Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-11
CITY ADvEnrrsEmENrs.
! OFFICE of the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners of the City OF Newark.
CITY Hall.


OFFICE of the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners of the City of Newark.
City Hall.
Newark, n. j., November IL. 1910.
Sealed proposed Is will be received at this ONCE
from 3:15 to $3.50 o'clock p. M, OF Thursday. the
seventeenth day of November, 1910. and opened
at the last named hour, at a public meeting OF
the board to be held at said time and place. .or
the grading, curbing and tagging or
AVENUE,
from Arlington avenue to Second Avenue, and for
the tagging of the sidewalks In
FRELINGHUYSEN AVENUE,
from Bigelow street to Dayton street.
The following Is about the amount OF the work
to be done. and the materials TO be furnished in
the construction and completion of said work,
and upon which bids will be compared:
FOR CLIFTON AVENUE GRADING:
Three thousand five hundred $500 cubic
yards of embankment, three thousand two hun
dred "a. 200) cubic yards of which is excavation
on the street; embankment to be paid for;
Three thousand and twenty "a. 020) lineal feet
Of new. 20 byA inch four cut curb:
Six go sets of new 20 by 4 inch four cut
Three hundred Csoo) square feet of new Bel
gian bridging;
feet Of new tagging. 5 feet wide;
One ~ basin complete;
One ~ basin, using old head and sill;
One ID new granite head and sill on old
FOR FREL1NGHUYsEN AVENUE FLAG
Forty-hve thousand t45.oo0 square feet of new
tagging, 5 feet wide;
One thousand 1000 square feet of old flag
ging reIaid;
Five hundred $500 square feet of artificial
stone walk;
Three hundred and fifty $500 cubic yards of
emhankment, two hundred 1900 cubic yards Of
which is excavation on the street; embankment
only to be paid for.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terials and work for which there Is a nxed
amount provided for in the specifications
Each proposal must be enclosed In a sealed
envelope, properly Endorsed with the name Of
tho hfad.R aud ~ fhA tnrnrnvonHAnf md AZ
rected to the Board Of Street and Water. Com
missioners OF the City of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices In writing as
Bidders must specify in their proposals that
should the above work be awarded TO- them.
they will bind themselves to finish and COM
plete the same within the following number Of
consecutive working days:
Clifton Avenue ~Grading-Sixty f6W days.
Frelinghuysen Avenue Flagging-Fffty t5o)
The plans and specifications of the work can
be examined at the office of the Chief Engineer
Of the Board Of Street and Water Commission
es at the City Hall. Said proposals TO be ac-
sureties, o. q surety Company auaiined to Dc
business in New Jersey. who shall. at the time
Of putting In such proposals, qualify as ia
their responsibility In the amount of such pro.
posal, and bind themselves that. If the contract
be awarded to the person or persons making
awarded, become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance Of said work, and that II
the person or persons omit or refuse to execute
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Newark any difference between the sums tc
which he or they would have been entitled
upon completion of the contract and tina,
Which the City of Newark may be obliged Il
pay the person or persons by whom such con.
tract shall be executed.
The Board Of Street and Water Commission
ers of the City of Newark reserve to them.
| selves the right to accept or reject any or al
proposals fos the above work. as they may
deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified thal
under the provisions of the seventh sector
of the law creating the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners. approved March %. 1891
.ha: the bond OF bonds 10 De given for tn,
faithful execution and performance Of sale
public work shall first be approved as to suf
fciency by the Board. and as to form by tn,
counsel OF the Board. and no contract shall
be binding on the city or become effective OIL
operative until such bond is so approved, ant
the President of the Board shall have powei
to examine the proposed bondsmen under oath
IL 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 bondsmen. but shall have full power
and absolute discretion in the whole matter
and this provision shall be referred to in AM
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub
lie work.
BY direction Of the Board of Street and wate
Commissioners Of the City Of Newark.
MORRIS r. SHERRERD,
~nov11-6t Chief Engineer.