Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-14

SeplU-bt mayor.
OFFICE of the Board of Street and Water Com
mssioners OF the City of Newark.
Newark N. J., September o. 1910.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office
from 315 to $3.50 o'clock p. m, of Thursday. the
fifteenth day of September, 1910 and opened at
the last named hour, at a public meeting Of the
board to be held at said time and place. for
TREAT PLACE
from William street TO Branford place.
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
One thousand six hundred 1,600) square yards
of asphalt block pavement on concrete
Nine hundred (sOW lineal feet of 1s by inch
four cut curb. set In concrete:
Two hundred (200) lineal feet Of old curb,
four cut and reset concrete.
Standard prices will be paid for the following:
one ~ set of 16 by inch four cut corners set
In concrete;
Ten dOo square yards of asphalt repaving IN
old concrete;
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
teriaIs and work for which there Is hxed
amount provided for in the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in sealed
envelope. properly Endorsed with the name OF
the bidder and of the improvement, and d.
rected 10 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
plete the same within twenty-five (25 consecu-
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
ers at the City Hall. Said proposals to be
companied by the consent in writing of two
sureties o. a surety company qualified to do
business in New Jersey who shall. at the time
tbe,r resnensbility in the amount Of such pro,
posal and bind themselves that. II the contract
be awarded to the person or persons making
the proposal, they WILL upon its being go
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
such contract they Will pay to the City OF
Newark any difference between the sums to
which he or they would have been entitled
-hich the City of Newark may be obliged to
pay the person or persons by whom such con-
The Board of Street and Water Commission
ers of the City of Newark reserve to them
proposals TO. the above work, as they may
deem pest for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions Of the seventh section
Of the law creating the Board OF Street and
water Commissioners, approved March 2S, 1891,
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
faithfui execution and performance OF said
nublic work shall first be approved to suf-
RRienSv hy the Board. and as to form by the
nounseI Of the Board. and contract shall
Se binding on the city or become effective or
operative until such bond is 50 approved. and
az president OF the Board shall have power
10 examine the proposed bondsmen under oath.
y he shall so desire, or shall be so instructed
~ he BOARD but the Board Will not be bound
Nv any statement that may be made by such
pyyonosed bnndsmen. 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. -, 80 :. Co.. -,
r.or9,roissIoners Of the City of Newark.
MORRIS r. SHERRERD,
sarast Chief Engineer.