Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-13
SEALED PROPOSALS


yards of trap rock block gutter pavement, 8
feet wide.
One ID set of 20 by 1 inch four cut cor
ners. set in concrete.
Three hundred 5000 square feet of Belgian
bridging.
Seven Cd noiseless manhole covers.
One ID basin with connection complete
Bids for the above asphalt and asphalt
block pavements must include price bid
per square yard per year for maintenance
and repair of said pavements during addi-
tional and second period Of five 60 years
and under the guarantee bond by a surety
company or bond with surety acceptable
to the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners. which may be required at the option
of the board at any time before the expira-
tion of the first five years guarantee
Bidders are not to 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 indorsed with the
and directed to the Board of Street and
/ Water Commissioners of the City Of Newark
Bidders will state their prices in writing
Bidders must specify in their proposals that
should the above work be awarded to them,
they will bind themselves to finish and com
plete the same within the following number
of consecutive working days:
Alpine street-Thirty-five $3.50 days.
Dark Lane-Thirty 900 days
East Kinney Street---Forty-five (45) days.
/ South Thirteenth Street-Sixty (60) days.
ns be at the Of the
engineer of the Board OF Street and Water
Commissioners at the City Hall. Said pro-
posals to be accompanied by the consent, In
writing. of two sureties. or surety company
qualified to do business in New Jersey. who
shall at the time OF putting in such pro-
the amount Of such proposal. and bind them
selves that, II the contract be awarded to
the person or persons making the proposal,
they will, upon its being so awarded, be-
come his 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 entitled
upon completion of the contract and that
which the City of Newark may be Obliged
to pny the person persons by whom such
contract shall be executed.
| The Board of Street and Water Commits
| sloners OF the City Of Newark reserve to
themselves the right to accept or reject any
1 OF 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 sec
tlon of the law creating the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners, approved March
sSth 1891, that the bond or bonds to be
given for the faithful execution and per-
! formance Of said public work shall first 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 city or
| become effective operative until such bond
Is SO approved; and the president Of the
! board shall have power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath. II he shall SC
desire. or shall be so instructed by The board,
I hut the board will not be bound by any
statement that may be made by such pro-
! posed bondsmen, but shall have full power
| and absolute discretion In the whole matter
and this provision shall be referred to In
any advertisement inviting bids for any such
public work
\ by direction of the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners Of the City OF Newark
SO NORRIS r. SHERRERD,
augei7-t Chief Enginssr.