New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-07
PUBLIC NOTICES,
INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS
PART OF THE CULVER RAPID TRANSIT
DATfDnAn

RAILROAD
The Public Service Commission for thu
FIRST District hereinafter called The Com,
mission. acting for and on behalf Of The
city Of New York hereinafter called the
"City"). invites proposals 20 construct Sec
ton No. Of Route No. 80. a part of the
Culver Rapid Transit Railroad
The points within tho CITY between which
the said part Is 4 run and The route or
routes 20 be followed are briefly as follows:
Section No. l. Beginning In private prop
erty on the sOutheTly side % 31th Street
about two hundred and forty-siX (2is) feet
southeasterly from the southeast building
line OF Tenth Avenue. IN the Borough %
Brooklyn. and continuing thence sOu'heast-
erly over private property and parallel 20
streets to West Street. thence continuing
sOutheasterly over West Street. private
property. Cortelyou Road and private prop
erty 10 Grayesend Avenue: thence continu-
ing southerly over Gravesend Avenue 20 a
point About ave hundred and twenty-five
(525) feet south OF the Intersection Of the
center line Of Grayesend Avenue and tho
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 20
provide or lay tracks or ties nor 10 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 Literally. the maintenance OF frame
and the restoration OF paYements and other
surfaces
Bidders mus, examine the form OF con-
tract, the specifications and TIE contract
drawings, must visit the location OF the
work and inform themselves Of the condi-
tions along the line OF the work and make
their own estimates OF the facilities and
difficulties attending the execution OF the
work.
A fuller description Of the work and
other requirements, provisions details ana
specifications are given In the form Of con-
tract and In the contract drawings therein
referred 70. 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 70 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 complets the work
within fifteen G5) months from the de-
livery OF the contract
At the time Of the delivery OF the con-
to the City by deposting a bond. cash or
securities. in the sum OF one hundred thou
sand dollars (tl00 000). As further secur-
ity hfteen per centum O5Eo) OF the amounts
certified from time 10 time 20 be due TO
the Contractor will be deducted until the
amounts so deducted and retained shall
timated amount TO be paid 70 the Contrac-
tor under the contract Thereafter there
shall be so deducted and retained for such
purpose ten per eentum lcfe) OF the
amounts certified from time 20 time 20 Be
due 10 the Contractor.
Sealed bids or proposals will DO received
at the office Of the Commission at No. 15i
Nassau street, Borough OF Manhattan, City
Of New York, until the Goth day Of July,
1918, at twelve fifteen (12:l o'clock p. M,
at which time and place. Of, at 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 tho 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 basis for the uniform compari-
son OF bids, and no claim IS 90 be made
against the City on account OF any excess
or deficiency, absolute or relative In the
same, except as provided in the specinca-
lions and form OF contract
Every proposal must when submitted be
enclosed in a sealed envelope endorsed PRO
posdl for Constructing Part Of Rapid Transit
RGilrodd-Route No. 80, Section No. l." and
must be delivered TO the Commission or It's
Secretary; and in the presence OF the per-
son submitting the proposal u Will BE de-
posted in a sealed box IN which all pro-
posals Will be deposited NO proposal VIII
be received unless accompanied by a sepa-
rate certified check Tor twenty-hv thou
sand dollars N25.000), payable 70 the order
OF the Comptroller OF the city and drawn
upon a national or state bank or trust COM
pany satisfactory 20 the Commission and
having its principal once IN New York
City. Such check must not be enclosed In
the envelope containing the proposal
The Unit Prices must not b Improperly
balanced, aud any BID t0hich the Commission
considers detrimental 10 the CifJ's lEteTestS
MAJ be rejected.
No proposal, after Il shall have been de-
posted with the Commission, will be al
lowed to be withdrawn for any reason
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
I'm three 90 days after the contract Is exc
cuted and delivered and It's 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 90 days after such
rejection. The deposit OF the successful
bidder will be returned when the contract
is executed and delivered and It's provi-
slons in respect OF the bond or deposit are
The right to reject any and III bids Is
New York. June 20. 1915
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT
BY EDWARD +. MCCALL, Chairman
TRAVIS II. WHITNEY. Secretary
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