Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-24
CRY
F1~G of the Board OF Street and Water
mmissioners OF the City Of Newark.

oFF1~G of the Board Of Street and watei
Commissioners or the city Of Newark.
Newark. n. J.. April q. 1911.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Of
fee from 3:15 to $3.50 o'clock p. M, of Thurs
day. the twenty-seventh day Of April. 1911, and
opened at the last named hour, at a public
meeting of the board to be held at said time
and place, for the construction OF sewers In
STREET,
S~TUYVBSANT AVENUE
and
MADISON AVENUE.
The following is about the amount Of the
work to be done, and the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion oil
said work, and upon which bids viii be COM
pared;
WHEELER POINT ROAD AND MALVERN
One hundred and ninety ds) feet of twelve
tl2) inch vltrihed salt glazed pipe sewer with
deep and wide sockets in three 60 foot
SIX hundred and twenty-five @25) feet OF
eight 80 inch Fitrihed salt glazed pipe sewer.
with deep and wide sockets, In three I'D foot
Ten hundred and seventy uO7O feet OF six
Four 80 manholes, with iron heads and COW
es and buckets complete dncluding two 90
Junction manholes);
STUYVESANT Il N SEWER:
Five hundred and twenty (520) feet of sight
3) inch vitrined salt glazed pipe sewer:
Five hundred and forty t54O feet of six 90
-Four "a manhoies. with iron heads and
covers and buckets complete dncludinG two C)
junction manholes;
T ThlT5y5e5S 3sS2 Nnfke SEWER:
One hundred and eighty-hve uS5) feet of ten
Q0l inch vitrihed salt glazed pipe sewer:
One hundred and eighty $50 feet of six ()
Inch house connections;
one u manhole, with noiseless head com
Ten dW markers.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
teriais ana work for which there is a fixed
amount provided for in the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed
~.-R-- --A-1-lr fnIaf=aA 4utth thu VI mo Af
the bidder and Of the Improvement, and d.
rected TO the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners OF the city Of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing as
we'll as In figures.
Bidders must specify in their proposals that
should the above work be awarded to them
they will bind themselves to finish and COM
plcte the same within the following number OF
consecutive working days:
wheeler Point roau ana Malvern street sew
er, thirty 800 days.
Stuyvesant avenue sewer. fifteen (l5) days.
Madison avenue sewer, six go days,
The plans and specifications Of the work can
be examined at the office of the Chief EnEt-
neer Of the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners at the City Hall. Said proposals to
be accompanied by the consent in writing OF
two ~sureties, or a surety company qualified to
do business in New Jersey. who shall, at tho
time Of putting in such proposals, qualify as
to their responsibility in the amount of such
proposal, and bind themselves that, If the
contract be awarded to the person or persons
making the proposal they VIII upon ITS Icing
the faithful performance OF said work: and
that IL the person or persons omit or refuse TO
execute such contract they viii 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 10
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
selyes 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 suretfes are hereby notified that
under the provisions Of the seventh section OF
the law creating the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners, approved March %,
1891, that the bond or bonds TO DO 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. II
he shall so 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 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 pubiic
work.
By direction. of the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioner OF the city of Newark.
NORRIS r. SHERRERD.
apr21-5t Chief Engineer.