The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-23
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

HE III tNS ONCE OIL LIE satu ClcL n.
approximately 3,4S3.6 feet of per
manent cement sidewalks, in the City
OF Keokuk, particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
Cement sidewalk 10 feet wide
in front of lot 4. block 5, city so IT..
Cement sidewalks feet wide in
front of the following described lots,
to-wit:
Lots and 6, block 9. Revees,
Perry & Williams addition. 100 IT..
Lots 1, 9, 3, 4. and 6, block
81. Reeves, Perry & Williams
addition 800 It.
Lot ), and east five feet OF lot
6 block 3, Kilbourne's add. SIS It.
South 10 feet of north 20 feet,
of east IS feet, lot 5, block
~, Kilbournes' addition 10 IT..
addition ..... 15oft.
Lot /, block 81, Estes addition so It.
Lot II, block 80, city, except
rear % Is IT., front " ...1f6.6 It.
Lots II, IL. 13. IA, l6, II, Is.
10, 20, Al. AZ, AZ, A, Is, 4s,
At, As, 40, so, 81 and 50, Ran
daIrs addition 1867 It.
Lots /, 2, and s, block %.
c;tv 200 It.
Cement sidewalks alongside or the
following described lots, to-wit:
Lot ~, block IS, Kilbourne' ad-
dition 40 It.
Lot 4, RandalHs subdivision OF
outlet No. l of Randall's AID. Ito It.
Rear so feet, lot u, block 156,
city oo ~.
r,t block ia. CITY. 140 It.
Tot & block 8. r., p. & w. Add. 14o It.
Lot 6. block 10 R., P. & w. Add. 40 It.
Lot 6, block FL. Leighton's Add. lao It.
Lot 7, block 70, city of Keokuk 14o It.
Lot 6, block SO, city of Keokuk 140 It.
kuk 140 It.
Cement sidewalk feet wide
alongside OF the front 145 feet
Of lot /, block s, city OF Keo-
kuk ifo H.
Work to begin on or before the LIST
day OF April, 1916, and to be fully
completed on or before the LIST day OF
May, 1916.
So much OF the cost of the construc-
ton OF the said Improvement as is by
law assessable against abutting prop
erty, to be assessed against the pri-
yately 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 percent per an
mum issued in accordance with law,
tbe CITY to incur no liability other
than the duty to make the special as
sessment above referred to and issue
assessment certificates to the con-
tractor therefor. Said assessment GER
tif1cates shall be accepted by the con-
tractor in full payment for all work
done under his contract without re-
course on the city OF Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check, in separate envel-
one said check to be drawn on some
known responsible bank. and made
payable to the order OF the City Treas
,irer OF the City Of Keokuk, in the
surn OF two hundred ($2o0) dollars.
Each envelope must be addressed to
the CITY OF Keokuk and endorsed with
the name OF the bidder and the I'M
provement such check and proposal
are for. Certified checks accompany
ing proposals will be returned to the
unsuccessful bidders when the con-
tract 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 improvement with the City OF
Keokuk and given bond in the sum of
nine hundred $4,000 dollars, with
sureties to be approved by the City
Council of the City of Keokuk. for the
faithful performance OF his contract.
The contract will contain provision
that the contractor shall guarantee
the Improvement to remain IN good
repair for the period OF two years from
and after the date of its acceptance
by the City Council. and the bond will
contain n 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 ss required by
law, the certified check deposited by
him with his bid shall be forfeited to
the City of Keokuk as agree and liqui.
dated damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
The proposals received will be
acted upon by the City Council of the
CITY CT Keokuk on the Goth day of No
vember 1915.
Published by authority OF the City
Council of the CITY Of Keokuk
o. w. SANDBERG.
City Clerk of Said City.