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


CITY HALL.
Newark, N J., September 2, 1914
Sealed proposals will be received In this
office from 3:15 to $3.50 O'Clock p m. of
Thursday the seventeenth day of September
1914, and opened at the last named hour.
at a public meeting of the board to be held
at said time and place, for the grading,
'1' ''''e ST. cHARLEs STREET,
from Berlin street to Avenue L.
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
Two thousand four hundred q, 400 square
yards of oblong granite block pavement on
a six (6) inch concrete foundation;
Nine hundred and fifty $500 lineal feet
of 16 by inch four cut curb set in con-
crete:
four cut and reset in concrete;
I -Four thousand eight hundred t4S00)
square feet of artificial stone walk. inches
Five hundred and fifty $500 cubic yards
of embankment, five hundred $500 cubic
yards of which is excavation on the street.
embankment only to be paid for.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
lowing:
ners set in concrete;
Two (2) basins. with connections COM
THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK ON
THE ABOVE STREET, IF AWARDED
SHALL BE AWARDED PROFESSIONALLY
NO LIABILITY UPON THE CITY UNLESS
SUCH AWARD SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY
BE FINALLY MADE BY THE :, Bo I,ARi5
ERTY BENEFITED ESPECIALLY DY THU
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT is TO BA
SAME TO BE HELD, AFTER WHICH THE
BOARD MAY OR MAY NOT FINALLY
AWARD THE CONTRACT IN ACCORD
ANCE WITH CHAPTER 217 OF THE
STATE LAWS OF 1895.
Bidders are not to state any price for ma
terials and work for wnicn there Is fSeh
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 we'll as in figures.
Bidders must specify In their proposals
them. they will bind themselves to finish
and complete the same within fifty-hve $3.50
consecutive working 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. CT surety COM
pany qualified to do business In New Jersey,
proposals. qualify to their responsibility
IN the amount of such proposal. and bind
themselves that If the contract be awarded
to the person or persons making the pro-
posal. they Will, upon its being awarded.
become ms their sureties for the faithful
performance OF said work: and that. If the
person persons omit or refuse to execute
such contract. they Will pay to the City OF
Newark any difference between the sums
to which he they would have been en-
titled upon completion of the contract and
that which the City of Newark may be
obliged to pay the person 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 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
tion of the law creating the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners. approved March
2sth 1891 that the bond or bonds to he
given for the faithful execution and per.
Torrance of said public work shall first be
approved as to sufficiency 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 or operative until ouch bond
Is so approved; and the president of the
board shall have power to examine the pro-
posed boudsmen under oath. II he shall
desire, or shall be instructed by the board
bit 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 = the whole mat
ter, and this provision mall 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
M r. SHERRERD.
sep2-12t Chief Engineer.