The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-12
CITY ADyERTISEMEN
OFFICE OF the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of the City of Newark.
I HALL.

Newark. \. j., August II. 1909.
Sealed proposals Will be received at this Of
day, the nineteenth day of August, 1909, and
opened at the last named hour, at a public
meeting OF the Board to be held at said time
ana place, for the construction of the
r. AVENUE SEWER.
between Brookdale and West End avenue.
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done. and the materials to be fur
n1shed In the construction and completion of
said work, and upon which bids will be com
pared:
Eight hundred and fifty $500 iineal feet Of
twelve ~ inch Nitrifed salt gazed pipe sewer;
-Four % manho1es, with buckets complete lin
GUIDING three 90 junction manholes).
Bidders are not to state any price for mate
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 improveme t.. and al
rected to the Board of Street and Water Com
mlssioners Of the city of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing as
well as in figures
bidders must specify in their proposals that
shoull the above work be awarded TO them.
tney VIII plnd themselves to finish and COM
piete the same within fifteen 05) consecutive
working days.
The plans aud specifications of the work can
De examined 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-
eompanied by the consent in writing of two
or a surety company qualified to do
business in New Jersey. who shall. at the time
OF putting In such proposals, qualify as to
tiAe itSPOislpllitY VI the amount OF SuCn pro-
posal, and bind themselves that, If the contract
be awarded to the person or persons making
the proposal, they will upon It's being 30
awarded. become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance of said work; and that IL
the person or persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract they will 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 that
which the City of Newark may be obliged to
pay the person or persons by whom such con-
tract shall be executed
The Bo1rd 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 s~ureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions of the seventh section
OF the law creating the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners. approved March 2S. 1891.
that the bond or. bonds to be given for the
faithful execution and performance OF said
public work shall first be approved as to SUI
hciency by the Hoard. and as 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 will not be bound
by any statement that may be made by such
proposed ~bondsInen. but shall have full power
and absolute discretion IN the whole matter.
advel tisement inviting bids for any such pub
lie work.
BY direction Of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners OF the City of Newark.
NJ. r. SHERRERD.
augl2-ot Chief Engineer.