Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-11
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark, n. j.. October 2, 1913
office from 3;l5 to 800 o'clock p. M, o.
ThurSday, the sixteenth day of October
1913. and opened at the last named hour a
a public meeting of the board TO be helC
at said time and place.
For the paving of the following street,
and highways
HOWELL PLACE.
from West End avenue to Vermont avenue
LAUREL PLACE,
from West End avenue TO Vermont avenue
PLYMOUTH STREET,
from West End avenue to Mum avenue.
The following is about the amount of th'
work to be DONE and the materials to b,
furnished In the construction and completion
of said work. and upon which bids viii b'
ron HOWELL PLACE.
Nine hundred and fifty (o5O) square yardi
of asphalt pavement on six Ce) inch con
rive hundred and fifty $500 lineal fee
of 16 by inch four cut curb. set in con
ersts
and reset in concrete.
Standard prices will re paid for the fol
lowing:
corners. set In concrete;
Thirty (3O) lineal feet OF new header curb
set In concrete;
one "a basin with connecting chute com
FOR LAUREL PLACE.:
one thousand six hundred q 5000 square
yards OF asphalt pavement on six 90 inch
concrete foundation
Nine sundred (a00) lineal feet of 10 by &
inch four cut curb, set In concrete;
Fifty 800 ilnoal feet of old curb, four
cut and reset in concrete.
Standard prices VIII be paid for the fol-
one ID set IS by inch four cut corners,
sixty 100 lineal feet of new header curb.
Three Isl noiseless rnanhoie covers;
Ono % basin. with connecting chute. com-
FOR PLYMOUTH STREET:
Three thousand i've hundred and fifty
g, 300 square yards Of asphalt pavemen;
on a six (8l inch concrete foundation:
Two thousand C20o0l lineal feet 16 by 8
inch four cut curb. set - concrete;
Fifty 800 nneal feet OF old curb. four
cut and reset in concrete.
standard prices will be paid for the fol-
- rive c5o sets 10 by inch four cut corners,
Ninety 900 lneal feet of new header curb,
set in concrete;
seven ~ noiseless manhole covers;
One ID basin with connecting chute COM
Bids for the above pavements must in
cude a price bid per square yard per year
for maintenance and repair of said pave
ments during additional and second
period of five (5) years and under the guar
antee bond by surety company or a 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 Ia a
fixed amount provided for in the specifica-
Each proposal must be enclosed in sealed
envelope. properly indorsod with the name
10 The Board of and
Commissioners of the City of Newark.
Bidders will state their prices In wri:ins
Bidders must specify in their proposals
that. should the above work be awarded to
them, they will bind themselves TO finish
number OF consecutive working days:
Howell Place-Twenty 600 days;
Laurel Place-Twentyfiv C25) days;
Plymouth Street-Forty f40) days.
The plansxand specifications of the work
can be examined at the office Of the chief
engineer of the Board of Street and Water
posals to be accompanied by the consent. in
writing OF two sureties or a surety company
qualified % do business in New Jersey. who
shall, at the time of putting in such pro-
poseis, qualify as 10 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 win, upon its being SO awarded, become
his or their surcties for the faithful per-
Torrance OF SalQ WOTKi anu tndI, II INC
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 tho City Of Newark may be obliged to
pay the person persons by whom such
contract shall be executed.
The Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners of the City of Newark reserve to
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
of said public work shall first
be approved as to suftlciency 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 SHAH 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 not be bound
by any statement that may be made by such
bondsmen, but shall shave full
power and absolute discretion in the whole
and this provision shall be referred
to In any advertisement inviting bids for
any such public work.
BY direction of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of the City of Newark.
NORRIS r. SHERRERD
CHIEF EDVineeF