Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-24
OFFICE of the Board of Street and water

OFFICE of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of the City of Newark talhn
newark, 9ia .il, n. j.. May 20. 1910. =
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
from Els to $3.50 o'clock p. M Of THURSDAY ING
twenty-sixth day of May, 1910. and opened at
the last named hour at a public meeting or the
Board to be hold at said time and place for
tagging the sidewalks In the following streetssr
BIGELOW STREET. !
from Bergen street to Seymour avenue:
BLOOMFIELD AVENUE, f.ts
from Fifth street to North Eighth street, ana
NORTH FOURTEENTH STREET,
from Orange street to the Lackawanna Rail
road.
Also for the grading, curbing and tagging Of
NORTH SEVENTH STREET, Hvz
from Chester avenue to Deavan avenue, and
THIRD AVENUE, =
from Fifth street to Rosevlle avenue
The following is about the amount OF tfe
work to be done. and the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion OF
said work. and upon which bids will be COM
FOR FOR BIGBLow STREET PAvING: s4ol
Two thousand six hundred (2.6OO) square rect
u Three hundred tsoo) cubic yards of excavation.
FOR BLOOMFIELD AVENUE FLAGGINGa.o
One thousand eight hundred and ninety u.S9oB
square feet of new tagging, 3 feet wide; sa..
Three hundred and fifty t35O) square feet OF
new Tagging. feet wide:
Five hundred 5000 square feet OF old tagging
FOR NORTH FOURTEENTH STREET
One thousand three hundred and ten q,310)
square feet of new Tagging. feet wide
One hundred and twenty five d25) cubic yards
FOR NORTH SEVENTH STREET GRADING.
CURLING AND FLAGGING
Five hundred t5o0) cubic yards of excavation.
two hundred 5000 cubic yards of which is TO be
embankment on the street; excavation to be
paid for only Je..n
one thousand five hundred and twenty q, 5?o}
ineal fet OF new 90 by inch four cut curb set
in concrete
-Four (4) sets of new 20 by 4 inch four cut
corners set In concrete; ~r 1
Two hundred and seventy-two (272) Square '4et
OF new Belgian bridging;
Seven thousand five hundred (7.5O0) square
feet of tagging, feet wide;
One ~ catch basin with connection COM
FOR THIRD AVENUE GRADING, CURB
ING AND FLAGGING:
One thousand four hundred and eighteen q, 4lS)
lineal feet Of new 20 by inch four cut curb set
in concrete: '
Fifty (5ol square feet of new Belgian bridging;
Seven thousand ard fifty C7O50) square feet
Of new tagging feet wide:
One CD new catch basin with connection COM
plete. 1sf,s-J-
Bidders are not to state any price for ma;
terials and work for which there is Axed
amount provided for in the specifications. 70 ~
Each proposal must be enclosed in sealed
envelope properly indorsed with the name f of
rected. to the Board of Street and Water COM
missloners Of the City of Newark. .gi
Bidders Will state their prices in writing as
we'll as In figures oa.s-,
Bidders must specify. in their proposals that,
should the above work be awarded to them. tney
viii bind themsevcr to finish and complete ths
same within the following number of consecu-
tive working days r,
Bigelow Street Flegging-Ten Q0) days -
Bloomfield Avenue Flagging-Ten G0) days. .
North Fourteenth Street Flagging-Eighta %
days.
North Seventh Street Grading. Curbinz and
1agging-Thrty (30) days. n rasi
Third Avenue Grading. Curbing and Flagglns
The plaps and specifications of the work can
Of e sos s # rss Ss nS e.
ers at the City Han. Said proposals to be ac-
or surety auasd q 10
business In New Jersey. who shall, at the time
m in Ss "a such e @
posal. and bind themselves that. IL the contract
Be awarded to the the person s, or persons making
awarded, become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance Of said work: and that il
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 Beard & q Street and Water commission-
selves the right, to accept or reject any or all
proposals prop. ss, for for the above work. as they may
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions of the seventh section
water commissioners approved March 2s, 1891
tnai T., ,he hnna or bonds 70 be given for the
public work shall first be approved as to .suf-
1ciency by the Board. and as to form by the
| counsel OF the Board, and no contract shall
be oinding on the city OF become effective or
| operative until such bond Is 70 approved: and
| tho President OF the Board shall have power
/ 70 examine the proposed bondsmen under oath.
| Y ae shall so desire. shall be SO instructed
I ny the Board. but the Board will not be bound
| ny any statement that may be made by such
proposed bondsmen. but shall have full power
mo absolute discretion in the whole matter,
and this provision shall be referred to In any
I u, work - y" rfISl
BY direction Of the Board of Street, and
I Wafer Commissioners Of the CITY Of Newark.1-
M r. SHERRERD.
"E-o-ot f' Chief Engineer.