Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-15
SEALED PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark N. j., October Z. 1914.
Sealed proposals Will be received at this
office from 315 to $3.50 o'clock p. m, of
Thursday. the twenty-second day of octo-
Der, 1914. and opened at the last nomed
hour, at q public meeting Of the board to be
held at said time and place.
For the construction Of sewer in
ST CHARLES STREET.
from Berlin street to Avenue l..
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
-Four hundred and thirty-flve t4s5) feet of
fifteen (15) inch double strength vitrifed
81 Three hundred 5000 feet of six 90 inch
house connections.
Two co manholes. with standard heads
and buckets complete.
Sixteen f16) markers.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terials and work for which there Is nxed
amount provided for In the specifications.
Each proposal must be enclosed In sealed
envelope, properly Endorsed with the name OF
the bidder and of the Improvement and d.
rected to the Board o. Street and Water
Commissioners of the city of Newark.
Bidders Will state their prices in writing
Bidders must specify In their proposals
that, should the above work be awarded TO
them. they will bind themselves to finish and
complete the same within twenty 600 con-
secutive working days.
The plans and specifications OF the work
can be examined at the. office Of the chief
Commissioners at tho City Hall. Said pro-
posas to be accompanied by the consent. in
pany anaiified to do business in New Jersey
who shall, at the time of putting 10 such
proposals qualify as to their responsibility
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themselves that, II the contract be awarded
TO the person or persons making the pro-
posal. they WILL upon It's being SO awarded
become his or their sureties for the faithful
performance of said work; and that, II the
person persons omit or refuse to execute
such &C contract they vii, pay to tn the CITY Of
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 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, as they
may deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and sureties hereby notified
that under the provisions OF the seventh 7ec-
ton of the law creating the Board OF Street
ana Water Commissioners, approved March
28th 1891, that the bond or bonds to he given
for the faithful execution and perfcrma nee
of said public work shall first be approved
as to suffciency by the board, and as 10 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 board shall have
power to- examine the proposed bondsmen
under oath. If 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 proposed bondsnen, 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.
BY direction of the Board OF Street and
Uata mi esiO n Newark.
NJ. r, SIITRRERD,
Oct. 7-12t Chief Engineer.