Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-03

CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
OF the Board CO Street and Watei
Commissioners of the City OF Newark.
City Hall.

SttJ Id8n.
Newark, N. j., September 80. 1910.
Sealed proposals will be received at this once
sTom s Gay to 81 s; 9ot 1,Slock BIO Fl m ana o. o Mngrsda " the tss
board to be held at said time and place. for
SOUTH STREET,
from Pacific street to Tyler street. and for the
RI oGEWOOD AVENUE,
from Bigelow street to Runyon 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 SOUTH STREET GRADING. CURBIN
Three thousand four hundred CS,4ooD cubic
yards Of embsnkment. one hundred qOo) cubic
bankment to be paid for only;
Four thousand six hundred u,600) 1ineal feet
of 20 by 8 inch four cut curb;
Ten OO sets 20 by 5 inch four cut corners;
One thousand eight hundred and twenty-four
q, s2D square feet Of Belgian bridging;
square feet of tagging s feet wide;
Two CD basins with connections completes;
sill;
One ~ new head and sill on old basin.
FOR RIDGEwOOD AVENUE PAVING:
Two thousand nine hundred and seventy
t2.g7W square yards of brick pavement on a six
6) inch concrete foundation;
Nine hundred 1000 1ineal feet OF 20 by 4 inch
four cut curb get in concrete;
Five hundred and eighty $3.50 lineal feet of
old curb four cut and reset in concrete;
One ID basin with connection complete.
Nine hundred (90W cubic yards OF extra
excavation, including sidewalks, to be included
in price of paving, and not to be bid for sep
arately.
Standard prices will be paid for the following:
set in concrete;
Three tsl noiseiess manhoie covers;
Forty QO lineal feet Of new header curb set
In concrete.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
teriais and work for which there IL 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 improvement. and directed
to the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
of the City Of Newark,
Bidders will state their prices in writing az
Bidders AUST 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:
South Street grading. curbing and Tagging
Sixty (60) days;
Ridgewood avenue paving-Thirty 3O days.
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. or a surety company qualified to do
business in New Jersey. who shall. at the time
their responsibility in the amount of such pro.
posal. and bind themselves that. IL the contract
the proposal, they will. upon it's being So
awarded. become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance of said work. and that II
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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 Board 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 sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions OF the seventh section
OF the Iaw 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 suf-
hciency by the Board. 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,
IL he shall SO desire. OF 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 any
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub
lie work.
BY direction OF the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners Of the City OF Newark.
MORRIS r. SHERRERD,
seps0-5t Chief Engineer.