Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-29
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
OFFICE OF HI BOARD OF STREET AND
WATER COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.

WATER coMMiss1oNERs OF THE
CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
$500 Newark. N; j. March %, 1912.
Office from 3:15 to $3.50 O'Clock D. m., Of
Thursday, the fourth day of April, 1912, and
opened at the last named hour at a public
and place. 4a
For the paving of the following streets and
HoBsoN STREET,
from Hawthorne avenue to Shaw avenue. and
LESLIE STREET.
from Hawthorne avenue to Shaw avenue.
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done and the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion Of
said work, and upon which bids will be COM
FoR HoBsoN STREET PAVING.
Six thousand eight hundred GO. 500 square
Yards bitulithic pavement on a six (D inch
Twenty-Five C25) lineal feet 2~ox4-inch four
=. cut curb. set in concrete.
curb. reset in concrete.
standard prices VIII be paid for the fol-
One hundred and thlrty-two q32) lineal feet
new header curb, set in concrete.
Eight tS) noiseless manhole covers.
One ID basin, with connection complies.
One "a basin. using old head and sill
One % new head and sill on old basin.
one ID manhole complete, with noiseless
cover.
o LESLIE STREET PAVING.
Six thousand eight hundred &c, 500 square
Yards bituiithic pavement on a six C) inch
concrete foundation.
Twenty-Five $3.50 lineal feet 20x4-inch four
cut curb set in concrete.
One hundred Goo lineal feet old four cut
curb. reset in concrete.
Standard prices VIII be paid for the follow
ing:
new header curb. set in concrete.
Eight 50 noiseless manhole covers.
One % basin, with connection complete.
One ID basin, using old head and sill.
One % new head and-sill on old basin.
One % manhole complete, with noiseless
cover.
Bids for the above bitulithic pavements must
include a price bid per square yard per year
for maintenance and repair of said pavement
during an additional and second period of five
TO years and under a guarantee bond by a
surety company or a bond with surety ac-
ceptable TO the Board of Street and Water
commissioners, which may be required at the
option of the board at any time before the
expiration of the first i've years guarantee.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terlals and work for which there is a fixed
amount provided for in the Specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope, properly Endorsed with the name of
the bidder and Of the Improvement, and di-
retced to the Board of Street and Water Com
mlssioners of the City Of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing
Bidders must specify in their proposals that.
should the above work be awarded to them.
they will bind themselves to finish and com
plete the same within the following number of
consecutive working days:
Hobson street, fifty 600 days.
Leslie street. fifty 800 days.
The plans and specifications of the work
can 10 examined at the Off1ce or the Chief /
Engineer of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners at the City Hall. Said pro-
posals to be accompanied by the consent, in
writing. of two sureties, or a surety company
qualified to do business in New Jersey, who
shall, at the time Of putting in such pro-
posals. qualify as to their responsib lity in
the amount Of such proposal. and bind them.
selves that. II the contract be awarded to
the person or persons making the proposal,
they viii. upon It's being SO awarded. become
his or their sureties for the faithful perform
ance Of said work: and that If the person or
persons omit or refuSe to execute sIIch COn- |
tract. they will pay to the City of Newark any
difference between the sums to which he OF
they would have been entitled upon compile
tion OF the contract and that which the City
OF Newark may be obliged to pay the person
or persons by whom such contract shall be
The Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners OF the City of Newark reserve to
themselves the right to accept or reject any or
may deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified that
the law creating the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, approved March %,
the faithful. execution and performance of said
public work shall first be approved as to
sufficiency by the board. and as to form by
shall be binding on the city or become eff
fective or operative until such bond is SO
approved; and the President of the board
shall have power to examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath. IL he shall so desire,
ment that may be made by such proposed
bondsmen. but shall have full power and
this provision shall be referred to in any 1
advertisement inviting bids for any such
By direction of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners Of the City Of Newark.
MORRIS r. sHERRERD.
mar2e-0t Chief Engineer. +