Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-03-19
ELM STREET.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

ter on Elm street, Webster City, Ia.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the city council of the city of
Webster City, Iowa, at the Office Of
the city clerk in the city hall Of
Webster City, Iowa, until 1880
o'clock p. m. on the 3rd day OF
April, A. D. 1912, for the construc-
ton of the following described i'm
provements as per plans and specifi-
cations now on file in the Office of
the city clerk or Webster City,
Iowa, to which reference is made as
q part of this notice which bidders
are hereby required to examine for
details.
GRADING.
Bringing to grade that part OF
the street to be occupied by the i'm
provement hereinafter designated,
estimated at 166 cubic yards.
In proposals., bid for this work
must be stated separately and such
bid will be considered Independent
of the bid for curb and gutter, and
the expense thereof will be paid
from the grading fund in accord
ance with the law governing the
same.
CURBING AND GUTTERING.
Encavating and removing the
earth from grade to sub-grade, esti-
mated at $40 cubic yards and
the construction in place on botn
sides of Elm street from Will
son avenue to east curb line of
Grove street including street
intakes, engineers estimate being
about 5O94.2 linear feet of Port
land cement concrete combined
curb and gutter twenty-three (23)
inches in width The gutter to be
six and one-half (61s) inches deep
at the street edge and six CO..
inches deep at face of curb, and
eighteen (1S) inches wide to face OF
curb with one and one-fourth (lA?
inch slope to gutter; and the curb
to be five 60 inches wide at the
top and twelve (12) inches deep,
and both curb and gutter to rest
upon six (6) inch gravel base. $.
The foregoing Improvement is all
embraced under the term curb and
gutter, and proposals must desig-
nate the bid per linear foot for such
combined curb and gutter.
The construction of such improve
ment herein described and referred
to shall begin on or before the
LIST day of June, A. D. 1912,
and be completed on or before the
18th day of July, A. D. 1912.
The expense Of making said I'M
provements, combined curb and gut
ter, assessable by law against Adult
ting property, shall be assessed
against AUDITING property thereon
in accordance with the law govern
ing the same. and the payment for
said work will be made in special
assessment certificates bearing In
terest at the rate of six CO. per
cent per annum issued in accord
ance with the provisions OF Section
8ld of the 1897 Code of Iowa, ex-
cept that the expense at street In.
tersections and against property
owned by the city may be paid IN
warrants or certificates drawn upon
the city Improvement fund available
for the fiscal year beginning April
/, 1913-1914, payable out of the
proceeds OF the tax levied therefor
and from no other source; the city
to incur no liability other than the
levy collection and proper applica'
ton of said tax and the proceeds
thereof. Said warrants or certifi'
Gates to be drawn and issued as
provided by law Said assessment
certificates and warrants, or certif
icates, If such warrants or certificate:
beissued ,shallbe accepted by the con
tractor in full payment for worl
done under his contract with GU
recourse to the city OF Webster
City; and no payment shall be mad'
until the completion of the i'm
provement.
Each bid must be accompanies
with certified check enclosed IN
separate envelope, said check to d.
drawn on some known solvent ma
tional, state or savings bank II
Webster City, and made payable t
the order of the city treasurer o
the city of Webster City in the sun
of Ave (5) per cent of the amour
of bid.S Said check must not con
tain any conditions either in tn
body of the check or endorsement
thereon. All envelopes must be ad
dressed to the city clerk and en-
dorsed with the name of the bidde
and the improvement said check o
proposal are for.
Proposal blanks will be furnishe,
at the Office of the city clerk which
must be used in making all bids.
Certified checks accompanying
proposals will be returned to tn
unsuccessful bidders. and also to tn
bidder to whom the contract
awarded when he shall have enter
cd into contract in the form pre-
scribed by the city council and Civ
en- bond in the sum required, whicl
shall be one thousand dollar
($1Oo0.00), with a corporate sure
ty to execute said work and for tn
faithful performance OF his con
tract.
The contract will contain pro
vision that the contractor shal
agree to keep said improvement L
good repair for the term of one yea
from and after the date of its az
ceptance by the city council. an
the bond will be so conditioned a
to conform with the requirement.
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