Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-15
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark, y. j.. August 14th. 1913.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office from 3:15 10 $3.50 o'clock p. M. of
Thursday. the twenty eighth day of August
1918, and opened at the last named hour al
public meeting of the board to be held
at said time and place:
For the paving of
NINETEENTH AVENUE.
from South Sixteenth street 10 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 (s, 900 )souare
yards OF bitulithc pavement a six (0l
inch concrete foundation
Twenty-Five 600 lineal feet of 20 by inch
four cut curb. set in concrete.
One thousand eight hundred a. 500 lineal
feet of old four cut curb. reset in concrete.
Standard prices viii be paid for the fol-
lowing;
One % set of 20 by inch four cut COR
ners, set In concrete.
Forty (4o) ineal feet of new header curb
set in concrete.
-Four az uoiseless manhole covers
one az basin with connection complete.
Bids for the above pavement must in
cude price bid per square yard per year
for maintenance and repair of said pave
ment during additional and second
period OF five (o) years and under the guar
antee bond by a surety company or 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 Ave
THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK on
THE ABOVE STREET. If AWARDED.
| SHALL BE AWARDED PROFESSIONALLY
| BY THE BOARD AND SHALL. IMPOSE NO
! LIABILITY UPON THE CITY UNLESS
| Such 81, I,, AWARD SHALL SuBsEouENTLY
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS or PROP
ERTY BENEFITED ESPECIALLY BY THE
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS Is TO BE
| BOARD NAY OR MAY NOT FINALLY
WARD THE CONTRACT IN ACCORD
A A. . NTH CHAPTER 217 or THE
Bidders are not to state any price for
materials and work for which there is a
hxed amount provided for in the speciflca-
tons
| Each proposal must be enclosed in sealed
envelope, properly Endorsed with the name
or me bidder and of the Improvement, and
directed 10 the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners Of the City of Newark.
bldders VIII state their prices in writing
as well as in figures.
Bidders must specify In their nronosa I.
tfat, should the above work be awarded Il,
them they viii bind themselves TO finish and
complete the same within forty-f1ve C45) con-
| secutive working days.
me plans and specifca tions OF the work
1 can be examined at the office of the chief
enRineer OF the Board of Street and Water
commissioners at the City Hall Said pro-
posals TO be accompanied by the consent In
Wrltlng or two sureties or a surety company
qualined 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
serves that II the contract be awarded to
tne person or persons making the proposal
they viii, upon its being so awarded become
/ ms or their sureties Cor the faithful per-
Torrance OF said work; and that. II tho
person or persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract, they will pay to the CITY OF
Newark any difference between the sums TO
' when ne or they would have been entitled
upon completion OF the contract and that
winch the City of Newark may be obliged to
pay the person or persons by whom such
contract shall be executed
Inc Board OF Street and Water Commits
sioners of the City of Newark reserve to
themselves the right to accept or reject any
OF an proposals for the above work. they
may deem best for the interest of the CITY
| Bidders and sureties are hereby notified
that uroer the provisions of the seventh
section Of the law creating the BOARD Of
street and Water Commissioners approved
| March 2Sth, 1901, that the bond or bonds
| to be given for the faithful execution and
performance of said public work shall frat
| De approved as to sufficiency 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 or operative until such
oond is so approved and the president of
| the board shall have the power 10 examine
tne proposed bondsmen Under 90 tn. il he
shan SO desire, or shall be so instructed by
tne board, but the board will not he bound
oy any statement that may be made by such
| proposed bondsmen, but shall have f,iil
power and absolute discretion in the whole
matter and this provision shall be referred
70 IN any advertisement inviting bids for
such public work. ~
By direction of the Board Of street ana
WAFER commissioners OF the City Of Nxxa i,
MORRIS r. .SHERRERD
~eh%@-%~e CHEZ Engineer