Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-24
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF NEWARK,
CITY HALL.

Newark, N. J.. August 20, 1914.
Sealed proposals will be received In this
office from 3:15 to $3.50 o'clock p. m. OF
Thursday, the twenty-seventh day Of Au-
gust, 1914, and opened at the last named
hour, at public meeting of the board to be
held at said time and place, for the con-
struction of sewers in Rodwell avenue and
Devine street.
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done and the materials to be fur
nished in the construction and completion OF
said work. and upon which bids will be
compared:
Four hundred and forty (440) feet of
thirty-six 1850 inch concrete pipe sewer;
Three hundred and forty tsfo) feet of
Three hundred and forty $40 feet of
twenty-four t24) inch double strength, vitri-
fed ID salt glazed pipe sewer;
Three hundred and seventy (370) feet OF
twenty 600 inch double strength vitrihed
Thirteen ds) basins with cement heads
and connecting ehutes complete;
Two 90 inlets with cement heads and
connecting chutes complete;
Eight 80 msnholes with standard heads
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terials and work for which there Is 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 directed to the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of the City OF Newark.
Bidders will state their prices In writing
as well as in figures.
Bidders must specify in their proposals
that should the above work be awarded to
them, they Will bind themselves to finish
and complete the same within the following
number OF consecutive working days:
Forty (40) days.
The plans and specifications of the work
can De examined at the office OF the chief
engineer of the Board OF Street and Water
commissioners at the City Hall. Said pro
posais to be accompanied by the consent. In
writing, OF two sureties, or a surety com
pany qualined to do business In New Jersey
proposals, qualify as to their responsibility
In the amount of such PROPOSAL and bind
themselves that, II the contract be awarded
70 tine person or persons making the pro-
posal they Will upon its 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-
ntled upon completion OF the contract and
d ahnt when the City OF Newark may be
opHgeu 10 pay the person persons by whom
such contract shall be executed
rue Board of Street and Water Commits
sl,ohers OF the City of Newark reserve tc
any or all proposals for the above work al
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Bidders and sureties are hereby notified
tnat under the provisions OF the seventh sec
ton OIL me law creating the Board Of Street
aan nn WAFER commissioners. approved March
2stn, 1891, that the bond or bonds to be
gwen Tor the faithful execution and per
formance Of said public work shall first be
approved as to snhiciency, by the board. and
as to form, by the counsel Of the board and
become effective or operative until ouch bond
y 90 approved and the president Of the
board shall have power 10 examine the pro
posed Dondsmen under oath. II he shall 50