Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-05
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS
or THE CITY OF NEWARK.



OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK.
Newark. N. j. September 2. 1914.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
9se from slS to $3.50 oelO o9 p m Of
a public meeting of the board to be held at
said time and place. for the construction of
vAILsBURG SEWERS NORTHWESTERN
ABINGER PLACE AND BoYLAN STREET
SEWER
LINDSLEY AVENUE AND sTUYVEsANT
AVENUE SEWER.
The following is about the amount of the
work to be done and the materials to be
OF said work and upon which bids Will be
vAILsBURG SEWERS, NORTHWESTERN
Sixteen hundred G.6OO) feet of forty-eight
t4S) inch concrete pipe sewer.
One hundred and ninety $50 feet of
thirty nine t39) inch concrete pipe sewer.
Sixteen hundred and eighty 0.6sol feet OF
ihirty-siX (36) inch concrete pipe sewer
Five hundred and twenty (52O) feet of
twenty-four (2D inch double strength vitri-
fed salt glazed pipe sewer,
Two hundred and sixty (260) feet of eight
cen t1Sl inch double strength Vitrihed salt
Thirty-one basins with cement heads and
connecting chutes complete.
Twenty-six (26) manholes with standard
heads complete; 49,, s.,,,,,,r,,,
ABlNGER PLACE AND BOYLAN STREET
SEWER:
Twelve hundred and fifty n,g5O feet Of
eight go inch vitrined salt glazed pipe
sewer.
Eleven hundred d.1OO) feet of six go inch
house connections
Six (6) manholes with standard heads and
buckets complete.
Sixty-nine (69) markers.
LINDSLEY AVENUE AND STUYVEsANT
AVENUE SEWER:
Five hundred and forty (64O) feet fifteen
u5) inch double strength vitriied salt glazed
/ pipe sewer.
Four (D basins using old granite heads
and stills complete.
Five go manholes with standard heads
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
teras ana work for which there is fixed
amount provided for in the specifications
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 VIII 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 ana COM
plete the same within the following number
of consecutive working days:
Vallsburg Sewers-Sixty GOD days.
Abinger Place and Boylan Street Sewer
Twenty (20) days.
Lindsey Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue
Sewer-Fifteen C5) days.
The plans and specifications OF the work
can be examined at the office of the chief
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, a surety company
qualified to do business in New Jersey who
shall at the time of putting in such pro-
posals qualify as to their responsibility in
the amount of such proposal. and bind them
selves that, If the contract be awarded TO
the person or persons making the proposal.
they Will, upon its being awarded, be-
come his or their suretles for the faithful
performance of said work: and that. II the
person or persons omit refuse to execute
such contract, they will pay to the City Of
Newark any difference between the sums to
upon completion of the contract and that
which the City of Newark may be obliged
to pay the person or persons by whom such
contract shall be executed.
The Board OF Street and Water Commits
sioners of the City OF Newark reserve, to
themselves the right to accept or reject any
may deem best for the interest of the city.
Bidders and suretes hereby notified
that under the provisions of the seventh Sec
ton OF the law creating the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners, approved March
2sth. 1891 that the bond or bonds to be
given for the faithful execution and per-
Torrance of said public work shall first be
approved as to sufiiciency by the board, and
as to form by the counsel of the board, and
no contrast shall be binding on the city or
become effective OF 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 so
desire, or shall be so instructed by the board
s,ut the board Will not be bound by any
statement that may be made by such pro-
posed bondsnen 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
By direction of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of the city of Newark
MORRIS r. SHERRERD
sep2-12t Chief Engineer.