Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-22
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONER OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL


AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark n. j.. Sept. 10th, 1913.
Sealed proposals will be received at thi,
oTice from 315 to $50 o'clock p. M, OF
Thursday the second day of October
! 1913 and opened at the last named hour. a.
| public meeting Of the board to be held
at said time and place:
OAKLAND TERRACE.
from South Orange avenue TO 603 feet south
of CHI street,
The following 10 about the amount Of the
work to be done. and the materials 70 be
furnished in the construction and completion
of said work, and upon which bids will be
-Four thousand one hundred (4,1oo) square
yards of 2Ii-inch asphalt block pavement on
a six (6l inch concrete foundation
Two thousand three hundred (2,3oo) lineal
feet Of is by inch four cut curb, set in
concrete.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
one hundred 400 lIneaI feet of old curb,
four cut and reset In concrete.
Six (6) sets Of 10 by inch four cuts cor
ners set in concrete.
One hundred 400 linsal feet of new
header curb. set in concrete
-Four az noiseless manhole covers.
One % basin with connection complete.
Bids for the above pavement must In
for maintenance and repair Of said pave
ment during an additional and second
period of five 90 years and under the guar
antee bond by a surety company q bond
with a surety acceptable to the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, which may
be required at the option Of the board at any
time before the expiration of the first five
years guarantee.
Bidders are not to state any price for
materials and work for which there is a
fixed amount provided for in the specifcs-
TONS
Each proposal must be enclosed in a seaies
envelope, properly Endorsed with the name
of the bidder and OF the Improvement and
directed to the Boar6 of Street and Water
Commissioners of the City of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices In writing
as well as in figures
Bidders must specify in their proposals
that, should the above work be awarded to
them, they will bind themselves to finish
and complete the same within fifty t5oi
consecutive working days
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 a surety company
qualified to do business In New Jersey who
shall, at the time of putting in such pro-
posals, qualify as to their responsibility in
the amount of such proposal and bind them
selves that. IL the contract be awarded to
the person or persons making the proposal,
they will. upon its being 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
upon completion of the contract and that
which the City of Newark may be obliged to
pay the person or persons by whom such
contract shall be executed
The Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners of the City of Newark reserve 10
themselves the right to accept or reject any
or all proposals for the above work as they
may 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 approved as to sufficiency by the board
and as to form by the counsel of the board.
and no contract shall be binding on the city
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, IL he
shall so desire or shall be instructed by
the board. but the board viii not be bound
by any statement 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 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 Newark.
MORRIS r. SHERRERD,
sep19-12t Chief Engineer.