The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Advertisement for Bids for COnstruc-
ton of Street Improvement.

City Council of the City of Leon
Iowa, will receive sealed proposals
at the office of the City Clerk or the
City of Leon, Iowa, until 200 ocloci
D. M, on the / 4th day OF April 1914
for street Improvement, by grading
curbing and paving the same, anC
furnishing the labor and materla
therefor, on the following streets anC
parts of streets to-Wlt:
Section /. On Main street from
and connecting with pavement a.
18th street south on Main street anC
on the Leon and Davis City road, tC
the north side of bridge on Postum
Creek.
Section 2. On Idaho street from
and connecting with pavement at 9Th
street south to and connecting with
payement on Commercial street.
All the aforesaid streets in Leon
Decatur county, Iowa.
Said paving, curbing and gutterlns
shall be constructed according to the
plans and specifications therefor
now on file with the City CLERK and
to be composed of one OF the follow
ing kinds of pavement:
list. Brick block pavement on a
five inch concrete base, with L 12
inch sand cushion, sand, asphalt or
cement filler Combination cement
concrete two-foot curb and gutter,
cement curb and brick block gutter.
End. Asphaltic concrete, wearing
surface composed of selected nara
stone and the best grade of natural
lake asphalt 2 inches in thickness
laid on a five inch Portland cement
foundation. Combination cement
concrete tWo-foot curb and gutter,
and cement curb and. asphaltlc con-
crete gutter.
Bird. Bitulithic, laid on five inch
cement concrete foundation. ComDln-
alton cement concrete two-foot curD
and gutter, and cement curb and bl-
tulithic concrete gutter.
The above mentioned plans and
specifications prepared by the city
engineer is by reference made part
of this advertisement.
That said pavement shall be OF
the following widths:
On Main street from and connect
ing with the pavement on 10th street
south on Main street and on the Leon
and Davis City road to the north
side of bridge on Postum Creek, 2S
feet wide between curb lines; except,
that where said pavement crosses
the right-of-way of the c. B. & =.
r. r, Co., the east side of the pave
ment shall be 20 feet from the CEN
ter line of said pavement for the
full width of said right-of-Way, and
the west side of said pavement shall
be 20 feet from the center line
of said pavement from the
south line of said right-of-way to
a point about 100 feet north of the
north rail of said railroad cOmpany's
tracks
On Idaho street from and connect
ing with pavement on 9th street
south to and connecting with pave
ment on Commercial street, % feet
wide between curb lines.
The City Engineer of the City OF
Leon, Iowa, makes the following estl-
mate of said street improvement un-
der the resolution of the City Coun-
Gil ordering said work, which is Civ
en- as an approximate estimate:
Section l. Main street from the
south line of 10th street to the north
side of the bridge across Postum
Creek: ......
5157 square yards of paving.
1850 linear feet Of curb and gutter.
$50 linear feet of curb.
~ linear feet of header curb.
storm inlets.
so feet of IS inch storm sewer.
20 feet of II inch storm sewer.
Section 2. Idaho street from
south line of 9th street to the north
line of Commercial street:
$50 square yards of paving.
Ats linear feet of curb and gutter.
Each bid must be accompanied, in
a separate envelope, with certified
check, payable to the order of the
City Treasurer OF the City of Leon,
Iowa, in the sum of One Thousand
Dollars ($l, 100000, as security that
the bidder will enter into contract
to perform said work and furnish
said material, and also will give the
bond hereinafter required. All en-
velopes must be addressed to the City
Clerk of said city, and endorsed with
the name of the bidder, and the i'm
provement said check and proposal
are for.
The bids shall cover the furnishing
of all material and labor necessary |
for the making of said street i'm
provement, and the work thereon, to |
begin on or before the Gath day of
April 1914, and to be completed on
or before the LIST day of July 1914.
Proposal blanks will be furnish
ed by said City Clerk, or the City
Engineer, and all bids must be upon
said blanks. Certified checks ac-
bids will be returned to
the unsuccessful bidders and also to
the bidder to whom the contract is
awarded when said contractor shall
have entered into a contract in the
form prescribed by said City Coun-
Gil, and given bond in the penal sum
Of SO per cent of the total contract
price, with sureties thereon satisfac-
tory to said city council conditioned
TO faithfully execute said work and
also guaranteeing to keep said street
in good repair for the
term of five years from and after the
date of it's acceptance by said City
Council, and to make all repairs and
10 replace all defective work or ma
teriaf that may become necessary TO
keep said improvement in good re-
pair for said time. In case the sue