Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-13
City ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AM WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
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+ THE CITY OF NEWARK.
newark, f. Hai j.. May 10. 1912.
Sealed proposals viii be received at thi,
office from 3:15 to $3.50 o'clock P: M, O.
Thursday the sixteenth day g,s 81 bany AZ AZ :
public meeting Of the board to be held a.
said time and place. forythe grading curplns
Lyons AVENUE.
from Elizabeth avenue to the city line -.
The following is about the amount OF tne
work to be done, and the materials 10 Dc
furnished in the construction and completion
of said work, and upon which bids VIII Dc
Eight Thousand six hundred q. 500 cublt
ysrds of excavation, three thousand @ O0Ol
cubic yards Of which Is to be embankment OF
the street. excavation only to be paid for
Ten thousand nine hundred 40 500 Inca
feet 20 by 4 inch four cut curb SET IN con
crete;
feet Belgian bridging; ., -os
Thirty-one thousan nd i've hundred lSl,hs
square feet artificial stonewalk ; feet wide.
Twenty-four thousand I'VE hundred 'z4,oo9'
square feet of tagging, o feet wide.
Standard prices viii be paid for the fol
lowing
ners set in concrete;
> -Four "a ba sins with connections complete
Nine 90 basins using old heads and sills.
one ~ new head and sill on old BASIN
One "a manhole complete;
'Thirty-hve 1861 trees removed;
One thousand q 900 square yards trap
rock gutter paving.
Bidders are not 10 state any price for ma.
terlals and work for which there Is a fxed
amount provided for in the speclications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope, properly indorsed with the name
Of the bidder and OF the imprevemeh1i ano
commissioners Of the City of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing as
well as in figures.
bidders must specify in their proposals
Thai should the above work be awarded &c
them, they Will bind Themselves to finish and
complete the same within one hundred and
twenty d2M working days.
The plans and specifications OF the WORK
can s.. examined at the Office e 81 o
s tire and Water Commissioners at the
CITY Hall. Said proposals to be accom-
panied by the consent In writing OF Two
do business in New Jersey, who snail, at
the time Of putting In such proposals
qualify as to their responsibility In the
amount of such proposal, and bind them
selves that IL the contract be AWARDED to
the person or persons making the proposal
they will. upon Its being SO awarded, be-
come his or their suretieg for the faithful
performance of said work. and that II the
person or persons omit or refuse 10 execute
such contract they Will bay to the City OF
Newark any difference between the sums 10
which he or they would have been entitled
upon compilation of the contract and that
which the CITY Of Newark may he obliged
to pay the person or persons by whom sucn
contract shall be executed.
The Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners of the City of Newark reserve to
themselves the right to accept or reject any
or all proposals for the above work as they
may deem best for the interest OF the city.
Bidders and s~ureties are hereby notified
that under the provisions Of the seventh
section Of the law creating the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners, approved
March 2Sth, 1891. that the bond or bonds
to be given for the faithful execution and
performance Of said public work shall first
be approved as to sufiiciency by the board
and as TO form by the counsel of the board,
and no contract shall be binding on the
city or become effective or operative until
such bond Is SO approved. and the presi-
dent of the board shall have power to ex-
anime. the proposed bondsmen under oath,
IL he shall go desire, or shall be so in
.structed by the board, but the board will
not be bound by any statement that may
be made by such proposed bondsmen, but
shall have full power and absolute dlscre-
ton In the whole matter. and this pro-
vision shall be referred to in any adver-
tisement inviting bids for any such public
work.
BY direction of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioner of the City OF
Newark.
MORRIS r. SHERRERD,
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