El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-29
Legal Notices.
CITY OF Ell PASO, TEXAS.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed proposals for furnishing all
labor and material for the building
complete of a STORM SEWER on the
north side of Main street, from the
west line OF oregon street to the west
line of Santa Fe street in Ell Paso,
Texas, and all excavation and filling
necessary to build the same, will be
received by the City Clerk of said city
at his office in the City Hall in said
city, until II a. m, standard time,
November 3rd, 1910, in accordance with
the plans and specifications on file in
the office of the City Engineer of said
city.
The price of a complete set of plans
and specifications. will be SO, which
shall be paid to the City Engineer on
the receipt of same; which price will
be returned on the return of said plans
and specifications to bonafide bidders
These proposals shall specify the
price per cubic yard for concrete
which shall include all forms neces-
sary for erection and all timber necs-
sary 10 protect banks, rOadways, build
ings, etc.
The proposal shall specify separate
prices per pound for steel, which shall
include the placing, and separate
prices per cubic yard for all earth re-
moved.
Proposals shall be made on the
blank forms TO be obtained from the
City Engineer and shall be sealed and
filed with the City Clerk before the
hour stated. when they will be opened
by said City Clerk and publicly read
All proposals will be considered in
formal and rejected which contain bids
not asked for or which do not contain
prices in words and figures, or which
otherwise are not in conformity with
this notice.
Each proposal shall contain the full
name of every person, firm OF corpora
ton interested in the same, and the
address of the firm
ton and the secretary of the corpora
ton bidding, and shall be accompanied
by certified check upon National
bank, drawn to the Treasurer of the
City of Ell Paso, in the sum of five
hundred dollars (S500.)
The bidder to whom the contract
may be awarded shall attend at the
office of the City Clerk with the sure
days (Sundays eXcepted) after the
date of the notification by the city of
the acceptance of his or their proposal,
and there sign contract in triplicate
for the work.
In case of the failure so to do. he
or they will be considered as having
abandoned the same and the certified
check accompanying his proposal shall
be forfeited to the city.
The checks of all unsuccessful bid
ders will be returned upon demand and
also the check of the successful bidder
upon the execution of the contract and
me FURNISHING OF the required bond.
bond in the sum of five thousand
dollars (s5000), with sureties satisfac-.
tory TO the City Council will be re-
quired for the faithful performance of
the work.
All bids will be compared on the
basis of the Engineers estimate of the
work to be done, as follows:
Excavation 1890 Gu. yds.
Concrete
1-2k-5 mixture 80. 1900 Gu. yds.
IL A mixture $50. 264.O Gu. yds.
Steel
y in round rods. S,2s6 lbs.
% in. round rods Il. S74 lbs.
q in. round rods. 1887 lbs
so lb. rails 49,. $40 lbs.
80 lb. rails 49,. $50 lbs.
- 81. 697 lbs.
1S-in. concrete pipes, to be fur
nished by city ............3 80 #
steel CRATES with frames.
These quantities are approximate, be-
ing given only as a uniform basis for
comparison of bids and the City Coun-
Gil reserves the right to increase or
decrease the amount Of any class or