Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-15
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OBJ NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark, NJ. j.. August Is. 1914.

THE CITY OBJ NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark. N. J., August 10. 1914.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office from S:lb to $3.50 O'Clock D. IN. of
Thursday the twenty-seventh day of Au.
gust, 1914. and opened az the last named
hour, at a public meeting of the board to be
held at said time and place, For the
grading. curbing. tagging and paving of
CRAWFORD PLACE.
from Halsey street to the intersection Of
Springfield avenue and High street.
The following is about the amount Of work
to be done, and the materials to be furnished
in the construction and completion of said
work, and upon which bids will be com
Three thousand $1,000 cubic yards of extra
seven thousand seven hundred C7.7ooD
square yards of oblong granite block pave
ment on six (e) Inch concrete founda-
Two thousand six hundred and nifty 2e5M
lineal feet Of 20 BY inch four cut granite
curb set in concrete.
One hundred 400 lineal feet of old blue
stone curb, four cut and reset In concrete
Four ~ sets Of 20 by inch four cut
granite corners. foot radius. set in con-
One hundred and ten u1o) lineal feet of 20
by 9 inch four cut granite corners. ~ feet
radius, set In concrete;
feet artificial stone walk six go inch thick.
Standard prices win be paid for the fol-
Fourteen qD basins with connections com.
plete.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK ON
SHALL saH Af BE- Awa io5 PRovfs Mi1fi
BY THE BOARD AND SHALL IMPOSE
NO LIABILITY UPON TIT CITY UNLESS
BE FINALLY MADE BIZ THE BOARD.
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF PROP
FR PRO sS NJ fMPRoVa i r IS TO Be
MADE AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
SAME TO BE HELD, AFTER WHICH THE
AWARD AWARD 4 THE coNTRAcT IN AccoRD-
ANCE WITH CHAPTER 217 OF THE
STATE LAWS OF 1895.
Bidders are not 20 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
Commissioner Of the city Of Newars.
Bidders win state their prices In writing
as well as In figures.
that should the Above work be awarded to
them, thvy Will bind themselves TO finish and
complete the same within eighty fva 800 con-
secutiye working days.
The plans Ds sss es Of the
engineer Of the Board Of Sire Street and water
| Commissioners ut the City Hall. Said pro-
prosals to be accompanied by the consent. in
pany auaiined to do business in New Jersey.
who shall at the time OF putting in such
! prOhpOoalb, quAllty AZ 10 tueif responsibility
10 the amount OF such proposal, and bind
themselves that. II the contract be awarded
to the person or persons making the pro-
posaI, they will. upon it's being so awarded,
become mis- 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 or they would have been en-.
titled upon completion of the contract, and
that which the city Of Newark may be
obliged to pay tho person or persons by
| whom such contract shall be executed.
The Board of Street and Water Commits
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
section Of the law creating the Board o.
March 2sth, 1891, that the bond or bond
to be given for the faithful execution anC
performance of said public work shall frs
be approved as to suf1ciency by. the board
and as to form by the counsel Of the board
and no contract shall be binding on the cit,
bond II 30 approved, and the preaiden
OF the board shall have power TO examin'
, tho proposed bond<men under oath, IL n
, shall so desire, or shall be so Instructed b!
, the board, but the board will not be bouns
BY any statement that may be made by suci
power and absolute discretion In. the who'll
matter, and this provision shall be referre'
, 10 In any advertisement Inviting bids 10
any such public work.
BY directions Of the Board OF Street an
, Water Commissioners Of the City OF Newark
, NORRIS r. sHEREEkD.
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