The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-06
Advertisement for Bids for Construction
of Street IMPROVEMENT

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the city clerk of Denison,
Iowa, until Sslock p m NJ on the a2th
labor and materials for street improve
ment on the following streets and parts
of streets to-wit:
That part of Benefit street from the
center of the intersection of Benefit and
Wall street to line produced intersect-
ing the center of the alley running east
and west through block sixty-seven (67),
thence due west to the bank of the
Boyer river, all in Denison, Iowa. by
sewering the same with ten (10) inch
vitritied sewer pipe.
Said, sewer shall be constructed of ten
| U0) inch vitrified salt glazed sewer
tile, and manholes and flush tanks shall
specifications of the city engineer, now
on file with the city clerk, which plans
and specifications are by reference made
4 part OF this advertisement
| The following is an approximate esti-
mate of the work to be done:
1920 feet Of ten-inch vitrified sewer
| tile;
manholes
All bids must be accompanied in
separate envelope by certified check
of one hundred and fifty ($15O) dollars,
as security that the bidder will enter
into the contract for the construction
of the contemplated street Improvement
and will give bond as required.
When the said street Improvement as
contracted for has been completed and
accepted by the city council the cost and
expense of such street Improvement, ex-
lcept such part thereof as shall be pay
able from the city sewer fund, shall be
assessed against the property abutting
thereon there af and a. adjacent thereto to dis,
feet, as by law provided, and the city
shall issue bonds for such part of said
assessment as shall not be paid in cash,
q q yot, hoo .,l,-
lgotiated the contractor shall receive pay
ment on the contract to the amount in
which the abutting and adjacent prop
erty to a distance of one hundred and
fifty G5O) feet was assessed thereon,
but no money shall be due under the
contract on that portion payable from
the assessment against abutting proper
ty and adjacent property to distance
lJf one hundred and fifty (15O) feet until
the said bonds are issued and negotiat-
ed as by law provided, or the city has
had a reasonable time so to do.
| The cost and expense of said street
Improvement at spaces opposite property
lowned by the city of Denison or the
United States, and any deficiency where
the special assessment, which may be
LEVIED against any lot or tract of land
shall be insufficient to pay the cost of
the improvement shall be paid from the
lefty sewer fund as by law provided.
| Said street improvement shall be
commenced on or before the 18th day of
March, 1912 and shall be completed on
or before the lst day of May, 1912, and
shall be kept in repair at the expense
of the contractor for one year from the
| date of it's acceptance by the city coun-
lcil
sufficient bond, to be approved by the
sufficient bond, to be approved by the
lefty council, obligating the contractor
and his bondsmen to a faithful perform
ance of the contract and to keep the
said street improvement in good repair
for period of one year after the ac-
ceptance of the same by the city council
| Bids will be publicly opened at the
| city hall at o'clock p. m on the 18th
| day of December, 1911, and the city
council will act thereon at a council
meeting to be held at o'clock p. m.
on the same day. and will let the con-
tract in the name of the city to the
lowest bidder, but all bids may be re-
jected.
Bids should be on printed blanks.
which may be had from the city clerk
on request.
Dated this 21st day of November, 1911
E. F. TUCKER,
43-2t City Clerk of Denison, Iowa