Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY or NEWARK.
Newark \. j. August 14th. 1918.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office from 3;15 to $3.50 O'Clock p. M, OF
Thursday. the twenty-eighth day OF August
1913. and opened at the last named hour; AZ
public meeting of the board to be held
at said time and place:
NINETEENTH AVENUE.
from South Sixteenth street to the city line.
The following Is about the amount OF the
work to be done. and the materials 70 pc
furnished in the construction and completion
OF said work, and upon which bids VIII De
compared:
Three thousand nine hundred g 900 )square
yards Of bltuithic pavement on a six eo)
Inch concrete foundation
Twenty-Five t2h) lineal feet Of 20 by inch
four c.,t curb, set in concrete.
One Thousand eight hundred G,SoO) 1lneaI
feet of old four cut curb. reset in concrete.
Standard prices VIII be paid for the FOL
lowing:
One ~ set of 20 by inch four cut cor
ners. set in concrete.
Forty (4O) lineal feet of new header curb.
set in concrete.
Four 90 noIseless manhole covers.
One "a basin with connection complete:
cIlide a price bid per square yard per year
for maintenance and repair of said pave,
ment during an additional and second
period of five ca years and under the guar
antee bond by surety company or a bond
with a surety acceptable to the Board or
Street End Water Commissioners which may
be required at the option Of the board at any
time before th expiration of the first hve
years guarantee.
TrE ARovB STREET. IF AWARDED:
SHALL BE AWARDED PROFESSIONALLY
BY THE BOARD AND SHALL. IMPOSE no
sTcH AWARD SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY
BE FINALLY MADE BY THE BOARD.
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF PROP,
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS rs TO BE
MADE AND PUBLIC HEARINGS on THE
SAME BE FIELD; AFTER WHICH ,Il. THE
AWARD THE CONTRACT IN ACCORD
ANCE WITH CHAPTER 21T OF THE
STATE LAWS OF 1895
materials and work for which there is a
fixed amount provided for In the specifica-
tions.
Each proposal must he enclosed in sealed
envelope, properly Endorsed with the name
of the bidder and Of the Improvement. and
directed to the Board Of street r So and water
Bidders will state their prices In writing
as well as in figures.
Bidders must specify in their proposals
Tat, should the above work be awarded to
them. they viii bind themselves to finish and
complete the same within forty-nve (45) con-
secutive working DAYS.
The plans and speclflca tions OF the work
can be examined at the Office of the chief
engineer of the Board of Street and Water
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posals to he accompanied by the consent, in
writing. of two s,Ireties or n surety company
qualified to do business In New Jersey, who
shall. a. the time of putting in such pro-
posals. qualify to their responsibility In
the amount of such proposal. and bind them
selves that. If the contract be awarded TO
the person or persons making the proposal
they will. upon It's being so awarded, become
his or their sureties for the faithful per-
Torrance of said work: and that II the
person or persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract. they will paw to the city OF
Newark any difference between the sums to
which L. or they would have been entitled
upon completion of the contract and :har
which the City Of Newark may be Obliged 10
pay the person or persons by whom such
contract shall he executed.
The Board of Street and Water Commits
sloners of the City of Newark reserve to
Themselves the right TO accept or reject any
all proposals for the above work. they
may deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties hereby notified
that uroer the provisions Of the seventh
section Of the law creating the BOARD of
Street and Water Commissioners approved
March 2Sth. 1901. that the bond or bonds
to be given for the faithful execution and
performance of said public work shall first
be approved to sufficiency by the board
and as TO form by the counsel of the board
and no contract shall he binding on the citv
or become effective or operative until such
bond Is so approved and the president. of
the board shall have the power To EXAMINE
the proposed bondsmen under oath, II he
shall so desire. or shall be so instructed by
the board. but the board will he bound
by any statement that may he made by such
proposed bondsmen, >dt shall have full
power and absolute discretion in the whole
matter and this provision shall be referred
TO IN any advertisement inviting bids for
such public work.
BY direction of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of the City of Nwark
NORRIS r. SETERRERD
aug14-12t Chief Engineer.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the
following ordinance has been passed by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
and approved by the acting Mayor of the citv
of Newark and. pursuant to chapter &c of
the State laws of 1900, is herewith published
by title:
An ordinance to provide for the vacation
of
HUNTER STREET,
from Avenue A to the eastery side of New
Jersey Railroad avenue.
Adopted August 81. 1913
p. II. RYAN.
President of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
A. l.. SWAIN
Acting Clerk of the Board.
Approved August % 1913
JOHN II. DONNELLY.