Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
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SEALED PROPOSALS
OFFICE or THE BOARD OF STREET AND
WATER COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF NEWARK
CITY Hall

i WATER COMMISSIONERS OF THE
/ CITY OF NEWARK.
Newark, n j., July l. 1914.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office from 3:l5 to $3.50 o'clock p. M, of
Thursday, the sixteenth day OF July 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 paving OF the
following stre sT and 11r hllgs T,s nsr
from BioemecSe alley to Lindsey avenue;
i SCHEERER AVENUE.
from Bergen street to Osborne terrace.
4 The following is about the amount of the
work to be done, and the material to be FUR
nished in the construction and completion OF
said work. and upon which bids will be COM
FOR ALEXANDER STREET:
| Three thousand five hundred (S.500) square
/ yards of bitulithic pavement a six (6)
i inch concrete foundation;
i Two thousand and fifty l20S0) lneal feet
of 16 by 5 inch four cut curb. set in con7
Fifty 900 iineal feet of old curb, four cut
and reset in concrete.
STANDARD prices will be paid for the fol-
Nine t9) noiseless manhole covers;
-Four "a sets of IS by inch four cut cor
ners, set in concrete;
Sixty GOD lineal feet of new header curb.
One "a basin with connection complete.
FOR ScHEERER AVENUE:
Five thousand two hundred Is, 2Oo) square
yards of bitalithic pavement on six t6)
| inch concrete foundation.
Two thousand i've hundred aud fifty
| 2.55O) lineal feet OF l6 by inch Pour cut
i curb. set in concretesa
Fifty 800 lineaf feet of old curb, S5ur
| cut and reset in concrete.
i Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
seven ca noiseless manhoie covers;
] Two 90 sets Of 1s by inch four cut
! Fifty 900 lineal feet of new header curb.
| set in concrete,
| one (I) basin with connection complete.
i Bids for The above pavements must in
| cude a price bid per square yard per year
ment during an additional and second period
| OF five TO years and under the guarantees
/ bond by surety company or ac6ond with
surety acceptable to the Board OF Street and
| Water Commissioners, which NAY be re-
| quired at tie option of the board at any time
4 before the expiration of the FIRST hye years
THE CONTRACT. FOR THE WORK ON
SHALL BE AWARDED PROFESSIONALLY
! BY THE BOARD AND SHALL IMPOSE NO
s 81 Il =. AWARD SHALL sUBsEouENTIY
BE FINALLY MADE B 5E,> THE ar BpA6P.
! ERT,Y,f TFNEFfTED ESPECIALLY BY THE
| PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS is TO BE
MADE AND PUBLIC HEARINGS on TIE
BOARD MAY Oh MAY NOT FINALLY
4MAEb TT S}NFRAS u. n aeco 4Hs
! STATE LAWS OF 1895.
! 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 sealed
Of the bidder and Of the Improvement, and
! directed to the Board OF Street and water
Bidders viii state their prices in writing
| as we'll as in figures.
Bidders must specify In their proposals
| to them. they will bind themselves to finish
and complete the same within the follow
| ing number of consecutive working days:
Alexander Street-Forty five t45) days;
can Be p examined at the oftice Of the Chief
Engineer OF the Board OF Street and Water
to be- &C BY the
| In writing. Of two sureties. or a surety
Jersey who shall. at the time. Of putting
in such proposals. qualify as to their respon-
and bind themselves that. If the contract
| be awarded to the person % persons maxi
Ing tns prdposs sns w'' or their sursties
for the faithful performance OF said work:
and that the person ,,c or persons 9 hs.
| Will pay to the City Of Newark any dlf-
ference between the sums TO which he
the City of Newark may be obliged to pay
tract tns p' shall be 's executed
The Board OF Street and Water Com
to tbemrelyes the right to accept or reject
/ any or all proposals FOR the above work,
4 as they may deem best for the Interest," OF
Bidders and sureties. hereby notified
1 that under the provisions OF the seventh
1 section of the law creating the Board OF
! Street and Water Commissioners. approved
1 March 2s. 1891. that the bond or bonds to
1 be given for the faithful execution and
| performance 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
the city, or become effective or operative
until such bond is approved; and the
i president of the Board shall have power to
examine the proposed bondsmen under OATH, y
II he shall so desire. or shall be so instructed
/ by the Board. but the Board will not bs :
bound by any statement that may be made
by. such proposed 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.
MORRIS R. SHERRERD,
1y1-12t Chief Engineer.