Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-03-12
ELM STREET.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Webster City, Iowa, at the Office of
the city clerk in the city hall of
Webster City, Iowa, until 1880
o'clock p. IN. on the Bro day of
April, A. D. 1912, for the construc-
iion of the following described i'm
proyements 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 1876 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.
CURBING AND GUTTERING.
Excayating and removing the
earth from grade to sub-grade, esti-
mated at $40 cubic yards and
the construction in place on botn
sides of Elm street from Will
son avenue to east curb line of
Grove street including street
intakes, engineers estimate being
about 5O94.2 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 (61k) inches deep
at the street edge and six co
inches deep at face of curb, and
eighteen (1S) inches wide to face of
curb with one and one-fourth (1A
inch slope to gutter; and the curb
to be five 50 inches wide at the
top and twelve (12) inches deep,
and both curb and gutter to rest
upon a 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
LIST day OF June, A. d. 1912,
and be completed on or before the
3 18th day of July, A. D. 1912.
The expense of making said Inn
provements, 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 for
said work will be made In special
assessment certificates bearing in
terest rat the rate of, six (6) per
cent per annum issued in accord
.ance with the provisions Of Section
81 Of the 1897 Code of Iowa. exr
cept that the expense at street in
tersections and against property
owned by the city may be paids in
warrants or certificates drawn upon
the city Improvement fund available
fera the fiscal year beginning April
J., 191S-l914,ss payable out OF the
proceeds of the tax levied therefor,
and from no other source; the city
to incur no liability other than the
levy collection and proper applica
ton Of said tax and the proceeds
thereof. Said warrants or ceatifi-.
Gates, to be drawn and issued as
provided by law Said assessment
certificates and warrants, or certif-
icates, If such warrants or certificates
be issued .shallbe accepted bythe con-
tractor in full payment for work
done under his contract with out
recourse to the city of Webster
City; and no payment shall be made
-. ,Joti of fha I'm
provement.,
Each bid must be accompanied
with certified check enclosed in a
separate envelope, said check to be
drawn on some known solvent ma
tional, state or savings bank in
Webster City, and made payable to
the order of the city treasurer of
the city of Webster City in the sum
OF five .(5) per cent of the amount
OF bid. Said check must not con-
tain any conditions either in the
body of the check or endorsement
thereon All envelopes must be adj
dressed to the city clerk and en-
dorsed with the name of the bidder
and the improvement said check or
proposal are for.
Proposal blanks will be furnished
at the office of the city clerk which
must be used in making all bids.
Certified checks accompanying
proposals will be returned to the
unsuccessful bidders, and also to the
bidder to whom the contract is
awarded when he shall have enter
ed into contract in the form pre-
scribed by the city council and Civ
en- bond in the sum required, which
shall be one thousand dollars
t$1O00.00). with a corporate sure
ty to execute said work and for the
faithful performance of his con-
tract.
The contract will contain a pro-
vision that the contractor shall
agree to keep said improvement in
good repair for the term of one year
from and after the date of its ac-
ceptance by the city council, and
the bond will be so conditioned as
to conform with the requirement.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into contract with the
city of Webster City for construc-
ton of said improvement or furnish
bond as herein required, and as re-