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

and Tuesday, March 18th, 1912.
BOONE STREET.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Inviting proposals for the con-
struction of combined curb and gut
ter on Boone 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-
tion 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 329 cubic yards.
In proposals, bid for this work
must be stated separately and such
bid will De 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.
81
earth from grade to sub-grade, esti-
mated at 400 cubic yards and
the construction in place on both
sides of Boone street from Will
son avenue to east curb line OF
Grove street including street
intakes, engineers estimate being
about 5167.4 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 IS) inches wide to face OF
curb with one and one-fourth (1A)
inch slope Ito gutter; and the curb
to be five go 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
| 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 Sept, A. d. 1912.
The expense OF making said i'm
/ proyements, combined curb and gut,
ter, assessable by law against abut
ting property, shall be assessed
against abutting property thereon
in accordance with the law govern
ing the same, and the payment fol
said work will be made in specia
assessment certificates bearing In
! terest at the rate OF six (6) pei
cent per annum issued in accord
lance with the provisions of Section
.lS41 of the 1897 Code Of Iowa, eX
cept that the expense at street In
tersections and against propert!
owned by the city may be paid II
! warrants or certificates drawn upol
!. the city improvement fund availabl
for the fiscal year beginning Apri
II, 1912-1914. payable out OF tn
proceeds of the tax levied therefor
and from no other source; the cit,
to incur no liability other than tn
levy collection and proper applica
: l ~ 20 nd nrncaQ6
thereof. Said warrants or certih
Gates to be drawn and issued q
provided by law. Said assessmen
certificates and warrants, or certif
!, icates, if such warrants or certificate
{ be issued, shall be accepted by the con
! tractor in full payment for wor
done under his contract with on
: 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 accompanie
with a certified check enclosed In
r separate envelope, said check to b
drawn on some known solvent ma
! tional. state or savings bank
/ Webster City, and made payable I
the order of the city treasurer {
the city of Webster City in the SUI
e of FIVE (5) per cent of the amour
3 OF bid. Said check must not cor
8 tain any conditions either in tn
: body OF the check or endorsement
: thereon All envelopes must be at
: dressed to the city clerk and en-
} dorsed with the name of the bidde
G tap1 .ba I'm involvement 81 id check c
: proposal are for.
Q Proposal blanks will be furnishe
: at the Office of the city clerk whic
must be used in making all bids.
: Certified checks accompanyin
j proposals will be returned to tn
n unsuccessful bidders and also to tn
r bidder 10 whom the contract
: awarded when he shall have entel
d ed into contract in the form pr