Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STREET
AND WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK.
CITY HALL.
Newark. N. j.. August sth. 1914.
Sealed proposals viii be received at this
Thursday, the twentieth day of August,
1914, and opened at the last named hour. at
said time and place, for the paving and re-
paving OF the following streets and high
ALPINE STREET.
from South Nineteenth street to South
Twentieth street;
DARK LANE,
| from Jones street to Hayes street;
EAST KINNEY STREET,
from Van Buren, street TO Elm road;
SOUTH THIRTEENTH STREET,
from Sixteenth avenue TO Eighteenth avenue.
The following is about the amount of
work to be done and the materials % be
furnished In the construction and completion
Of said work and upon which bids will be
FOR ALPINE STREET PAVING:
Twelve hundred d.2oo) square yards of
asphalt pavement on six go inch concrete
foundation
Of 16 by inch four cut curb. set in con-
crete.
four cut and resfs In concrete
Standard prices Will be paid for the fol-
Fifty C5o) lineal feet of new header curb,
One a set Of IS by inch four cut cor
ners. set in concrete.
One % basin with connection complete
FOR DARK LANE REPAVING:
Six hundred and fifty $500 square yards
of mapped. reciipped granite block pavement
Two hundred (3Oo) lneaI feet of 20 by
inch four cut curb, set In concrete
Four hundred and ten (4Ie) lineai feet Of
old curb, four cut and reset in concrete
Standard prices win be paid for the fol-
lowing:
one 10 basin with connection complete
Thirty (30) cubic yards Of extra concrete.
The old granite blocks will be furnished
by the city at $50 per thousand The con-
tractor will be allowed to nap and reclip
the same at the city yard on Frelinghuysen
FOR EAST KINNEY STREET PAVING:
Two thousand seven hundred C2.T0o) square
yards Of two 10 inch asphalt block pave
ment on a six go inch concrete foundation.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
Fifty C5el lineaI feet of 10 by 4 inch four
| cut curb. set IN concrete.
One thousand six hundred Q,s0o) nneal
feet Of old curb. four cut and reset In con-
crete.
ners, set in concrete.
Fifty C5O) linsal feet of new header curb.
Four IA noiselsss manhole covers
One (1) basin with connection complete.
FOR SOUTH THIRTEENTH STREET
-Four thousand seven hundred (47oO
square yards OF ten 1o) inch Telford pave
ment with tarvia-
| Fifty 500 lineal feet OF 70 by inch four
Two thousand seven hundred C7.goo) Hneal
feet of old four cut curb, reset In concrete.
Standard prices will be paid for the fol-
Nine hundred and thirty tsso) square
yards Of trap rock block gutter pavement,
one a set of 20 by inch four cut cor
ners, set In concrete.
] Three hundred (soO) square feet of Belgian
Seven Cd noiseless manhoIe covers.
One ~ basin with connection complete
block pavenents must include a price bid
per square yard per year for maintenance
and repair Of said pavements during an add
tional and second period OF nve 90 years
and under the guarantee bond by a surety
company or a bond with surety acceptable
| to the Board of Street and Water Commits
/ sioners which may be required at the option
of the board al any time before the expira-
ton OF the first ave 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
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 in figures:
Bidders must specify in their proposals that,
I should the ABOVE Work De awarded 10 iheIn,
they will bind themselves to finish and com
plete the same within the following number
/ OF consecutive working days:
| Alpine Street-Thirty- $3.50 days.
Dark Lane-Thlrty tse) days.
East Kinney Street--Forty- five (45) DAYS
South Thirteenth Street-Sixty 900 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-
/ posais 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 II the contract be awarded to
| the person or persons making the proposal
/ they WILL upon its being awarded, be-
| come his or their sureties 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
/ which he or they would have been entitled
/ 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
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