New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
PUBLIC NOTICES.
INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS.

INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS.
PART of The Broadway-Fourth Avenus
| Rapid Transit Railroad
The City OF New York. acting by the PUB
| lie Service Commission for the First Dlstrlct
| hereinafter called THE Commission IN.
vites proposals to construct Section No. OF
Fourth Avenue Rapid Transit Railroad.
| The points within the City between which
| the said part Is TO run and the route or
| routes to be followed are briefly as follows
Beginning at point under Union Square,
| in the Borough Of Manhattan about thres
| hundred and ninety (390) feet north OF the
| intersection OF the southerly building line OF
1 14th Street with the centre limo OF the sub
way and extending thence northerly under
| Union Square and Broadway to point IN
Broadway about one hundred and six t1OGD
feet north OF the intersection OF the east
ery building line OF Broadway with the
northeriy building line OF West 26th Street
The general plan OF construction calls for
| subsurface railroad having four tracks.
| The details OF the construction OF the Rail
| road and appurtenances are more partlcu-
/ lary indicated on the Contract Drawings.
Bidders will not be required to provide
or lay tracks. ties or ballast, nor TO do sta
] ton finish work
The work OF construction under the con-
| tract will include the construction OF all nee
| essary sewers and connections. along the
route Of the Railroad; also the necessary
| support maintenance, adjustment and re-
| construction OF vaults adjacent to buildings,
pipes tubes conduits, subways or other sub
|
| Guiding underpinning or the maintaintns
| protecting and securing where necessary OF
all buildings, monuments. surface railroads
| and other surface, subsurface and overhead
| structures Of any kind, etc, affected by or
| interfered with during the construction OF
! the work: also the restoration of the Side
walks and roadways
| The method of construction will be by
trench excavation under cover. unless other
| wise permitted by the Commission, as set
| forth in the form OF contract.
| he required prose-
cute the work OF construction from working
shafts located at the points specified In the
| contract.
Bidders must examine the form OF con-
| tract and the specifications. maps and plans;
/ must visit the location of the work and In
| form themselves Of the present conditions
along the line thereof and make their own
! estimates OF the facilities and difficulties at
! tending the execution Of the proposed work
| fuller description OF the work TO bs
| done is set forth, and other requirements.
provisions. dstails and specifications are
stated, in the printed form OF contract ana
\ In the Contract Drawings therein referred
to- Printed copies OF the form OF contract.
bond and contractors proposal may be has
| on application at the Office OF the commits
| sion No. 154 Nassau Street, Borough OF
Manhattan, City OF New York. The Contract
| Drawings may be inspected at the same OF:
| fee, and copies thereof may be purchased
| by prospective bidders on payment OF nvs
| dollars $4,000. The printed form OF con-
| tract and the Contract Drawings ar to Dc
| deemed a part Of this invitation
| The Commission is informed by the De-
| partment OF Docks & Ferries that docks and
bukheads along the East River or along
| the North River may be available for dump
| ing purposes Information in regard thereto
| may be obtained by any intending bidder
upon inquiry at the ONCE OF the Departments
| OF Docks & Ferries, with whom all arrange
ments must be made with respect 70 utilis-
ing such docks and bulkheads as may bs
available. a.
| be made monthly as the work proceeds as
provided in the form Of contract.
| The Contractor will be required 70 COM
| plete tho work soon as practicable ana
within a period OF thirty-six (3e) months
from the date OF the delivery OF this con-
| tract.
Sealed bids or proposals will be received st
the Office Of the Commission at No. l54 Mas
sau street, Borough OF Manhattan, City OF
New York, until the 22d day of July. 1913,
at twelve fifteen Q2:10 o'clock p. m; at
which time, or at a later date TO be fixed by
the Commission, the proposals will be pub
ucly opened.
Proposals must be in the form prescribed
by the Commission. copies OF which may be
obtained at the Office 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 ana
| extent as near as practicable OF the work
| required is be found In the schedule
forming a part OF the form OF Contractors
Proposal The quantities given In such
schedule are approximate only. being given
as a basis for the uniform comparison OF
bids and no claim is TO be made against the
| City on account OF any excess or denciehcy'
absolute or relative, in the same, except as
provided IN the specifications and form OF
contract.
All proposals must. when submitted be en-
closed in a sealed envelope endorsed Pro
| posal for Constructing Part of Rapid Transit
Railroad-Routes Nos. & 49, Section NO. J,
and must be delivered TO the COMMISSION OF
IT'S Secretary: and in the presence OF the
person submitting the proposal, II VIII De
deposited in a sealed box in which all pro,
! posals will be deposited. No proposal VIII
| be received or deposited unless accompanied
| bv a separate certified check drawn upon
| national or state bank or trust company nav
! ing its principal office in the city OF New
York. satisfactory to me commission aho
| The CITY OF New York for the sum OF fifteen
| thousand (s15 O00) dollars. such check must
not be enclosed in the envelope containing
| the proposal.
| Tn, INIT Prte,s rnuft not be Improperly bat
oncsd. and anu bid Whtch the C0rnmtsston
| cOnsidsrs detrimental TO the Ctys interest may
| be rejected.
No proposaI, after II shall have been de-
| posted with the Commission will be allowed
| TO be withdrawn for any reason Whatever
| The award OF the contract will be MADE ny
| the Commission as soon as practicable AFTER
the opening OF the proposals. .
| Bidders whose proposals are otherwise sst-
isfactory, in case the suretes or SECURITIES
| named by them are not approved by tho
| commission, may substitute In their propos-
ais the names OF other sureties or securities
approved by the Commission, but such SUP
stitution must be made within i've t5) Gays
after notice OF disapproval, unless sucn
| period is extended by the Commission.
| A bidder whose proposal shall be accept
ed shall, IN person or by duly authorized req
resentstlve. attend at the said once or inc
| Commission within ten days after tho de-
livery OF a notice by the Commission that
his proposal is accepted and that the CON
| tract Is consented TO by the Board OF Estl-
mate and Apportonment and such oioder
shall then deliver a contract In the form re-
,NaA opA xxNfh ct
| cution duly proved.
| Al the time OF the delivery OF the con-
| tract the Contractor will be required 20 fur.
nish security to the city BY giving pono
for seventy-hve thousand ($i5,o00) dollars
Al the option OF the successful bidder cash
| or approved securities may be deposited IN
stead OF giving bond. II securities are de-
| posIted in place OF a bond under this con
tract they must be OF the character OF Sc
curities in which Savings Banks may invest
their funds and must be approved by the
Commission.
The Contractors bond must bs in the form
| annexed to the form OF contract.
| In addition and as further security fifteen
I5) per ceptum OF the amounts certlned
from time TO time 10 be due TO the Con-
| tractor will be deducted until the amounts
| so deducted and retained shall equal ten
U0) per centum OF the sum OF the amounts
resulting from the product Of the estimated
approximate quantities and the Unit Prices
as contained in the Schedule Of Unit Prices
in the Contractors proposal Thereafter there
shall be so deducted and retained for such
| nurpose ten l0) per centum OF the amounts
| certified from time 10 time TO be due TO the
Contractor The Contractor may from time
| 10 time withdraw portions OF the amounts so
retained upon depositing in lieu thereof cor
porate stock OF The City Of New York equal
in market value TO the amount so Withdrawn.
| In case OF failure or neglect to execute and