Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-10-11
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.

the construction of 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-
IONA, 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 a 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 1t 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 he illustrative of each 9TH
er. Any part of the work which may
be only mentioned in one or repre-
scented 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 1900 feet, said point
being in the south half of section
seventeen. T. l N, r. 8 E. of the G..
< s. X. b. & NJ. line. county of Mari
copa. Territory of Arizona, and eX-
tending to station No. %. plus 1900
feet. where the causeway COM
mences and extends in the same
straight line as the bridge to station
No. a.. plus 1000 feet. a point in
the north half of section twenty, T. l
". r. 3 E. G. & S. r. 3. & NJ. line.
county of Maricopa, Territory of Ari-
IONA. said station points being ac-
cording to profile of the site of pro-
posed bridge over Salt river on Cen
ter street extension at Phoenix, Mari
copa county, Arizona. as surveyed by
Mr.. Gus A. StreitZ. county surveyor.
January 4, 1909. Said bridge to be
constructed of reinforced concrete in
accordance with plans and specifica-
tons prepared by Mayberry and
Parker and furnished by said Board
of Supervisors; which plans and spe-
cifications. together with said profile
VI lUt Sllt VI PiOPOStu ibSt
may be obtained upon application at
the office of said board upon the
payment therefor of the sum of 81.
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-
fiGations 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-
er 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
length 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
canvassed 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 $4,000. 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-
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 by
the contractors and the bridge finally
accepted by said Board of Supervis-
ors. All of said payments to be made
in the following manner. Fifty thou
sand dollars to be paid by the County
OF Maricopa and the balance of
the contract price to be paid
by private subscription. including
Indian labor to the amount of $4,000.
Bidders are required to state in their