The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


by the City Clerk Of the City Of Keo-
kuk, at his Office in Keokuk, until
600 o'clock p. M, on the Sth day OF
July, 1915, for the construction of the
| following described improvements as
| per plans and specifications now on
| file in the office of the said clerk:
Approximately twenty-one hundred
| fifty-five (2155) feet of permanent CO.
| ment sidewalks in the city of Keokuk,
! particularly described as follows, to-
wit:
Cement sidewalk Is feet
| wide. In front of lot 4, in
| block Ave. city .......... so feet
Cement sidewalk Is feet
wide. in front Of lot IL,
and the east 1915 feet of lot ..
IL. block twenty-six, city. 6e.5 feet
Cement sidewalks feet wide in
front OF the following described lots,
| to-wit:
Lots s and 8. block nine,
Reeves, Perry & Williams
Add. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .1Oo IeeC
Lots /. 2, 3, 4, 8 and s, block
81, Reeves, Perry Will
liams Add. 800 feet
Lots /, 2, 8, 4, 5, and s, block
II, Kilbourne's Add. 800 feet
Lot 5 and the east Ave feet
Of lot 6, block 8, Kill
bourne's Add ............ 30 feet
S. 10 It. Of N. 20 TT. of e. %
It. Lot 8. block AZ, Kill
bourne's Add. ........... 10 feet
Cement sidewalk Is feet wide
| alongside Of the front Ill
feet OF lot -, block 26.
City feet
Cement sidewalk feet wide
alongside OF the front 145
feet, of lot 1, block 8, City .145 feet
Cement sidewalks 8 feet wide, along
side Of the following described lots.
to-wit:
Lot /. block II, Kilbourne's
aQQItlOn .lfo lcoI
Lot 6, block 9, R. P. & w.
ADDITION ...............:.lf Heet
Lot 6, block 10. R. P. & w.
addition ................. l4o Ieetl
Lot s. block p, Leighton's
addition ............,.... 14O rect
Lots Z, block 70. City. .140 feet
Lot 6, block 80, City. lao feet
Front 10 feet of lot II,
block "a, City ........... Ito feet
Rear 65 feet of lot -, block
1859. City ........ 65 feet
|. Work to begin on or before the 1st
day Of August, 1915, and to be fully
| completed on or before the 10Th day
Of September, 1915.
So much Of the cost Of the con-
struction Of the said improvement as
is by law assessable against abutting
property to be assessed against the
privately owned property abutting on
said improvement, in accordance with
the law governing the same, and pay
ment to the amount of such assess
ment for such work will be made In
assessment certificates, bearing inter
est at the rate OF six per cent. per
annum, issued in accordance with
law. the city to incur no liability other
than the duty to make the special
assessment above referred to and to
| issue assessment certificates to the
contractor therefor. Said assessment
certificates shall be accepted by the
contractor in full payment for all work
done under his contract without re-
course on the City OF Keokuk.
| Each bid must be accompanied with
certified check in a separate en-
velope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
made payable to the order Of the City
Treasurer of the City Of Keokuk, in
the sum of two hundred and no-hun-
dredths dollars. Each envelope must
be addressed to the City Of Keokuk
and endorsed with the name Of the |!
bidder and the. improvement such
check and proposal are for. Certified
checks accompanying proposals will
be returned to the unsuccessful bid |
ders when the contract has been
awarded, and also to the bidder to
whom the contract is awarded when |
he shall have entered into contract |
for the construction Of said improve
ment with the City Of Keokuk and
given bond in the sum Of nine hun
dred and no.hundredths dollars, with !
sureties to be approved by the City |
Council of tho City Of Keokuk, for
the faithful performance OF his con-
tract. The contract will contain a |
provision that the contractor shall |
guarantee the improvement to remain
in good repair for the period Of two
years from and after date of its &C
ceptance by the City Council. and the ,
bond will contain a like condition.
In case the successful bidder shall |
fail to enter into contract with the
City OF Keokuk for the construction
Of said Improvement Or furnish bond
as herein required, and as required by
law. the certified check deposited by
him with his bid shall be forfeited to
the City Of Keokuk as agreed and
liuuidated damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
The proposals received will be act
ed upon by the City Council OF the
City Of Keokuk on the 9th day Of July,
1915.
Published by authority Of the City
Council Of the City Of Keokuk.
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