Arizona republican., 1909-10-13
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.

| Board of Supervisors of MaricOpa county. Arizona Territory at Phoenix Arizona, and endorsed Proposals for 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- fices of said board in the court house of Marieopa 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 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 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- l 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. l N, R. 3 F. of the G. & $. R. B. & M. line. county of Mari copa, Territory of Arizona, and ex- tending to station No. 2s. plus 75.OO feet. where the causesvay 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. 3 E., G. & s. R. B. & 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 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
 
 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 Iaccordance 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 price per pound for steel in place and shall state 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 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- ptdIduCe Ol Sdlu Dluuer WltHlH 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 ful 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 C75) 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 th HA fgl