Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-22
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CRY HALL,

| THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark, N. j.. August 14th. 1913;
Sealed proposals will be received at this
Office from 3:15 to $3.50 o'clock p. M. OF
| Thursday. the twenty-eighth day of August.
1913 and opened at the last named hour no a a.
| at said time and place:
NINETEENTH AVENUE.
from South Sixteenth street to the city line.
! The following is about the amount of the
| work to be done. and the materials TO be
| furnished in the construction and completion
/ of said work and upon which bids Will be
| compared:
Three thousand nine hundred $1,000 )square
! yards OF bitullthic pavement on a SIX tol
| Inch concrete foundation.
Twenty-Five (25) lineal feet of 20 by inch
| four CIT curb, set in concrete
One thousand eight hundred d,So0) lineai
feet of old Jour cut curb reset In concrete.
Standard prices VIII be paid for the fol-
lowing:
One % set of 90 by 4 inch four cut cor
uers, set in concrete.
Forty (40) llneaI feet Of new header curb
set in concrete.
Four (4) noiseless manhoe covers.
One "a basin with connection complete:
Bids for the above pavement must IN
Crude price bid per square ysra aai per
ment during an additional and second
period of fve 90 years and under the guar.
antee bond by a 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 tn. expiration of the first fve
THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK ON
THE ABOVE STREET. IF AWARpEp
BY THE BOARD AND SHALL. IMPOSE NO
LIABILITY UPON THE CITY UNLESS
SIGH 81, AWARD SHALL b1 ~, SuRs an po ~
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF PROP
ERTY BENEFITED ESPECIALLY BY THE
MADE ADJ S9 AND P PUBLIC HEARINGs ON THE
SAME BE HELD. AFTER WHICH THE
BOARD NAY OR MAY NOT FINALLY
ANcE WITH CHAPTER 2iI OF THE
STATE LAWS OF 1898.
Bidders are not to state any price for
materials and work for which there is
fixed amount provided for In the speciflca-
tons
Each proposal must he enclosed in a sealed
Of the bidder and of the Improvement, and
directed to the Board 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
trat should the above work be awarded to
them. they Will bind themselves to finish and
complete the same within forty t45) con-
secutlve 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 Hail. 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 to their responsibility In
the amount of such proposal. and bind them
selves that, II the contract be awarded to
the person persons making the proposal.
they will, upon It's being awarded. become
his or their sureties for the faithful pei
Torrance of said work; and that. IL tho
person or persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract. they will paw to the City of
Newark any difference between the sums 10
which tn or they would have been entitled
upon completion of the contract and th1t
which the 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 az 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 bonds
to be given for the faithful execution and
performance of said public work shall fret
be approved as to sufflcency by the board.
and as TO form by the counsel of the board,
and no contract shall he binding on the city
or become effective operative until such
the board shall have the power to examine
the proposed bondsmen under oath, II he
shall so desire. shall be instructed by
the board, but the board will r5t he bound
by any statement that may be made by such
proposed bondsmen, ut 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 Nwark.
MORRIS r. SHERRERD.
aug14-12t Chief Engineer.