Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-04

WATER loMMiss1oNERs of II
CITY OF NEWARK.
City Hall.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Of
ace from s;lS TO s:5o o'clock ?: M, q Thurs;
opened at the last named hour, at a public
asetins Of the Seard to be held at said time
PAssAIC RIVER,
between the Newark shore and the channel,
and from the e~asterly end Of the dock Of the
Lister Agricultural Chemical Company west
The following is about The amount Of the
work TO be done. and the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion OF
said work, and upon which bids will be com
pared:
Forty thousand (4o, oON cubic yards of sxca-
walton.
terials and work for which there is a 1xed
amount provided for in the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed In a sealed
the bidder and of the improvement. and d.
reeted TO the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners Of the City of Newark.
i Bidders VIII state their prices in writing as
We as in figures.
Bidders must specify in their proposals that,
should the above work he awarded to them,
they Will hind themselves TO finish and COM
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- ao-
eompanied by the consent in writing of two
SlTtlltS. o II surety company QudlineQ 10 DO
business in New Jersey, who shall, at the time
of putting in such proposals. qualify as to
their responsibility in the amount of such pro
posal, and bind themselves that, If the contract
be awarded to the person or persons making
the proposal they will, upon Its being so
AWARDED. become his or their sureties for the
faithful perfornan nee 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 nave been entitled
upon completion OF the contract and that
which the CITY of Newark NAV be ofliped "a
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 reject any or all
proposals for the above work as they NAV
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 be given for the
faithful execution and performance of said
public work shall fret be approved as to sur
nciency 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 rover
TO examine the proposed bondsmen under oath.
II he shall so desire, or shall be 30 instructed
by The Board, but the Board will not be hound
by any statement that may be made by silch
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 rub
lie work.
BY direction OF the Board OF Street and
Water commissioners of the City Of Newark.
r r. S~HERRERD,
hoVS.st Chief Engineer.