Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-12
SEALED PROPOSALS

square yards of ten uO) inch Telford pave
ment with tarvia.
Fifty 900 linea feet of 20 by 4 inch four
cut curb set in concrete
Two thousand hundred (2,700) lineal
feet of old four cut curb, reset In concrete
Standard prices win be paid for the fol-
Nine hundred and thirty $3.50 square
yards Of trap rock block gutter pavement,
one "a set of 20 by 4 inch four cut cor
ners. set in concrete.
bridging
Seven t7) noiseless manhoie covers
One ~ basin with connection complete.
Bids for the above asphalt and asphalt
block pavements must include a price bid
Per square yard per year for maintenance
and repair of said pavements during an addi-
tional and second period of five go years
and under the guarantee bond by a surety
company or bond with a surety acceptable
to the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners, which may be required at the option
of the board at any time before the expira-
ton Of the first five years guarantee
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terials and work for which there is a fixed
amount provided for in the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed in a
sealed envelope properly Endorsed with the
name 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 in figures:
| Bidders must specify in their proposals that
should the above work be awarded to Them
they will bind themselves to finish and com
| plete the same within the following number
of consecutive working days:
| Alpine Street-Thirty-five 1850 days
Dark Lane-Thirty (30) days.
East Kinney street-Forty-hve tt5) 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 Hall. Said pro-
| posals to be accompanied by the consent, in
writing of two sureties, or surety company
/ qualified 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
selves that IL the contract be awarded to
| the person persons making the proposal,
they will, upon Its being awarded. be-
come his or their sureties for the faithful
| performance of said work; and that II the
! 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 they would have been entitled
| upon completion Of the contract and that
which the City of Newark may be Obliged
| to pay the person or persons by whom such
| contract shall be executed
The Board of Street and Water Commits
| s,oners of the City Of Newark reserve to
| themselves the right to accept or reject any
| or all proposals for the above work, they
may deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified
! that under the provisions Of the seventh sec
ton 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 per-
Torrance of said public work shall first be
| approved as to sufficiency by the board, and
as to form by the counsel of the board. and
no contract shall be binding the city or
become effective or operative until such bond
| Is so approved; and the president of the
board shall have power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath. II he shall 80
desire or shall be so instructed by the board.
1 hut the board Will not be bound by any
statement that may be made by such pro-
/ posed bondsmen, but shall have full power
and absolute discretion in the whole matter.
and this provision shall be referred to in
any advertisement inviting bids for any such
public work.
Water Commissioners OF the City of Newark.
NORRIS r. SHERRERD.
aug612-t Chief Engineer