The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-18
Advertisement for Bids for Construction
OF Street Improvement.

Sealed proposals will be received al
the office of the City Clerk Of Denison
Iowa, until o'clock p. m, on the III
labor and materials for street improve
ment on the following streets and parts
IOf streets, tO-Wit:
at point midway between Pine and
Park streets and running west on Bene-
nit street to- the point of intersection
with line produced intersecting the
That part of st. Louis street from the
center of Benefit street to the center
of West Prospect street:
That part of West Prospect street
from the center of st. Louis street to
a point ninety-tive (95) feet west Of the
west line of Main street:
That part of Court street from the
center OF the intersection Of Benefit and
Court street to the north line of Ire
mont street:
That part of Wall street from the cen.
ter of the intersection of Benefit and
| Wall streets to the south lot line of lot
twenty-four (24, block SO;
That part of Nassau street from the
center of the intersection OF Benefit and
running east and west through block 50;
That part of Broadway street from
the center of Washington avenue to a
point midway between Arnold street and
That part of Chestnut street from
the center of Howard street to point
one hundred and twenty l20) feet west
Of the west line Of Anthony street,
| All in Denison, Iowa, by sewering the
same with an eight-lnch Nltrlfied sewer
pipe.
Said sewer shall be constructed of
eight (S) inch vitritied salt glazed sewer
tile, and manholes and flush tanks shall
be done in accordance with plans and
specifications therefore of the city, en-
gineer. now on file with the city clerk,
which plans and specifications are by
/ reference made a part of this adver-
| tiSement.
The following is an approximate esti-
mate of the work to be done:
9t2O feet of eight-inch vitr:hed sewer
| tile,
Twenty manholes,
| Four flush tanks.
separate envelope by certified check
payable to the order of the city treas
urer in the sum of Five Hundred tS50Ol
dollars, as security that the bidder will
enter into the contract for the construc-
ton of the contemplated street improve
ment and will give bond as required.
| When the said street improvements as
contracted for has been completed and
accepted by the city council the cost and
expense of such improvement. except
such part thereof as shall be payable
from the city sewer fund, shall be
assessed against the property abutting
thereon and adjacent thereto to dis
lance of one hundred and fifty $50 feet
as by law provided, and the city shall
Issue DOnuS Tor Sucn part OI Sdlu StSSeSS-
ment as shall not be paid in cash, and
Jas soon as such bonus shall be >negotiat-
ed the contractor shall receive payment
on the contract to the amount in which
the abutting property and adjacent prop,
|erty to a distance of one hundred and
fifty I50) feet was assessed thereon,
but no money shall be due under the
contract on that portion payable from
the assessment against abutting prop
erty and adjacent property to distance
of one hundred and fifty 15Ol feet I'M
til the said bonds are issued and ne
gotiated as by law provided, or the city
has had reasonable time so to do.
The cost and expense of said street
improvement at spaces opposite prop
erty owned by the City of Denison or the
United States, and any deficiency where
the special assessment which may be
levied against any lot or tract of land
shall be insufficient to pay the cost of
the improvement, shall be paid rom the
city sewer fund as by law provided.
Said street Improvement shall be COM
menced on or before the 10th day of
November, 1911. and shall be completed
on or before the list day of May, 1912,
and shall be kept in repair at the ex-
pense Of the contractor for one year
from the date of it's acceptance by the
city council
The contractor shall give a good and
sufficient bond to be approved by the