New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-05
PUBLIC NOTICES.
INVITATION TO CONTRACTORa
PART OF THE SEVENTH AvENUE-LEx.
INGTON AVENUE RAPID TRANsIr
RAILROAD

INGTON AVENUE RAPID TRANSIT
PART OF ROUTE NO. 10 a.
The Public Service Commission for the Firm
District hereinafter called the Commission''S
invites proposals to construct Section No tx
Of Route 10 & %, a part OF the Seventh Ave
nue. Lexington Avenue Rapid Transit Rail.
road
The points within the City of New York b.
route or routes to be followed are briefly ~
follows:
SECTION IA.
Beginning at a point under Southern pouIa.
ward In the Borough OF The Bronx about two
hundred and seventy (270 feet north Of ths
northeast corner OF East 18th Street and
Boulevard. Hunts Point Road the Public
Park. Dongan street and whitlock Avenue ts
point over Whitlock Avenue about enc
hundred and thirty O30) feet south OF ira
southerly building line OF Bancroft Street
The general plan OF construction calls for q
subsurface and elevated railroad having thru.
tracks The details Of the construction Of the
railroad and appurtenances are moro particu.
larry indicated on the contract drawings
Bidders Will not be required to provide sr
lay tracks. ties or ballast, nor to DO station
finish work
The work OF construction under the contrsot
will include the construction Of all necessary
sewers and connections. along OF the routs
OF the Railroad; also the necessary support
maintenance. readjustment and reconstrnction
OF vaults adjacent to buildings, pipes tubes
conduits, subways or other subsurface struct.
uTtS, the support ana care, lnClUClng UNDER
pinning or the maintaining. protecting and
securing where necessary, OF all buildlngs
monuments, surface railroads and other sur,
face subsurface and overhead structures Of
any kind, etc, affected by or interfered with
during the construction OF the work: also The
restoration OF the sidewalks and roadways
The method of construction. unless otherwise
permitted by the Commission, will be partly by
trench excavation under cover and partly BY
open trench excavation without cover az set
forth in the form Of contract.
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and the specifications maps and plans; must
visit the location OF the work and inform
themselves Of the present conditions along the
line thereof and make their own estimates Of
the facilities and difficulties attending the eI-
ecution OF the proposed work.
A fuller description Of the work 10 be dous
is set forth. and other requirements. proyfsiens.
details and specifications are stated, In the
printed form Of contract and In the contract
drawings therein referred TO. Printed copies
OF the form OF contract, bond and contractors
Office Of the Commission. No. la Nasssu
Street, Borough Of Manhattan, City OF New
York The contract drawings may be In
spected at the same Office, and copies thereof
payment OF Ave dollars $500. The printed
form OF contract and the contract drawings
are 10 be deemed part Of this invitation.
The City and the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company will both be parties TO the contract;
the Interboroush Rapid Transit Company being
party for the purpose Of disbursing part Of
It's contribution toward the cost OF cOnstruc-
ton provided in the contract dated March
10. 1918, between The City Of New York, acting
by the Commission. and Interborough Rapid
Transit Company for the equipment, mainte-
nance and operation OF additional rapid transit
railroads The liability OF Interborough Rapid
Transit Company under the contract for which
bids now invited will be limited 70 an
amount equal TO ninety-hve per centum $50
Of the aggregate sum arrived at by multiply
ing the estimated approximate quantities By
the Unit Prices as contained In the Schedule
Of Unit Prices in the Contractors proposal.
The Contractor is TO accept the obligation Of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Company 10
make payments to the amount and In the man.
ner provided in the contract and is TO agree
not to look TO the City except 10 the extern,
that the amounts earned under the contract
may exceed the amount for which the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit Company is liable.
Partial payments to the Contractor will be
made monthly as the work proceeds as pro-
vided In the form OF contract
The Contractor will be required TO complete
the work as soon as practicable and within
period OF thirty 1907 months from the date OF
the delivery OF the contract.
Sealed bids or proposals will BE- received
at the Office of the Commission at No. 1874
Nassau Street. Borough Of Manhattan, City
Of New York, until tho LIST day Of December,
1913, at twelve fifteen (la:I5J o'clock p. M.
at which time, or ut q later date to be fixed
by the Commission, the proposals will be
publicly opened.
Proposals must be In the form prescribed by
the Commission, copies OF which may be o.
tained at the ONCE Of the Commission.
A statement based upon estimate OF the
Engineer, OF the quantities OF the various
classes OF the work and Of the nature and *
tent as near as practicable OF the work re-
quired is TO be found in the schedule forming
part OF the form OF Contractors Proposal.
The quantities given in such schedule are ap-
proXimate only, being given as a basis for the
uniform comparison of bids. and no claim Is
10 be made against the City on account OF any
excess or deficiency, absolute or relative IN
The oXCeDt a 8 provided In the SDeCluCd-
lions and form Of contract.
All proposals must, when submitted. be en-
closed in sealed envelope endorsed "PropoSd!
for Constructing Part Of Rapid Transit RGil-
rodd-Route No. 10 & 22, Section No. IA
and must be delivered 10 the Commission or It's
Secretary; and in the presence Of the person
submitting the proposal, II Will be deposited In
sealed box in which all proposals VIII be
deposited. No proposal will be received or de-
posted unless accompanied by a separate GER
titled check drawn upon national or state
bank or trust company having Its principal
Office In the City OF New York, satisfactory 70
the Commission and payable 10 the order OF
the Comptroller OF The City OF New York for
the sum OF fifteen thousand $4,000 dollars
velope containing the proposal.
The Unit Prices must not be Improperly
balanced, and any bid tohioh the Commits
sion considers detrtm entail to the Guys fr-
terests may be rejected.
No proposal, after II shall have been DC.
posted with the Commission, will be allowed
to be withdrawn for any reason whatever
The award Of the contract will be made by
the Commission as soon as practicable after
the opening OF the proposals
Bidders whose proposals are otherwise satis-
named by them are not approved by the Com
mission, may substitute in their proposals the
names OF other sureties or securities approved
by the Commission. but such substitution mus,
be made within Ave 90 days after notice OF
disapproval. unless such period Is extended oy
the Commission.
A bidder whose proposal shall be accepted
shall. in person or BY duly authorized repre-
mission within ten Qo) days after the delivery
OF a notice by the Commission that his pTo-
posal is accepted and that the contract is con-
scented to by the Board Of Estimate and Ap-
portionment, and such bidder shall then oe-
liver a contract In the form referred TO. guy
executed and with its execution duly proved
At the time Of the delivery OF the contract
the Contractor will be required TO furnish
security to the City by giving bond for on'
hundred and nifty thousand 0lc0, oool dollars.
Al the option OF the successful bidder CASE
or approved securities may be deposited IN
stead OF giving a bond. II securities are de-
posted in place OF bond under the CONTRACT
they must be Of the character Of securities IN
which Savings Banks may invest their funds
and must be approved by the Commission
The Contractors bond must be In the form
to the form OF contract
In addition and as further security fifteen
Q5Ss) per centum OF the amounts certified from
time to time to be due TO the Contractor VIII
be deducted until the amounts so deducted ana
retained shall equal ten ll0 per centum OF tne
sum OF the amounts resulting from the produc,
OF the estimated approximate quantities ana
the Unit Prices as contained In the scheduie
OF unit prices In the Contractors Proposal
Thereafter there shall be so deducted and re-
tanned for such purpose ten 400 per centun
OF the amounts certified from time TO time 10
be due to the Contractor. The Contractor may
from time to time withdraw portions OF the
amounts so retained upon depositing in li-u
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