Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS STREET
IMPROVEMENTS.
Office of the Board of Public Works, of the
City of Wausau, Wisconsin.

Office of the Board of Public Works, of the
| City of Wausau, Wisconsin.
February 81. 1911.
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
| until the 18th day of March, 1911, at 2 O'Clock
| p, NJ. for furnishing all the material and doing
! all the work necessary and required to i'm
prove Third street from ten feet north of the
south line of Forest street TO the north line of
Grant street by the requirement. of the same
with each of the three following kinds of mod
| ern city pavementS, to wit /: creoSoted wood
| blocks. vitriied brick and bitulithic or Situ-
minous pavement, each under a five year
guaranty, all according to the plans, profiles,
details and specifications thereof on file in the
office of the Board of Public Works in said
| city, and there open for the inspection of bid
ders and to which for further information ref
erence is hereby made. .
All work must be completed on or before the
first day of July, 1911, failing in which the con-
| tractor must pay the city of Wausau as liquid
ated damages the sum CT twenty-five ($25 .00)
dollars per day for each aod every days delay
in completing said work after the said first
day of July, 1911.
Separate bids will be received in the case of
each of the said three kinds of pavement: "a
for the doing of the whole work (2) for the
construction of the foundation from the ends
of the ties OF the double track, to be laid con-
currently with said paving by the Wausau
Street Railroad Co., nearest the curb line on
either side Of the street to the curb and at
street intersections to the property lines CD
for laying OF the pavement and cushion from
the outer rails of said double track TO the
curb, and at street intersections to the prop
erty lines: "a for the reclining and re-setting
of curbs where necessary.
DIRECTIONS TO BIDDERS.
The board has caused to be prepared printed
copies of the specifications and forms of con-
tract proposal and bond. Such copies and
forms will be furnished to the persons desiring
to bid on application therefor at the office of
the board
The board will not consider any bid unless
accompanied by contract with sureties as
prescribed in the form furnished, completed
with the exception OF the signatures on the
part of the city.
Each contract must be accompanied by a
bond in penal sum amounting to the con-
tract price and executed by the bidder and by
sureties, each of whom shall justify as to their
responsibility and by their several affidavits
show that they are worth in the aggregate at
least the amount mentioned in the contract in
property not By law exempt from execution.
Surety companies duly licensed to do bust
ness in the state of Wisconsin will be accepted
in lieu of personal SuFetieS.
Each bid must contain prices for doing the
work on said street for the doing of which the
bid is made as called for in the plans, profles,
details and Specifications above mentioned.
Prices should be stated in figures and writing.
Each bidder must file with the board at the
time he submits his bid. samples of the creo-
soted wood block vitrified brick or bitulithric
or bituminous pavement. as the case may be,
which he proposes TO use, naming the brand.
The bidder must be prepared. at the time
the bids are opened, to present satisfactory
evidence TO the board that he is fully prepared
with the necessary capital. materials and
machinery to conduct the work to be con-
tracted for and that he will provide the nee
eSsary plant and be ready to operate and
do the work within the time above specified
that he will employ skilled and experienced
workmen who have been engaged in doing the
work and laying the kind of pavement his bid
relates to.
Companies or firms bidding for the work
must state in the proposals the individual |
names and places of residence Of the persons |
comprising. or officers Of such company or |
firm. Bids failing to comply with the above |
requirements viii not be considered.
Bids for the work and materials win be can |
yaSsed and considered separately and in the /
aggregate. based on the estimated quantities Il
named in the specifications.
The contractor will be required TO accept In /
part payment for said work certificates against /
the lots or parcels of real estate benefited BIZ /
said improvement or street improvement /
bonds issued as required By Sections $500 and
following. r. $ Wis. or special Improvement |
bonds against the same. or the proceeds Of the
sale Of such bonds. such certificates or bonds
TO be issued as provided by Law. The balance
OF the contract price viii be paid In city
orders
The right to reject any and all bids is re-
served.
fZl-3w BIC. GowEy.
JOHN +. LAMONT.
HERMAN E. MARQUARDT.
Board Of Public Works. |