Arizona republican., 1909-10-17
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.


 Arizona, and endorsed Proposals for
 the construction of a wagon and foot
 'dge 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- fices 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 or
 November, 1909. and will be publicly | opened by said Board of Supervisors | at a meeting to be held on that day, | IT 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 3 plus 75.00 feet, said point
 being in the south half of section seventeen, T. 1 N, R. 2 F.. of the G. | & s. R B. & NJ. line. county of Mari copa, Territory of Arizona, and ex- tending to station No. 2S. plus 15.OO feet, where the causeway com mences and extends in the same straight line as the bridge to station
 No. 34.. plus 40.00 feet. a point in the north half of section twenty, T. N., R. E., G. X s. R. B. & M. 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 .opa county. Arizona, as surveyed by Mir Gus A. StreitZ. county surveyor, January 4. 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 A.
 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
 mittiing his bid shall give a price per
 cubic yard for the concrete in place,
 which price shall include form work, excavation and back-filling. 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 a 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 | for steel in place and shall state total
 ength of time required to perform and | Arlr sAu tut
 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 s25.0oO. 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-
 cording to estimates to be furnished | by the engineers in charge of said
 work at the end of each thirty days
 from the time when the said work of
 construction shall begin. and the bal
 ance of the contract price to be paid
 at the end of sixty days after said
 bridge shall have been fully completed. all work and materials paid for v
 the contractors and the bridge finally | accepted by said Board of Supervis-