Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-27
OFFICE OF THE RoAPD OF STREET
: AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK
CITY HALL.

AND WATER COMMISSIONER OF
CITY HALL.
Newark. n. J.. Nav 23d. 1919;
Sealed proposals viii be received at this
Office from 3:15 to $50 o'clock p n Of
| 1913 and opened at the last named hour
at public meeting OF the board 10 be held
For s'' the iis"s con rs Of the following
sewers:
CLIFTON AVENUE.
present sewer about $50 feet south Of
Arlington avenue.
GRAFTON AVENUE.
between Washington avenue and Summer
avenue. and
SOUTH TWENTIETH STREET.
| from Clinton avenue to Montgomery avenue.
| The following is about the amount of the
work 70 be- done and the materials to be
| furnished In the construction and compile
ton Of said work. and upon which bids VIII
FOR CLIFTON AVENUE SEWER:
Eleven hundred and sixty n.1e0 iineal
feet of twelve 90 od inch pipe sewer; H. 10,
| inch pine house connections
six C6) manhoIes complete with standard
heads.
| FOR GRAFTON AVENUE SEWER:
Nine hundred and ninety $500 lineal feet
One thousand three hundred and sixty
nsso) Iineal feet Of six te) Inch pipe house
! connections.
Five 10 manboies complete Win ttanuaro
sixty-eisht ces markers
FOR SOUTH TWENTIETH STREET
'' Five hundred and seventy t57o lineal feet
of eighteen uS inch double strength pipe
Ten hundred and fifty q o5ol lineal feet of
twelve C2l inch pipe sewer.
Two thousand two hundred fo200l lineal
feet of six 49, inch pine house connections.
Two (21 basins with case iron heads and
connecting chutes complete.
Eight ts) manholes complete with standard
heads.
One hundred and twenty-five n22) markers.
Bidders are not to state any price for
materials and work for which there Is a
fixed amount provided for in the specifca-
tons
Each proposal must be enclosed in scaled
envelope properly Endorsed with the name
directed to the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners of the City of Newark
Bidders viii state their prices in writing
as well as In figures.
that should the above work be awarded 10
them. they will bind themselves TO finish and
complete the same within the following num-
Der of consecutive working DAYS
Clifton Avenue-Fortv f40l davs.
Grafton Avenue-Thirty-fy f3hl davs~
South Twentieth Street--fifty 800 davS
The plans and specifications Of the work
can be examined at the Office of the chief
engineer of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners at the City Hall. Said pro-
posals to be accompanied by the consent, in
writing, of two sureties or surety company
oualih-sd to do business In New Jersey. who
shall. at the time Of putting in such pro-
posals qualify to their responsibility In
| the amount Of such proposal. and bind them
selves that II the contract be awarded 20
| the person or persons making the proposal,
they will upon its 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 pay TO the city Of
Newark any difference between the sums TO
which he or they would have been entitled
which the city of Newark may be obliged TO
pay tho person or persons by whom such
contract shall be executed.
The Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners of the city of Newark reserve 20
themselves the right to accept or reject any
or all proposals for the above work as they
NAV 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 2sth, 1891 that the bond or bonds
TO be given for the faithful execution and
performance of said public work shall first
be alproved as to suffciency, by the board.
and as TO form. by the council OF the board.
and no contract shall be binding on the city.
or become effective until such bond is so
approved: and the president of the board
shall have power to examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath, If he shall so desire.
or shall be so instructed by the board, but
the board will not be bound by any state
ment that may be made by such proposed
bondsmen, but shall have full power and
absolute discretion in the whole matter, and
this provision shall be s reterrsS to IN any
BY direction Of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners OF the city OF Newark,
MORRIS r. sHERRERD,
rnay23-5t Chief Engineer.