Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-03-21
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Sealed proposals. will be received by
the city clerk of the City of Cresco,
Iowa, at his office in said city until s
O'Clock p. M, on the 10th day Of April
1911, for the construction of the fol.
lowing described improvement. as
per plans and specifications now on file
in the Office of said clerk:
Railway street from the east line
Cedar street to the west line of Cherry
street
Park street from the east line Of Cedar
street to the west line of Elm street.
South Park street from the east line
of Elm street to the west line of Cher
ry street.
North Park street from the eastof line
of Elm street to the west line of Cher
ry street.
Peck street from the east line of
Cedar street to the west line of Cherry
street, with cement concrete paving,
about II, 400 square yards of paving,
more or less, work to begin on date
fixed by council not sooner than 10 days
after contract forwarded, and to be
fully completed on or before August
l, 1911. i
So much of the cost of construction
of the said improvement as is by law
assessable against abutting property
to be assessed against said abutting
property in accordance with the law
governing the same, and payment to
the amount of such assessments for
such work will be made in assessment
certificates, bearing interest at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum, issued in
accordance with the provisions of Sec
ton BAL of the Code. In case Of any
deficiency between the contract price
and the amount of such certificates,
such deficiency will be paid in war
rants or certificates drawn on the i'm
provement fund available for the fiscal
year beginning April l, 1912. payable
out of the proceeds of the tax levied
therefor, and from no other source,
the city to incur no liability other than
the duty to levy said tax and to prop
erly apply the proceeds thereof, to
make the special assessment above re-
ferred to and to issue the assessment
certificates to the contractor therefor.
Said assessment certificates and war
rants shall be accepted by the contrac.
tor in full payment for all work done
under his contract without recourse on
the City of Cresco. Each bid must be
accompanied by certified check drawn
on a Cresco bank, in separate envel-
ope, and made payable to the order of
the city treasurer of the city of Cresco,
Iowa, in the sum of $4,000 Each en-
velope must be addressed to the City
of Cresco and endorsed with the name
of the bidder and the improvement
such check and proposal are for. Ger
titled checks accompanying proposals
will be returned to the unsuccessful
bidder when the contract has been
awarded. and also to the bidder to
whom the contract is awarded when he
shall have entered into contract for
construction of said improvement with
the City of Cresco and given bond in
the sum of 100000, with sureties to
be approved by the city council of the
city of Cresco for the faithful perform
ance of his contract. The contract will
contain provision that the contractor
shall guarantee the improvement to re-
main in good repair for period of five
years from and after the date of its
acceptance by the city council and the
bond will contain like condition.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into contract with the
city of Cresco for the construction of
said improvement or furnish bond as
herein required and as required
by law the certified. check de-
posted by him with his bid shall be
forfeited to the city of Cresco as
agreed and liquidated damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
Dr. all bids.
The proposals received will be acted
1pon by the city council of the city Of
yresco, Iowa, on the 10th day of April,
1911.
I Published by authority of the City
Council of the city of Cresco, Iowa.
JOHN r. PECK,