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

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BANK STREET.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Inviting proposals for the con-
struction of combined curb and gut
ter on Bank street, Webster City, la.
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 D. m. on the 3rd day of
April, A. D. 1912, for the construc-
i ton of the following described i'm
provements as per plans and speclfl-
cations now on file in the Office OF
1.-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 100 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.
Excayating and removing the
earth from grade to sub-grade, esti.
mated at $40 cubic yards and
the construction in place on both
sides of Bank street from River
street to the east curb line OF
Grove street including street
Intakes, engineers estimate being
about S066.6 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 C6h) inches deep
at the street edge and SIX 70?
inches deep at face of curb, and
leighteen (1S) inches wide to face OF
/ curb with one and one-fourth OK
Inch slope to gutter; and the curb
to be five (5) inches wide at Inc
top and twelve CID inches deep
land both curb and gutter to RESI-
upon six CO. inch gravel base. :,
The foregoing improvement Is al
embraced under the term curb anc
gutter, and proposals must desig
nate the bid per linear foot for sucf
combined curb and gutter.
The construction of such improve.
ment herein described and referred
to shall begin on or before the
1st day of May, A. D. 1912
!. and be completed on or before the
1st day of June, A. D. 1912.
!. The expense of making said i'm
provements, combined curb and gut
, ter, assessable by law against abut
i ting property, shall be assessed
| against AUDITING 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 CD pei
} cent per annum issued in accord
: ance with the provisions of Sector
5 s41 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 upoI
5 the city improvement fund available
for the fiscal year beginning Apri
IL, 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 The
levy collection and proper applica
ton of said tax and the proceed
! thereof. Said warrants or certifi
, Gates to be drawn and issued a
!, provided by law. Said assessmen
certificates and warrants, or certif
, Iicates, If such warrants or certificate
. be issued ,shallbe accepted by the con
I tractor in full payment for wor'
] done under his contract with on
t recourse to the city of Webste
: City: and no payment shall be mad
e until the completion of the i'm
provement.
: Each bid must be accompanie
I. with certified check enclosed in
r separate envelope, said check to b
r drawn on some known solvent ma
tional, state or savings bank i
d Webster City, and made payable t
n the order Of the city treasurer c
the city of Webster City in the SUI
of five (5) per cent of the amour
e of bid. Said check must not con
e tain any conditions either in tn
S body of the check or endorsement
: thereon. All envelopes must be &C
: dressed to the city clerk and en-
= dorsed with the name of the bidde
b and the Improvement said check Q
s proposal are for.
: Proposal blanks will be furnishe
e at the Office of the city CLERK whic
i must be used in making all bids.
Certified checks accompanyin
y proposals will be returned to tn
II Unsuccessful bidders, and also to tn
n bidder to whom the contract
r awarded when he shall have entel
: ed into contract In the form PR
d scribed by the city council and gi'
IS en- bond in the sum required. whic
shall be one thousand dollar
II Is1O00.00), with a corporate SURF
e ty TO execute said work and for tn
= faithful performance of his COZ
h tract,
j. The contract will contain a prt
IS vision that the contractor sha
~ ayraa IN kaan enid sunroyamanr