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

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 p. m. on the 3rd day of
April, A. D. 1912, for the construc-
ton of the following described i'm
provements 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 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.
CURBING AND GUTTERING.
| Excavating 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 t6k) inches deep
at the street, edge and six t(6)
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 (5) inches wide at the
ttop and twelve t12) inches deep,
and both curb and gutter to, Srest
upon a six (6) 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. sttsa
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. 1872
The expense of making said I'M
Eprovements, 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 at the rate of six co per
cent per annum issued in accord
ance with the provisions of Section
Sal of the 1897 Code of Iowa, ex-
cept that the expense at street In
tersections and against property
owned by the city may be paid in
warrants or certificates drawn upon
the city improvement fund available
for the fiscal year beginning April
Il, 1913-19l4, 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 certifi-
Gates to be drawn and issued as
provided by law. Said assessment
certificates and warrants, or certif-
icates, if such warrants or certificates
be issu ed ,shallbe accepted by the 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
until the completion of the i'm
provement.
Each bid must be accompanied
with a certified check enclosed in
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 co 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 clerA 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$100O.00), with a corporate sure
ty to execute said work and for the
faithful performance of his con-
tract.
The contract will contain pro-
vision that the contractor shall
agree to keep said improvement in