Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
SEALED PROPOSALS..

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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 / a. at
THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK ON
THE ABOVE STREETS, IF AWARDED.
SHALL BE AWARDED PROFESSIONALLY
BY THE BOARD AND SHALL IMPOSE NO
LIABILITY UPON THE CITY UNLESS
SUCH AWARD SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY
BE FINALLY MADE BY THE BOARD.
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF PROP
R RoP Ah4bENTs IS To rs BE
| MADE AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE
, SAME BE HELD. AFTER WHICH THE
AWARD THE CONTRACT IN ACCORD
ANCE WITH CHAPTER 217 OF THE
STATE LAWS OF 1895.
Bidders not to state any price for ma
terials and work for which there is a fixed
amount provided for in the specifications
sealed envelope. properly Endorsed with the
name of the bidder and of the Improvement,
and directed to the Board Of Street and m
Bidders will state their prices in writing
as well in figures:
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:
Berlin Street-Eighty- $3.50 days.
Gotthardt street-seventy (7o) days.
Seymour Aveuee-Forty- five (4b) days.
Shaw Avenue-Sixty (6O) days.
The plans and specifications of the work
can be examined at the. office of the chief
Commissioners at the City Hall. Said pro-
posals to be accompanied by the consent. in
writing, of two sureties, 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 or persons making the proposal.
they will. upon its being so awarded, be-
come his or their sureties for the faithful
performance of said work; and that IL 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
upon completion of the contract and that
which the City of Newark may be obliged
to pay the person or persons by whom such
The Board of Street and Water Commits
Eioners of the City of Newark reserve to
themselves the right to accept or reject any
or all proposals for the above work, as they
may deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties are hereby notified
that under the provisions of the seventh sec
tion of the law creating the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners, approved March
gwen given for the faithful execution and per-
Torrance of said public work shall first be
approved as to suffciency by the board. and
as to form by the counsel of the board. and
no contract shall be binding on the city or
become effective or operative until such bond
is so approved; and the president of the
posed bondsmen under OATH II he shall SO
desire, or shall be so instructed by the board.
but 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 n
public work.
BY direction Of the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners of the City of Newark.
NORRIS r. SHERRERD.
aug612-t Chief Engineer.