The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-16

Monday to help Mrs. Miller celebrate
her birthday.
Advertisement for Bids of Construe.
ton Of a Sanitary Sewer.
Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the City Clerk OF Den
ison, Iowa, until 2 o'clock p. m, on
the 2Sth day of September, 1914, for
furnishing labor and materials for a
sanitary sewer on the following
streets and parts of streets, to-wit:
That part of Chestnut street begin.
ming at point sixty-eight (GS) feet
west of the west line of Seagrave
avenue and extending west on Chest
nut street to the center of the inter
section of Chestnut street and Wash
ington avenue, also;
That part of Jefferson avenue COM
mencing at the center of the intersec-
ton of Jefferson avenue and Chestnut
street and extending south on JEFF
fersOn avenue to the center of the in
tersection of Jefferson avenue and
Railroad avenue, all in Denison, Iowa,
by sewering same with an eight inch
(S) vitritied sewer pipe, also;
And said improvement is hereby
ordered and shall be done in accord
ance with plans and specifications to
be prepared by the city engineer and
approved by the city council of tn
city of Denison, Iowa.
1852 feet of eight (S) inch sewer.
4 junction manholes.
l flush tank.
lamp hole.
Work to begin on or before the 9th
day OF October, 1914, and to be en-.
tirely completed on or before the LIST
day of December, 1914.
Payment will be made for the said
Improvement after its completion and
acceptance by the city council.
The cost of construction of said san
itary sewer shall be assessed against
the property abutting upon such sew
ers and adjacent thereto within 165
feet of the street wherein said sewer
is located, or to the nearest street
when less than 165 feet, in accord
ance with the law governing said
assessments, and to the extent that
the same is assessable by law or may
be paid by levying sewer taxes as pro-
vided in Section 831 of the Code of
Iowa. as provided in Section S91 of
the Code of Iowa or the amendments
thereto, or any part of said costs may
be paid from any of said funds.
The contractor shall look exclusive
ly to the funds stated in the contract
for payr.eut for said sanitary sewer,
not make itself recuniarly liable for
the payment of the cost of any part
of said improvement and will not in.
cur any Indebtedness for the same.
All bids must be on blanks fur
nished by the city and accompanied
in separate envelope by certified
checks equal in amount to approx
mately S per cent of the total amount
of the bid. Said certified checks must
be drawn on local bank, and made
payable to the order of the treasurer
of the city of Denison, Iowa. Each
envelope must be addressed to E. F.
Tucker City Clerk, and endorsed with
the name of the bidder and the words
1914 Sewer Extension Bid" Certi-
fled checks accompanying proposals
will be returned to the unsuccessful
bidder when the contract has been
awarded, and also to the bidder to
whom the contract has been awarded
when he shall have entered into sat
isfactory contract for the construc.
tion of said improvement with the city
of Denison and has given bond in the
sum of so per cent of the contract
price, with sureties to be approved by
the mayor and the city council of the
city of Denison, Iowa, 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 one year from and af-
ter the date OF it's acceptance by the
city council, and the bond will con-
tain like provision.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into satisfactory contract
with the city of Denison, Iowa, for
the construction of said improvement
or furnish bond as required herein,
and as required by law, within twelve
az days after the contract has been
awarded to him, the certified checks
deposited by him with his bid shall be
forfeited to the city of Denison as
agreed and as liquidated damages.
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. to waive defects and
to accept any bids.
The proposals received will be act
ed upon by said council OH the 28th
day of September, 1914, at a meeting
thereof to be held on said date, or at
all adjourned meeting thereof.
Published by authority of the city
council OF the city of Denison, Iowa.
Dated this 18th day of September,
1914.
+. F. TUCKER,
1868 City Clerk of Said City.
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