Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-03-27
Notice To Bidders!

Sealed proposals will be received by
the City Clerk of the City of Cresco,
Iowa, at his Office in Cresco, Iowa, un-
til 8 o'clock p. m. on the 4th day of
April, 1914. for the construction of the
following described improvement as
per plans end specifications on file in
the office of the said Clerk:
Paving North Elm Street from the
north lines of Third Avenue East and
Third Avenue West to the south lines
Of Eighth Avenue East and Eighth
Avenue West; Second Street West
from the south line of First Avenue
West to the south line of Sixth Avenue
West; Third Avenue East from the
east line of Second Street East to the
west line Of Eighth Street East;
Second Avenue Southwest from the
west line Of South Elm Street to the
east line of Second Street Southwest;
the alley at the north end of Lots Nos.
S. 6, z, 8, 8. 10, II, and IL in Block l6,
Cresc0; said pavement containing
about "a, 600 square yards more or less;
said pavement to be constructed OF
Portland Cement Concrete seven inches
in thickness, the lower five inches to
consist of cement, sand, and broken
rock, and the upper two inches to con-
sist of cement and sand, together with
expansion joints filled with bitumen,
and reinforced with steel where con-
sidered necessary; or said pavement to
be constructed with Portland Cement
Concrete six inches in thickness, con-
sisting of cement, sand, and broken
rock, with top surface coating of
bitumen together with gravel or hard
rock screenings. and with expansion
joints filled with bitumen and sand,
and reinforced with steel where con-
sidered necessary; said work to begin
on or before the 18th day of May,
1914, and to be fully completed on or
before September Is, 1914
So much of the cost of the construct
ion of said improvement as is by law
assessable against abutting property
to be assessed against said abutting
property in accordance with the law
governing the same, except that all
street and alley intersections are to be
paid for by said city, payment to the
amount of such assessments for such
work will be made in assessment GER
tiicates. bearing interest at the rate
of six per cent. per annum, the defic.
iency between the contract price and
the amount of such certificates will be
paid in time warrants drawn on the
improvement fund of said City. Said
assessment certificates and warrants
shall be accepted by the contractor in
full payment for all work done under
his contract without recourse upon the
city of Cresco. s.'.
Each bid must be accompanied with
certified check in separate envelope,
said check to be drawn on some bank
in Cresco. Iowa, and made payable to
the City Treasurer of the City of Cries.
CO, Iowa, in the sum of $1,000 90. Each
envelope must be addressed to the city
of Cresco and endorsed with the name
of the bidder and the improvement such
check and proposal are for. Certified
checks accompanying proposals will be
returned to the unsuccessful bidders
when the contract has been awarded
and also to the bidder to whom the
contract is awarded when he shall have
entered into contract for the construc-
ton of said improvement with the city
of Cresco. and has given bond in the
sum of $4,000 with sureties to be ap.
proved by the city council for the faith
full performance of his contract. The
contract will contain provision that
the contractor shall guarantee the i'm
provement to remain in good repair for
a period of three years from and after
the date of its acceptance by the city