New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-30
PUBLIC NOTICES.
INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS

INNIGAIION 10 tONIkAt TDRS
PART OF THE CULVER RAPID TRANSIT
RAILROAD
The Public Service Commission for the
First District hereinafter called the Com
mssion"D. acting for and on behalf Of The
city Of New York hereinafter called the
city. invites proposals TO construct Sec
tion No. OF Route No. 40. a part OF the
Culver Rapid Transit Railroad.
The points within the City between which
the said part ia 20 run and the route or
routes TO be followed are briefly as follows:
Section No. l. Beginning in private prop
erty on the southerly side Of 37th Street.
about two hundred and forty-six (2i6) feet
southeasterly from the southeast building
line OF Tenth Avenue. in the Borough OF
Brooklyn, and continuing thence southeast
erly over private property and parallel 10
37th Street and crossing over intersecting
streets to West Street; thence continuing
southeasterly over West Street. private
property, Cortelyou Road and private prop
erty to Gravesend Avenue. thence continu-
ing southerly over Gravesend Avenue to a
point about FIVE hundred and twenty five
(525) feet south Of the intersection Of the
center line OF Gravesend Avenue and the
southerly building line OF Bay Parkway
Twenty second Avenue) produced.
The general plan Of construction calls for
an elevated railroad having three tracks.
The Contractor will not be required to
provide or lay tracks or ties nor to do sta
ton finish work
The work under the contract will include
the care and support OF buildings, vaults.
sewers, pipes, railroads and other surface.
subsurface and overhead structures. the
movement Of certain street surface railroad
tracks lateraly. the maintenance Of traffic
and the restoration OF pavements and other
surfaces.
Bidders must examine the form Of con-
tract the specifications and the contract
drawings, must visit the location OF the
work and inform themselves Of the condi-
tons along the lire OF the work and make
their own estimates OF the facilities and
difficulties attending the execution Of the
work
fuller description OF the work and
other requirements, provisions. details and
specifications are given In the form Of con-
tract and In the contract drawings therein
referred to. Copies OF the forms OF con-
tract. bond and contractors proposal and
Of the contract drawings may be inspected
mission. No. 1874 Nassau Street. Borough OF
Manhattan. New York City. The forms of
contract. bond and contractors proposal
and the contract drawings are 20 be deemed
a part OF this Invitation.
Partial payments to the Contractor will
be made monthly as the work proceeds as
provided in the contract.
The Contractor must complete the work
within fifteen G5) months from the de-
livery Of the contract
At the time Of the delivery OF the con-
tract the Contractor must furnish security
to the city by deposting q bond. cash or
securities, in the sum OF one hundred thou
sand dollars Hl00.00O). As further secur-
ity fifteen per centum G5ec) OF the amounts
certified from time to time 10 be due TO
the Contractor will be deducted until the
amounts so deducted and retained shall
equal ten per centum (l0es) OF the total es-
timated amount to be paid TO the Contrac-
tor under the contract. Thereafter there
shall be so deducted and retained FOR such
purpose ten per centum U0T) Of the
amounts certified from time to time 20 be
due to the Contractor.
at tho office OF the Commission at No. 1884
Nassau Street, Borough of Manhattan, City
Of New York, until the Goth day of July,
1918, at twelve fifteen U2:15) O'Clock p. M,
ut which time and place. or at a later date
TO be fixed by the Commission, the propo-
sails Will be publicly opened.
Proposals must be in the form prescribed
by the Commission.
A statement. based upon the estimate
OF the Chief Engineer Of the Commission
OF the quantities OF the various classes Of
the work and OF the nature and extent as
rear as practicable OF the work is TO be
found in the schedule In the form Of con-
tractors proposal The quantities given in
such schedule are approximate only. being
given as a basis for the uniform compari-
son OF bids, and no claim is 10 be made
against the City on account OF any excess
or deficiency absolute or relative in the
same, except as provided in the speclfca-
tions and form OF contract.
Every proposal must when submitted he
enclosed In a sealed envelope endorsed PRO
posdl for Constructing Part OF Rapid Transit
RGilrodd-Route No. 40, Section No l." and
must pc 10 the commission OF It's
Secretary; and in the presence OF the per-
son submitting the proposal. II will be de-
posted in a sealed box In which all pro-
posals will be deposited. No proposal will
be received unless accompanied by a sepa-
rate certified check for twenty-five thou
sand dollars t25.O oo). payable to the order
Of the Comptroller OF the city and drawn
upon a national or state bank or trust COM
psny satisfactory TO the Commission and
having It's principal ONCE In New York
City. Such check must not be enclosed in
the envelope containing the proposal
The UHt Prices must not be improperly
balanced. and any bid Uhich the Commission
considers detrimental 10 the Guys Interests
may be rejected.
No proposal, after II shall have been de-
posted with the Commission. will be al
whatever.
The award Of the contract will be made
by the Commission as soon as PRACTICABLE
after the opening OF the proposals.
Deposits made by bidders whose propo-
sails are not accepted will be returned with
in three 90 days after the contract IL exc
cuted and delivered and its provisions In
respect OF the bond or deposit are COM
piled with. unless all proposals shall be
rejected. In which event such deposits will
be returned within three t3l days after such
rejection. The deposit OF the successful
is executed and delivered and its proyi-
sons in respect OF the bond or deposit are
compiled with
The right to reject any and all bids Is
reserved.
New York. June 20. 1915
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT
BY EDWARD z. MCCALL. Chairman
TRAVIS II WHITNEY. Secretary