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

| Clerh OIL lily OI WeUSCoi SlIy
Published in the Webster City
Freeman, Tuesday, March -. 1912
and Tuesday, March 18th, 1912.
WALNUT STREET.
| OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
/ Inviting proposals for the con-
struction of combined curb and gut
ter on Walnut street, Webster City,
Iowa.
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 of Webster City,
Iowa, to which reference is made as
a 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 164 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.
CURLING AND GUTTERING.
Excavating, and removing the
earth from grade to sub-grade, esti-
mated at 400 cubic yards and
the construction in place on both
sides of Walnut street from Will
son avenue to east curb line OF
Grove street including street
intakes, engineers estimate being
about 516S4 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 (6k) 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 IA
inch slope to gutter; and the curb
to be five (5) inches wide at the
top and twelve (12) inches deep,
and both curb and gutter to rest
upon six CO. 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.
4 ment herein described and referred
to shall begin on or before the
1st day of June, A. D. 1912
and be completed on or before the
18th day of Aug. A. D. 1912.
| The expense OF making said i'm,
provements, combined curb and gut.
ter, assessable by law against abut
/ ting property, shall be assessed
against AUDITING property Thereon
i in accordance with the law govern
i ing the same, and the payment fol
/ said work will be made in specia
assessment certificates bearing In
j terest at the rate Of six CO pei
cent per annum issued in accord
II ance with the provisions of Sector
.lS41 of the 1897 Code of Iowa, eX
cept that the expense at street in
!; tersections and against propert!
lowned by the city may be paid II
!, warrants or certificates drawn upor
the city improvement fund available
for the fiscal year beginning Apri
Ill, 1913-1914, payable out OF tn
proceeds of the tax levied therefor
and from no other source; the cit!
to incur no liability other than th'
levy collection and proper appuca
ton of said tax and the proceed
thereof. Said warrants or certih
Gates to be drawn and issued a
provided by law. Said assessmen
certificates and warrants, or certif
,. Iicates, IL such warrants or certificate
| be issued, shallbe accepted blythe con
i tractor in full payment for worl
/ done under his contract with GU
recourse to the city of Webste
, City: and no payment shall be mad
/ Until the completion Of the i'm
provement.
: Each bid must be accompanies
r with a certified check enclosed In
r separate envelope, said check to b.
drawn on some known solvent ma
I tional, state or savings bank II
! Webster City, and made payable t
the order OF the city treasurer
: the city of Webster City in the sun
3 of five CD per cent Of the amour
3 of bid. Said check must not con
5 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-
4 dorsed with the name of the bidde
S and the Improvement said check o
: proposal are for.
e Proposal blanks will be furnishe
: at the Office of the city clerk whic
must be used in making all bids.
: Certified checks accompanyin
] proposals will be returned to tn
4 unsuccessful bidders. and also to tn
r bidder to whom the contract
: awarded when he shall have enter
ed into contract in the form pre-
S scribed by the city council and CIV
en- bond in the sum required, whic
/, rbon ba ona fhOTSand dollar