Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-15
SEALED PROPOSALS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.

Newark, n. j., June 11th. 1914,
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office from 3:15 to 1880 o'clock p. IN. of
Thursday, the eighteenth day of June, 1914,
and opened at the last named hour, at
public meeting of the board to be held at
said time and place:
For the grading curbing and tagging OF
the following streets and highways:
DELAVAN AVENUE
from North Sixth street to the city line.
MILLER STREET,
from Avenue to about 150 feet west of
SoIITH TWENTIETH STREET,
from Twelfth avenue to Eleventh avenue.
The following is about the amount OF the
furnished in the construction and completion
of said work. and upon which bids VIII be
compared:
one thousand seven hundred and nifty
1750) cubic yards of excavation four hun
dred and fifty $50 cubic yards of which, is
to be embanlIment on the street; excavation
only to be paid for,
One thousand nine hundred G,900) lineal
feet of 16 by inch four cut curb, set in
concrete
Nine thousand five hundred (9,500) square
feet of artificial stone walk, inches thick.
stone tagging feet wide
one thousand five hundred Q,50O) square
feet of Belgian bridging.
Standard prices viii be paid Tor the fol-
Ten (1O) sets of 16 by inch four cut COR
ners set in concrete.
Two (2) basins with connections complete
FOR MILLER STREET:
Five thousand hundred (5,100) cubic
yards Of embanlment.
One thousand four hundred and sixty
q, 460) lineal feet of 20 by inch four cut
one hundred and fifty $50 square feet Of
Six thousand (6,OOO) square feet Of arti-
fetal stone walk, inches thick.
One thousand three hundred C,300l square
fapt nf
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
lowing:
FOR SOUTH TWENTIETH STREET:
-Four thousand two hundred t4,200) cubic
yards of embankment, three hundred and
twenty (320) cubic yards of which is ex-
cavation on the street; embankment only to
one thousand FIVE hundred and fifty
| Il. 800 lineal feet Of 20 by inch four cut
curb.
Five thousand (5,OOo) square feet of blue
stone tagging. feet wide.
| Two thousand seven hundred (2,70O
square feet of artificial stone walk, inches
Two hundred and ninety (290) square feet
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
-Four Cp sets of 20 by inch four cut
corners
One ~ basin with connection complete.
| Bidders are not to state any price for ma
! terias and work for which there s a fixed
amount provided for in the specifications.
! Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed
| envelope, properly indorsed 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 as in figures
Bidders must specify in their proposals
! that should the above work be awarded tc
them, they will bind themselves to finish and
complete the same within the following num-
Der of consecutive working days:
| Delavan AYenue--Seventy (70) days.
Miller Street-Seventy t70) days.
South Twentieth Street-Seventy (7Ol
| days.
The plans and specifications of the work
| can be examined at the office of the chiei
| engineer of the Board OF Street and Water
| Commi ssioners at the City Hall. Said pro
prosals to be accompanied by the coNHent. II
| writing of two sureties, or a surety com
pany qualified to do business in New Jersey
| who SHALL at the time of putting in sucl
prosposals, qualify as to their responsibilit,
in the amount of such proposal and bint
| themselves that IL 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 surcties for the fatthfu
| performance of said work; and that IL th'
| person or persons omit or refuse to execute
| such contract, they will pay to the cit,
af Newark any difference between the sum
| to which he or they would have been en-
titled upon completion of Il e contract an'
that which the city Of Newark may o