Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
CITY ApvERr1sn,rnNr..
OFFICE OF The Board OF Street and. wsts
Commissioners Of the City of Newark.
CITY Hall


OFFICE OF The Board of Street and, wstss
Commissioners Of the City of Newark.
Newark, N. 5, March is. tsil.
Sealed proposals. win be received at this Once
from a;16 to $3.50 o'clock, pm, of Thursday. The
twenty-third day Of March, 1911, and opened
at the last named hour, at a public meeting
of the board to be held at said time and plaoa,
for the paving of the following. streets and
aouvERNEuR STREET..
from Mount Pleasant avenue to Passaic street,
from Elizabeth avenue to Seymour avenus; the
portion between Elizabeth avenue and about
both sides of the street railway tracks, with
the exception of one % foot on each side. %
SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET ~
from South Orange avenue to Clinton ayenua.
The following Is about the amount OF the wsrs
to be done and the materials to be furnished
In the construction and completion OF said work,
and upon which bids VIII be compared: :"
One thousand eight hundred and forty a. s4os
square yards of oblong granite block pave
me e1sb on a sx 90 men !, concrete foundation;
20 by 5 inch four cut curb. set. in generate:
Six hundred and forty t64O) square feet of
Belgian bridging laid on concrete.
lowing:
Six C) sets of % by 8 inch four cut corners
| FOR RENNER AVENUE:
Nine thousand two hundred and forty ts.ao,
square yards of bitulithio pavement on 4 sIr
20 inch, concrete foundation - - =
-Four thousand three hundred and eirhtv
ESQ nneal feet of l6 by 6 inch four cub
Standard prices will be paid for tho fol-
lowing:
Seven Cp sets of IS by 8 inch four out cor
ners, set In concrete; Sc
Two hundred and fifty. C25W nneai feet o.
Thirteen dO notseless, mafhole eovers;.s
one basin with connection complete. 80.
FOR SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET;
Twenty-eight thousanL two hundred ga. 2oo
square yards of %bitulithio pavement on a six
90 inch concrete foundation;
Nine thousand 5000 lineal feet of.eo bv
4 inch four cut curb, set In concrete:
-Four thousand eight hun4sed and sixty U,s6Oo
hneal feet, Of old curb four cut and set In con-
crete.
Standard prices viii be paid Tor the fol-
Nineteen (is) sets of 20 by I inch four cus
corners, set In concrete:
-Four bundled and nifty CBo, linssi feat Of
Thirty-eight (sS) inoissless manhois covers;
-Four 20 basins with connections oompiete.
Bids for the above bitulithio, psvements must
include q price bid per square yard per year
Tor maintenance and repair Of said pavements
90 years. end under a guarantee bond by a
acceptable to the Board Of Street and Water
option Of the board at any time before the
expiration Of the first I'VE years guarantee.
t~erials and work for which there. is = .axed
amount provided for in the speci6eatfons..
epvelope. properly indorsed with the hane Of
the BIDDER and Of the IMPROVEMENT and d.
nissioner, t Of I the City u Of S't Nsv arc "s'sf CON
Bidders will state their prices In writing AZ
well as In figures. 5 -
should the above work be awarded to them,
they will bind themselves to finish and com
piete the came within the following number OF
consecutive working days:
Gouyerneur street.Twenty.aye t25o dayi.
Renner Avenue-Seyenty (7D days.
South Eighteenth street-one hundred and
foty GAO days.
The pla rs and specifications Of the WORT, can
Of the Board, Of Street and Water Commission
ers athtfie City Hall Said. proposals TO be ao-
comparied by the consent in writing of two
]s sasiss.: inissw su 5ssses s'%sR so snis aHaa u siss g slS Ss
fsei Pp rsspSns II iGeh 1h p tSs' smoSnf a9 q syo asg pr to
Fposal, and bind themselves;that II the contract
the p ptqSs th Sas .P%ili, upon pc is being dpsA'e SO
awarded become his or their f~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
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 reject any or, all
proposals for the above work as they may
deem best for the interest OF the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
under the provisions Of the seventh section
Water Commissioners. approved March %, 1891,
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
faithful execution and performance Of said
bpublic,-work shall first be approved as to suf-
fciency by the Board. and as to form by the
4 counsel of the Board. and no contract shall
be binding on the city or become effective or
I operative until such bond is &C. approved; and
the President Of the Board shall have power
to examine the proposed bondsrhen under oath,
II he shall so desire, or shall be 30 instructed
by the Board, but the Board will not be bound
by any statement that may be made by such
l. nronnuaA h01dQrnAD- hut ahhl have fH1I mower
and absolute discretion in the. whole matter,
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
b. -, MORRIS K. SHERRERD.
marriott Chief Engineer