New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-02
PROPOSALS.
IMITATION TO CONTRACTORS.

| lie Service Commission for the First District
! hereinafter called the Commission IN.
! vites proposals 10 construct Section NO; OF
| Routes I & So a part OF the Broadway
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 a point under Union square
| In the Borough OF Manhattan, about thIee
hundred and ninety $500 feet north OF the
| intersection of the southerly building line OF
| l4th Street with the centre line OF the SUD
way and extending thence northerly under
| Union Square and Broadway 20 point IN
| Broadway about one hundred and six (1O6)
| feet north OF the intersection OF the east
| erly building line OF Broadway with the
! northerly building line OF West 18th Street
The general plan OF construction calls FOR
| a subsurtace railroad having four tracks.
| The details OF the construction OF the Rail
| road and appurtenances are more particu-
| larry indicated on the Contract Drawings
Bidders will not be required to provide
or lay tracks. ties or ballast. nor to DO STA
| tion 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, read1ustment ana re-
construction OF vaults adjacent 10 buildings,
pipes tubes, conduits subways or other sub
surface structures: the support and care IN
Guiding underpinning or the maintaining
protecting and securing where necessary OIL
all buildings, monuments. surface railroads
and other surface, subsurface and overhead
structures of any kind etc, affected by OF
interfered with during the construction oi
| the work also the restoration or the soe-
walks and rosdways
The method of construction will be by
trench excavation under cover. unless otner.
wise permitted by the Commission as set
| forth in the form OF contract.
The Contractor will be required 20 prose
cute the work Of construction from working
shafts located at the points specihed 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.
| fern themselves of tho present conditions
along the line thereof and make their own
estimates OF the facilities and difficulties at
tending the execution OF the proposed work
A fuller description OF the work 10 be
done Is set forth. and other requirements
provisions. details and specifications are
stated. in the printed form Of contract and
| in the Contract Drawings therein referred
10. Printed copies % the form OF contract
bond and contractors proposal may be had
on application at the office Of the commits.
sion. No i54 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
dollars $4,000. The printed form OF con
tract and the Contract Drawings are 20 be
deemed part OF this invitation
The Commission is Informed by the De.
partment Of Docks & Ferries that docks ana
bulkheads 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 oldde,
upon inquiry az the once ~ the Department
OF Docks & Ferries. with whom all arrange
ments must be made with respect 20 utlliz-
ing such docks and bulkheads as may be
available. 80
Partial payments 70 the Contractor will
be made monthly as the work proceeds as
provided In the form % contract.
The Contractor will be required 70 com.
plete the work as soon az practicable and
within a period Of thirty-six C36l months
from the date Of the delivery OF this con
tract.
Sealed bids or proposals will be received at
the Office OF the Commission AZ No. i5t Mas.
.au Street. Borough Of Manhattan, City Of
New York, until the 22d day of July, 1913
at twelve fifteen U2:15) o'clock p. m; NJ
which time, or nj a later date 10 be nxed py
the Commission. the proposals will be pub
licly opened.
Proposals must be IN the form prescribed
by the Commission. copies 81 which may oe
obtained az the ofnee OF the commission.
4 statement based upon estimate or the
Enxineer Of the quantities % the various
classes Of the work and 81 me nature ana
extent as near as pracucable OF the worH
required Is 20 be found IN the sehedule
forming part OF the form % Contractor
Proposal The quantities given In sucn
schedule are approximate only being given
as basis FOR the uniform comparison or
bids and no claim is 20 be made against the
CITY on account OF any excess or deficiency
absolute or relative. IN the same except O..
provided IN the specifications and form OF
contract.
closed in a sealed envelope endorsed Pro
posal for Constructing Part ~ Rapid Transit
Railroad-Routes Nos. a 30. Section NO ].
and must be delivered 20 the Commission or
its Secretary: and IN the presence % the
person submitting the proposal. ~ Nill be
deposited IN a sealed box In which al pro
posals will be deposited. No proposal VIII
be received or Deposited unless accompanied
bv separate certified check drawn upon a
national or state bank or trust company haV-
Ing It's principal once In the city Of New
York satisfactory 20 the Commission ana
navable 10 the order OF the Comptroller OF
The city OF New York for the sum Of tfteen
thousand (s15. 0O0) dollars. such check must
not be enclosed In the envelope containing
the proposal
The init Price, rnpr not be improperip Bat
onrsd and anu bid trhfch me CON miSsion
considers detrimental 70 me ctfys snter.H may
be rejected.
No proposal after II shall have been de-
posted with the Commission. will be allowed
10 be Withdrawn for any reason vhatever
The award OF the contract will be made ny
the Commission as soon as pracucable ater
the opening OF the proposals.
Bidders whose proposals are otherwise sat
isfactory. IN case the sureties or securities
named by them are not approved by inc
con, n, iqsion NAV substitute IN their propos-
ais the names Of other suretioH or securities
approved BY the Commission. but such sub
sfftutlon must be made within nve 90 DAYS
after notice Of disapproyaL unless such
period is extended by the Commssio
A bidder whose proposal shall be accept
ed shall IN person or by duly authorized rep
resentative. attend az the said once OF ths
Commission within ten days after the de-
itverv Of a notice BY the Commission that
his proposal ~ accepted ana that the con
tract is cOpsented to by the Board OF Esu-
mate and Apportionment. ana such bldder
shall then deliver a contract In the FORM re-
ferred 70. duly executed and with It's exc
cution duly proved.
tract the Contractor Will be required 20 FUR.
nish security 10 the city by giving bond
for seventy-fve thousand (ST5OoOl dollars.
At the option OF the successtul bloosr oS a..
or approved securities may be deposited IN
stead Of giving a bond. II securities are de-
nosited In place OF bond under this con-
tract. they must be OF the character OF Sc
curities In which savings Banks may InN,st
their funds and must be approved by the
Commission.
The Contractors bond must be in the form
annexed 70 the form OF contract.
In addition and further security nfteen
T5b per centum OF the amounts certlhed
from time 20 time 20 be due 20 the Con-
tractor will be deducted until the amounts
80 deducted and retained shall equal ten
IO) per centum Of the sum OF tho amounts
resulting from the product or 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
purpose ten (l0J per centum OF the amounts
certified from time 20 time 70 be Que 10 the
Contractor The Contractor may from tiHe
20 time withdraw portions OF the amounts so
retained upon depositing In lieu Thereon cor =.
porate stock Of The city OF New YORK equai
in market value 10 the amount 30 Withdrawn
In case Of failure or neglect 20 execute ana
doitver the contract or 20 execute and de-
liver the required bond or 10 make the re-
ouired deposit. such bidder will, at the op-