Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-23
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the city clerk Of the City of Cresco,
Iowa, at his Office in Cresco, until eight
o'clock p. m, on the 10th day of May.
l9O9, for the construction of the follow
ing described improvements as per
plans and specifications now on file in
the Office of said clerk.
Paving Elm Street from the South
line of Market street to the North line
OF Peck street with brick on concrete
foundation, about nine thousand square
yards $4,000 of paving more or less,
to begin on or before the first day of
June, 1909 and to be fully completed
on or before the 18th day of August,
1909.
So much of the cost of the construc-
ton of the said improvement as is by
law assessable against AUDITING prop
erty, to be assessed against the said
abutting property in accordance with
the law governing same, and payment
to the amount of such assessment for
such work will be made in assessment
certificates bearing interest at the rate
OF Six per cent Is per cent? per >annum
issued in accordance with the provis-
ions of Section 841 of the Code In
case of any deficiency between the con-
tract price and the amount of such GER
tificates, such deficiency will be paid in
warrants drawn on the improvement
fund available for the fiscal year be-
ginning April LIST, 1910, payable out of
the proceeds of the tax levied there
fore and from no other source, said
warrants to bear six per cent interest
from date of issue until paid, the city
to incur no liability other than the duty
to levy the said tax and to properly
apply the proceeds therein in making
the special assessments above referred
to and issuing assessment certificates
to the contractor therefor. Said as
sessment certificates and warrants
shall be accepted by the contractor in
full payment for all work done under
his contract without recourse on the
City of Cresco.
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check in separate envelope,
said check to be on some bank of
Cresco and made payable to the order
OF the city treasurer of the city of
Cresco, in the sum of Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.) Each envelope must be
addressed to the city of Cresco and en-
dorsed with the name of the bidder
and the Improvements said check and
proposal are for. Certified checks ac-
companying proposals will be returned
to the unsuccessful bidders when the
contract has been awarded and also the
bidder to whom the contract is award
ed, when he shall have entered into
the contract for the construction of
said improvement with the city of
Cresco and given bond in the sum o.
Five Thousand Dollars ($50O0) with
sureties to be approved by the city
council of the city of Cresco for the
faithful performance of his contract.
The person or persons to whom said
contract is awarded will be required to
attend the Office of the city clerk with
the sureties offered by him or them
and execute the contract within five
days from the service of notice to that
effect, and in case of failure or neglect
to do so, he or they will be considered
as having abandoned it. The work
will then be let to the next lowest bid
der or it may be re-advertised and re-
let until the contract is accepted and
executed but such an abandonment by
any bidder shall not release or invali-
date any check deposited or accom-
panying any bid, as security that such
bidder will execute the contract for the
work within the specified time. The
contract will contain a provision that
the contractor shall guarantee the i'm
prov ement to remain in good repair for
period of five years from and after
the date of its acceptance by the city
council and the bond will contain like
condition.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into a contract with the
city of Cresco for the construction of
said improvement or furnish bond as
herein required and as required by law,
the certified check deposited by him
with his bid shall be forfeited to the
city of Cresco as agreed and liquidated
damages. The right is reserved to re-
ject any and all bids or part or parts
of any bids. The proposals received
will be acted upon by the city council
of the city of Cresco on the 10th day
of May, 1909. By authority of the
city council of the city of Cresco.
P. j. McCULLoW,
City Clerk of said City.