for the proper and complete construction of said bridge in every detail. and it is understood that the contractor agrees to furnish all and everything necessary for such construction, notwithstanding any omissions in the drawings or specifi- cations. The specifications and ac- companying drawings hereinafter re- ferred to are intended to correspond with and be illustrative of each oth- CT. Any part of the work which may be only mentioned in one or repre- sented in the other shall be executed the same as if it had been fully de- scribed in both. Said bridge is locat- ed as follows: Commencing at station
 No plus 75.OO feet, said point being in the south half of section seventeen. T. 1 N. R. F. of the G. & $. k. B. X Nj. line. county of Mari copa. Territory of Arizona, and ex- tending to station No. 2S, plus 75.00 feet. where the causeway com
 mences and extends in the same straight line as the bridge to station
 No. 34, plus 4O.00 feet, a point in the north half of section twenty. T. N. k. , F., G. x s. R. E. X NJ. line county of Maricopa. Territory of Ari- zona, said station points being ac
 cording to profile of the site of pro- posed bridge over Salt river on Gen. ter street extension at Phoenix. Mari cOpa county. Arizona. as surveyed by Mir Gus A Streitz, county surveyor
 January I. 1909. Said bridge to be constructed of reinforced concrete in accordance with plans and specified tions prepared by Mayberry and
 Parker and furnished by said Board of Supervisors. which plans and spe- cifications. together with said profile of the site of said proposed bridge
 may be obtained upon application at the office of said board upon the
 payment therefor of the sum of S4
 In submitting his bid the contractor shall give a lump sum figure for the bridge and causeway completed in accordance with the plans and speci- fications above referred to- In view of the possibility that the size and depths of the footing for the abut
 ments. caissons and retaining wall may be changed from those given on the drawings. the contractor in sub lnittiing his bid shall give a price per cubic yard for the concrete in place, which price shall include form work
 excavation and killing In case such changes are made this change shall be the basis for any credits or extras to be allowed for this class of work In addition to the above the contractor shall submit price per span for further extension of the bridge. which figure shall allow for the reduced length of the causeway, it being understood that any increased length of the bridge shall be decided upon before all of the original con- tract material has been delivered. Also the contractor shall submit a price per cubic yard in place for concrete riprap as specified for the north riv- CT bank protection. which figure shall include excavation and refilling for further extension of the same. He shall also submit a price per pound Fnr eta in f,1a anA ShalI Sra total
 ength of time required to perform and complete said work All bids must be upon, blanks for that purpose fur nished by said Board of Supervisors.
 All bids shall be accompanied by a certified check in a sum equal tO ten per cent of the amount of said lump bid and drawn upon some responsible bank. and shall be made payable to the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa county, Arizona: said certified checks, or cash deposited with the bids in lieu of checks. will be held by said board until all of the bids have been canvas jed and the contract awarded and signed. The return of said check or cash deposited with the bid to the bidder to whom the contract shall be awarded is conditioned upon the ap- pearance of said bidder within ten days after receiving notice of such award and executing a contract with said. county of Maricopa for the work so awarded. and giving a bond. said bond and contract to be satisfactory to said Board of Supervisors, and said bond to be conditioned upon the faith full performance of such contract in the penal sum of S25.000 The price which said Board of Supervisors shall contract to pay for the construction of said bridge shall become due and payable as follows: Seventy-five (75) per cent of the work completed ac- by the engineers in charge of said work at the end of each thirty days from the time when the said work of shall begin. and the bal ance of the contract price to be paid at the end of sixty days after said all work and materials paid for Ly the contractors and the bridge finally accepted by said Board of Supervis- OTIS. All of said payments to be made in the following manner. Fifty thou sand dollars to be paid by the County the contract price to be paid by private subscription, including Indian labor to the amount of S10.000. Bidders are required tO state in their bids their indiyidual names and places