Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-24
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

0FFlCE Or Al BOARD 0 Street AL
WATER COMMISSIONERS Or FIJI
CITY OF NEWARK.
Newark fa,' n Han j.. october 20. 81.
fac from S:i5 to 1880 O'Clock >. M. of Thurs.
gay, the tweaty-siXth day of October, 1911,
lie meeting of the board to be held at said
time and place, for the grading. curbing and
GRAFTON AVENUE,
from Summer avenue to Washington avenue,
and for nagging the sidewalks on the east side
CLINTON LACE.
from clinton avenue to hawthorne avenue.
Ine following is about the amount OF tbs
work to be done, and the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion of
SAID work, and upon which bids viii be COM
pared:
FOX GRAFTON AVENUE GRADING,
CURBING AND
Nine thousand seven hundred and seventy
hundred ana sixty (76O) cubic yards OF which
is excavation IN tha street. synl,ankrnanf m
Two thousand and ninety q, eco iineal feet
of 20 by 4 inch four cut curb;
Four % sets of 20 by A inch four cut cor
Three hundred and twenty tssO) square feet
of Belgian bridging;
Ten thousand ive hundred and eighty uO,5s0
square ieet of tagging, 5 Get vide.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
lowing;
one a. basin with connection complete;
one ID basin using old head and sill;
One a. new head and sill, on old basin;
ONe W mldHHOiet complete.
FOR LlNTo PLACE FBAGGING:
Two thousand three hundred e, 1900 square
feet of tagging 4 feet wide;
Five hundred 5000 square feet of tagging 5
feet wide.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
Two hundred t2OO square feet of old flag
One hundred 600 square feet of artificial
There win be about twenty ,zD. cubic yards
extra, but must be included in price bid for
the tagging.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terialsN and work for which there is a fixed
amount provided for in the specifications.
envelope, Properly Endorsed with the name Of
the bidder and of the Improvement, and d.
missioners Of the city Of Newark.
BIDDERS Will state their prices in writing as
Bidders must specify in their proposals that,
should the above worl be awarded to them,
plete the same within the following number OF
consecutive working days;
Grafton Avenue Grading-FittY t5o) days;
Clinton Place Fl~agging-Twenty 900 days.
Inc plans and speci cations of the work can
be examined At the OFFICE Of the Chief Engineer
:, of the Board of street and Water Commission
ers az The CITY Hall Said proposals TO be ac-
slretes, or a surety company qualified to do
business in New Jersey, who shall, at the time
their respensibjlity in the amount Of such pro-
posal, and bind themselves that. II the contract
the proposal they Win viii, upon Hs It's being iTsN'n 20
awarded, become his or their sureties Tor the
faithful performance OF said work; and that II
the person or iersons 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 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 exet tied.
The Board OF street and Water Commission.
es of the city of Newark reserve to them
selves fhe 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 snreties are hereby otfhed that
under the provisions of the seventh section
OF the law creating the Board f 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 first be approved as to SUIT
hciency by the Board. and as to form by the
counsel OF the Board. and no contract shall
he 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 oatn.
II he snail so desire, or shall be so instructed
by the Board, but the Board will not be bound
by any statement that may be m 1de by such
proposed bondsmen, hut 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 pub
liz work.
Wat : Commissioners Of the city OF. Newark.
M. r. SHFRRFRD,
h oct2o-5t Chief Engineer.