Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-21
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
OFFICE OF H BOARD OF STREET AMI
WATER COMMISSIONERS OF THE
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CITY OF NEWARK.
City Hall.
Sealed proposals win be received at this Of
fee from 3:l5 TO $3.50 O'Clock p. M. of Thurs
day, the twenty-seventh day OF July. 1911. and
.neetins Of the board to be held at said time
and place. for the grading. curbing and flag
cling OF
from Shaw avenue to Hawthorne avenue.
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done ana the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion Of
said work, and upon which bids will be COM
Eight hundred 5000 cubic yards of excava-
ton;
Three thousand and forty 900 lineal feet
of ~ by 4 inch tour-cut curb, set in concrete,
Nine hundred and ntteen l9l5) lineal feet OF
old curb. tour-cut and reset in ~conerete;
Thirteen thousand eight hundred and nifty
az, $500 square feet of fiagging, 4 feet wide,
FIFTY t5O) square feet OF Belgian ~pridging;
standard prices will be paid Tor the 1ollow-
One ~ set of 20 by A inch four-cut corners.
set in concrete;
Two thousand GOOD square feet OF old nag
Fifty lou square feet of old bridging reiaid
One "a pasln. with connection complete;
one ID basin, using old head and sill;
one ~ head and sill on old. basin.
bidders are not to state any price for ma.
terials ana work tor which there is a nxed
amount provided for in Inc speciiications.
Each proposal must be enclosed IN q sealed
the bidder and Of the Improvement. and di-
rected 10 the Board of Street and Water Com.
mts gi 81 me CITY ,he 81 N Never IN wr,,,r. a.
Bidders must specify in their proposals that.
should the above work be awarded to them,
they will bind themselves TO finish and COM
piete the same within thirty tSV) consecutive
The pla is ana specifications Of the work can
be xamine at the office OF the Chief Engineer
o. \. toe tss S,t el a asri'' s snd p Mouss ~ - as.
companied by the consent IN writing OF two
s%ureties, Or a surety company qualihed TO DO
business In New jersey. VINO shall. at the time
Of putting In such proposals., qrdIify as to
their responsibility In the amount OF such pro-
posal, and bind themselves that. II the contract
be awarded t. the person or persons making
the proposal they VIII, upon its being 90
fua,asp' pe gSo1n,s Of said work. and that IL
the person or persons omit Or refuse to execute
such contract they will pay 70 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 b. executed.
The board of street and Waite. 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 az they may
Bidders and sareties are hereby notified that
under :he provisions OF the seventh section
OF the law creat'-ss me Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners. approved March %, 1891,
that tho bond or bonds to be given for the
public work shall FIRST be approved as to suf-
nciency by the Board, and as to form by the
counsel OF the Board. and no contract ehall
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 90 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 Ia the whole matter.
and this --ovision shall be referred to In any
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub.
lie work.
BY direction Of the Board OF Street ant
yzater Commissioners OF the City OF Newark.
NORRIS r. SHERRERD,
jy21-5t Chief Engineer.