Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-02
CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
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Sealed proposals will be received at this
q on from ~ S;lo ot to 9'S Ss o, CT kas p; nj ie19l
and opened at the last named hour, at a
public meeting of the board to be held at
said time and place. for the repaving OF
NEWARK STREET.
from Bank street TO Central avenue, and
the paving OF
from Elizabeth avenue to the city line, with
the exception of a strip seventeen feet in
width in the centre Of the street.
The following is about the amount OF the
work to be done and the materials TO be
furnished in the construction and completion
Of said work. and upon which bids Will be
FOR NEWARK STREET REPAvING:.
Fiv thousand four hundred and nifty
$500 square yards of bitulithic pavement
on a six 80 inch concrete foundation;
ThEee thousand two hundred (3.200 lineai
feet of IS by . inch four cut curb set in
one hundred 400 lineal feet of old curb,
four cut and reset in concrete.
Standard prices viii be paid for the
Eleven hundred q. 100 square yards of
brick pavement on a six go inch concrete
Two % sets of 10 by 5 inch four cut curb
set in concrete;
Fifty 900 lineal feet of new header curb
set in concrete;
HAWTHORNE AVENUE PAVING:
Eighteen thousand six hundred ds.60ol
square wards OF Dltul1IDlc pavement Oh u
six f6) inch concrete foundation;
Four thousand a. 000) lineal feet of 20 by
4 inch four cut curb, set in concrete'
Nine thousand two hundred %, ZOO lineal
feet of old four cut curb. reset in concrete.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
lowing.
one thousand four hundred Il 4001 square
yards Of brick pavement on a six go inch
concrete foundation;
Fourteen Thousand four hundred IA, 400
lineal feet of old header curb, set in con-
Three hundred 900 IineaI feet of new
header curb. set in concrete;
Twelve 12) sets Of 20 by 4 inch four cut
corners. set in concrete;
Forty-one 4D nolseless msnhole covers;
Four "a basins with connections complete.
Bids for the above bitulithic pavement
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 90 years and under a guaran-
tee bond by a surety company or a bond
with surety acceptable 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
THE CONTRACTS ABOVE
AWARDED PROFESSIONALLY BY II
BOARD AND SMALL IMPOSE TosGIA aIsr1
FINALLY MADE BY THE BOARD, PRE-
LIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF
sPEGIALL8Y eETEErIITEP2 Is BY 70 TIE III M rKT5
ASD PtiBLiC HEARING on THE SAME
TO BE HELD AFTER WHICH TIE
R3ARR M4 4HE OR co nAn got f n Ac-
CoRDANCE WITH CHAPTER 21T OF Fl
STATE LAWS OF 1895.
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
of the bidder and of the Improvement:
and directed to the Board OF, street and
Water Commissioner Of the city OF New
Bidders viii state their prices in writing
Bidders must specify in their proposals
that. should the above work be awarded to
them. they VIII bind themselves to finish
and complete the same within the follow
ing number Of consecutive working dayS;
Newark street Repaving-Fifty 800 days.
Hawthorne Avenue Paving-One hundred
and forty G40D days.
The plans and specifications Of the work
can he examined at the Office of the Chief
Engineer of the Board OF Street and Water
Commissioners at the city Hall. said pro-
posals 10 he accompanied by the consent. in
writing OF two s~ureties. or a surety COM
pany dualifed to do business IN New Jer-
sey. who shall. at the time OF putting IN
such PROPOSALS. qualify as to their RESPONSE
bIlity in the amount of such proposal. and
bind themselves that. n the contract be
awarded TO the person or persons making the
ed. become his or their sureties for the
faithful performance of said work; and that.
If the person OF ptTsOus piliN VI iSiuSe "
execute such contract, they will pay to the
CITY OF Newark any difference between. the
sums to which he or they would have been
entitled upon completion 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-executcd.
The Board OF Street and Water Commits
Aloners Of the City of Newark reserve to
themselves the right to accept or reject any
or ali proposals for the above work as they
may deem best for the interest Of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified
that under the provisions of the seventh
section OF the law creating the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners approved
March 2ath, 1891. that the bond or bonds to
be given for the faithful execution and per-
Torrance of said public work shall first
be approved as to sufticiency 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 president of
The board shall have power to examine the
proposed bondsmen under oath, IL he shall
so desire, or shall be so instructed by the
board. but the board Will not be bound by
any statement that maX be made by such
proposed bondsmen, bull shall have full
power and absolute discretion in the whole
matter, and this provision shall be referred
to IN any advertisement inviting bids for any
such public work.
BY direction OF the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of the City OF Newark
MORRIS r. SHFRRERD.
auE2-5t Chief Engineer.