Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-25
cITy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
OFFICE oFSTHE BOARD OF SrREn AMI
WATER COMMISSIONERS OF Il
CITY OF NEWARK.

.CSTiciS oFSTHE BOARD OF STREET. AND
WATER COMMISSIONERS OF II
p 7 OF NEWARK.
Newark, n. j., March 90, 1912.
Sealed proposals will be received at this of.
fee from 3:15 to $3.50 o'clock p, m. OF
Thursday, the twenty-eighth day OF March,
1912; and opened at the last named ne Ing hour r. at sa, !
time and place. for the paving OF
STREET
from Leslie street to Fabyan place.
The following is about the amount OF tho
work to be done. and the materials to be
furnished in the construction and compilation
of said work. and upon which bids VIII 70
FdR CYPRESS TREET PAVING:
One thousand four hundred pf40o) square
Eleven hundred Il. 100 lineal feet 1e by 5
inch four cut curb. set in concrete.
standard prices will be paid for the follow
Ing: . ,,ro,
brick pavement on a six 80 inch concrete
One d set 16 by 3 inch four cut corners. set
Thirty 900 nneai feet new header curb SGT
Two a. noiseiess manhoIe covers;
One a. basin with connection complete;
One a. basin using old head and sill;
one ID new head and sill on old basin
One ID manhole complete with noi5eiess
Bids for the above bltulithic pavement must
include n price bid per square yard per year
for maintenance and repair Of said pavement
during an additional and second period of five
l5) years and under a guarantee bond by a
surety company or a bond with surety accept
able 10 the Board of Street and Water Com
m mis- o. r which Saaaa may Dc ,,I req9 hssora at IN me sr op
THE ~coNTRAcTs FoR THE ABOVE
AWARDED PROyIsloNALLY BY THE
BOARD AND SHALL IMPOSE NO LIABIL
lTY UrON THE CITY UNLESS FUCH
AWARD Shall sUBsEQ1rsTLY BE Fl
NALLY MADE BY H BOARD;
HARY AssEssMEMT OF PRoPERTY spE
IMPROVEMENTS is To BE MADE AMI
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SAME TO BE
OK MAY NOT FINALLY AWARD THE
CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITT
CHAPTER 217 OF THE STATE LAWS Oh
bidders are not to state any price for ma.
terials and work for which there Is a fixed
amount provided for In the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a seaisd
envelope, PROPERLY Endorsed with the name Of
the bidder and Of the Improvement, and d-
rected to the Board OF Street and Water Com
missioners OF the City OF Newark.
Bidders will state their prices in writing as
We'll as Ia figures.
Bidders must specify in their proposals that,
they Will bind themselves to finish and COM
plete the same within twenty C20l consecu-
tive working days:
he examined at the office Of the Chief Engineer
OF the Board Of Street and Water Commission
ers at the City Hall Said proposals TO be sc-
companied by the consent in writing of two
s%ureties, or a surety company qualified TO do
business In New Jersey, who shall, at the time
of putting in such. proposals, qualify az to
their responsibility In the amount of such pro
posal, and bind themselves that, II the contract
be awarded to the person or persons making
the proposal they will, upon its being 80
awarded, become hts or their sureties for the
faithful performance of said work; and that II
the person or persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract they will pay 10 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 con
tract shall be executed.
The Board of Street and Water Commission
efs of the City of Newark reserve to them
selves 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 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 %, 1881,
that the bond or bonds to be given for the
faithful execution and performance 'of said
fciency by the Board. and as to form by tbs
counsel OF the Board. and no contract shall
be binding on the city or become effective on
operative until such bond is so approved: and
the President of the Board shall have powsr
TO examine the proposed bondsmen under oath,
IL he shall so desire, or shall be so instructsr
by the Board.s but the Board will not be bound
by any statement that may be made by such
proposed bondBmen, but shall have full power
and absolute discretion in the whole matter.
advertisement inviting bids for any such pub
lie work.
BY direction of the Board Of street ana
Water Commissioners of the City of Newark.
MORRIS r. EHERRERD,
msrz2-# Chief Engineer.