Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-26
CITY ApvERrrsHmESrs.
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.. August Is. 1910.
\ Sealed proposals Will be received at this office
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last named hour. at a public meeting of the
board to be held at said time and place. for
the tagging of the sidewalks In r
BRYANT STREET.
from Lincoln avenue to Summer avenue, and IN
NORTH TWELFTH STREET.
from Fourth avenue to Springdale avenue
For the, grading and curbing of
SOUTH TWELFTH STREET,
And for the grading, curbing and tagging OF
LEHIGH AVENUE.
from about 600 feet west of Bergen street to
MAPEs AVENUE.
from about 600 feet west OF Bergen street to os-
HEPARp AvBNuE
from about 60 feet west of Bergen street to
Osborne terrace.
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 BRYANT STREET FLAGGING:
Two thousand three hundred and twenty
2.s2o) square feet of tagging 4 feet wide;
FIFTY go cubic yards Of excavation,
CLING:
Five thousand nine hundred a, 300 square feet
of Tagging 5 feet wide:
Fifty 900 cubic yards Of excavation.
FOR SOUTH TWELFTH STREET GRAD
ING AND
Three thousand 1--WE hundred e, 500 cubic
yards excavation;
-Four thousand six hundred and fifty 1850
lineal feet of 20 by inch four cut curb. set in
Fifty $50 iineal feet of old curb four cut and
reset In concrete; -
Three 0) sets Of 20 by 4 inch four cut corners
Four hundred and eighty us0 square feet OF
Belgian bridging;
One ID catch basin with connection complete.
FOR IEHIGH AVFNIJH GRADING. CURB-
ING N FLAGGfNG:
Two thousand five hundred and eighty-nve
q, $3.50 cubic yards of embankment, two thou
sand four hundred q .40o) cubic yards of which
IL excavation on the street; embankment is TO
be paid for only;
One thousand six hundred and thirty c,6s0)
lineal feet of 20 by 4 inch four cut curb;
Eight thousand one hundred and fifty 0.1bD
square feet of tagging s feet wlde;,
One hundred Goo lineai feet of q inch double
FOR MAPESs AVENUE GRADING. CURLING
Eleven hundred u,10o) cubic yards Of elnbank-
ment, one hundred Q00) cubic yards Of which
is excavation on the street; embankment to be
paid for only;
Nine hundred and twenty (s2O lineal feet Of
20 by 4 inch four cut curb;
-Four thousand six hundred U,60) square feet
Of Tagging 8 feet wide;
One hundred 400 lineai feet Of "a inch double
strength gsng terra Gotta PIPE; an n,.,a c,,pp
ING N FLAGGING:
Eleven hundred q 1907 cubic yards Of embank-
ment, three hundred 600 cubic Yards of which
Is excavation on the street; embankment to be
paid for only:
Nine hundred and forty Cs4o) iineal feet Of 20
by 4 inch four cut curb:
-Four thousand. seven hundred q, 700) square
feet OF tagging 5 feet wide:
One hundred 400 lineai feet of "a inch double
strength terra Gotta pipe.
Bidders are not 10 state any price for ma
terials and work for which there Is 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 d.
rected to the Board of Street and Water Com
misFioners of the City of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing ~
we'll as in figures.
should the above work be awarded to them,
they will bind themselves to finish and conn
pIete the same within the following number Of
consecutive working days:
Bryant Street Flagging-Twelve CID days.
North Twelfth Street F1assins-Twenty tfW
South Twelfth Street Grading and curSinx-
Lehigh Avenue Grading. curbins and Flag
Mapes Avenue Grading. CURLING ana F1agsins
Thirty. 600 days.
shepard Avenue Grading. ourbins and Flag
The plans and specifications of the work can
be examined tthe Office Of the Chief Engineer
ers at the City Hall. Said proposals. to be ac-
companied by the consent in writing of two
S Spri1ss: ., or N = surety Tssy company rpp qualified to do
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OF putting In such proposals., qualify as to
their responsibility in the amount of such pro-
posel, and bind themselves that. II the contract
BIO awarded to the person or persons making
the proposal. they will, upon its being 90
awarded, become his or their ~sureties for the
faithful performance OF said work, and that IL
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
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 tasect any or all
proposals for the above work, as they may
deem best for the interest OF the city.
Bidders and s~ureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions Of the seventh section
OF the law creating the BoardSof Street and
Water Commissioners, approved March 20. 1891.
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
public work shall first be approved as to suf-
fciency 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 20 approved. and
the President OF the Board shall have power
to examine the proposed bondsmen under oath,
v he shall go 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 b~ondsmen, hut shall have full power
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.
NORRIS r. sHERRERD,
aug26-5t Chief Engineer.