New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-04
PUBLIC NOTICES.
Proposals.
INVITATION 10 CONTRACTORS

Part o. the BROAD cay -Foar'h AteHss h'P'
The pun,lc service Commission for ths
First District hereinafter called NE ~.
mission'D. acting for and on behst 81 80
CITY OF New York hereinafter ca.i.n $50 ~,
.',tfyrJ invites PROPOSALS % construct g.
ton 40 Of Routes Nos : & 80, q peft
OF the Broadva y-Fourth Avenue H"p''
T re-, nnirts Within The C.,y between which
the sad parf lis o. run and the route or
routes 10 b. followed are BREEZY as follows
section No 4. beginning ~ a point M
der seventh Avenue near tne soltneIg
building line OF West alsf street thfh,1
extending uorthsrly under S"', mn ANenus
TO a point about eighty ave '''l t'tt 500
OF the southerly building line - West ,s'h
street. IN nee 'ur'!ng NOT. lea.l'.i ..-,,t
Seventh Avenue. West 59'h street ana en, ,
Park 20 a point about seventy -O.n. = g,
east OF the ,asterly building line OF Sel
In Aysnue eyt.nded ana about one hun.
dred and thlrty-sesen G3tl f.et hOI,n %
the south building line - West ',,u ~, -,
and including "A spur 'lIF.LE H".ss,, - strs.t
under seventh Avenue, West osth Ste'-
AMI Central PARK 20 a point about tNent
two t22l feet west Of the westerly "ull
ing line Of seventh Avenue eN'eup-H -
one hundred and cigh'N-Seven Nv a..
north Of tho south building Tine OF WEI.
The general plan Of construction calls
gor subsUrfscr railroad having iNo' i'''
@' Tb 81 CoEtrac,or VIII not be required 20
provide or lay tracks. ties or ballast nor 10
do station finish work. ,,.,..t
The work under the contract VIII ihclg1-
he ARC and support - buildings. vaults
sewers. pipes, railroads aud o'hel sur
s,Ib4ulf face and overhead stru'i lures. IN"
M 'ntenance OF uatic and the re''o'''''"
OF r'yemcnts AMI other surfaces, -.
The method OF Coust ueton VIII % ~
ly by tunnellng and partly BY treach 81
Cavatlon under cover, unless otheI"Ns Po'
raitted by the Commission.
The Contractor will be required 20 prose
cute the work 81 construction from WORK
ing shafts located a. speclned III the C"h-
bidder. must examine the form ~ con
tract and the specifications and contrseN
drawings must visit the location OF NA'
work and inform th.mselves ot ,ne ,nsI.
lions along the line Of the work anu thSNT
their own estimates 81 the faculties snd
difficulties attending the execution O INV
work -, , AID
other requirements provisions, detalis an'
specifications are given In the form ol Con.
tract and In the contract drawings tsele. ,
referred to- Copies OF Tho forms or con
tract bond and contractors proposal ana
~ tho contract drawings may he inspected
and purchased at the Office OF the Con,
mission, No. - Nassau rrs ,oT1ns
or contract bond and contractors propose,
and the contract drawings are % be d'ehe"
a mart OF this Invitation.
Partial payments to the Contractor VIII
be made monthly as the work proceeds a.
provided In the contract
The Contractor must within twenV-tW"
(ool months from the delivery of the con
,r,ct connlete the Railroad and such othe
work covered by the contract a. may br
necessary TO put the Railroad IN 'ohdt'lo.
for operation and must compete az oNu'i
work covered by the contract Wltnlh wen
,v.sIx (2C1 months from the delivery o.
the contract. 49,. -
tract the Contractor must tuthIah s'.t h ~
20 the city by depositing bond, cash o.
securities In the sum OF two nundie"
thousand dollars H200.OO0' ~ tuttn"
security fifteen C5D per c'ntum OF We
amounts certified from time 10 time 10 ID"
due 10 the Contractor VIII De dedu-t'"
until the amounts so deducted sha re
tained shall equal ten tlOD per ceh'uun OF
the total estimated amount To he pAid 7"
,bc Contractor under the contract There
after there shall b. 20 deducted ana ~
tslned for such purpose ten ,lol pc.
I Centurn Of the amounts ceruned from "''''
. TO time to be due % the Contractor.
s.a,.d bids or propo.al. will be received
a, the office of the Commission at NO. lD'
Nassau street, Borough OF Manhattan' ,n>
of New York, until the 2bih dhN OF frp
ruary, 1915. at twelve httesn lilo, ~.
n. M. at which time and place, or ~
i,teT date To be fixed by the COMMISSION
the proposals will be publicly opened.
Proposals must be IA the form prescribed
by the Commission. ,,. -,
A statement based upon the 'silniste o.
the chief Engineer OF the Commission ot
the quantities OF the various classes OF the
work and OF the nature ana eAt'hi a. hes
as practicable % the work - 10 ne lonhu
49, tho schedule I'm the form OF contractors
nroposal The quantities given ~ such
schedule are approximate only, nelnt hHr..
as a basis for the UNIFORM con P'Ils'u y,
hlds and no claim is 10 be made against
the CITY on account Of any excess or den
cheney absolute or relative IN the rsn-
except as provided In the specifications ana
'oj Yer ~ proposal must when submitted b.
enclosed In sealed envelope endgrs"h
Proposal for Constructing Part OF EGpiH
Transit RGlrodd-RouteN NOS So 81
ton No e." and must be deaN'r'l 10 tnr
Commission or It's Secretary, ana IN th'
prcsence OF the person submitting me pro
DosaL ~ will be- deposited IN sealed noA
in which all proposals VIII he deposited.
X, nropo4aI wifi be received unless accom-
named nv = separate ,rriln"d CLOCK Tor
twenty thousand dollars t'-0.OlNl pay tne 70
the order ~ the Comptroller 81 "a" ~ ~nu
drawn upon a naiionaI or HiH'' nauh or
trust couIpauy satisfactory 20 the 'ommls-
sion and having It's principal once IN 'eN
York city. Such check must not % en-
closed In the envelope containing the pro-
The Unit Prices must not b. Ur1roper'y
bdldHced md any BID nbrh re onmi j.
SION consider detrimental TO TIE Cfy's "a
forests man be rejected.
No proposal. after Il shall have boon Do
nositej With the Commission. "'il 10 al
lowed 20 be Withdrawn FOR any reason
Tho award Of The contract Wiz no made
by tho Commission 40 soon as pfacucsD.e
affer tho opening ~ the proposals.
Deposits made b. bidders whose Iropos' ~
are not accepted VIII D" returned "i'hin
thr,c 90 days after ID, contract - exc
Sptsd and delivered and l's prov .siJns m
rrspcct 81 tho bond or deposit are com
piled with. unless all proposals shall BE re-.
iectcd IA which event such deposits VII
be returned within three go days attef
such rejection The deposit, o. the success
ful bidder VIII be returned when the con 70
tract is executed aud delivered and - pro-
visions IN respect OF tho D"nd OF deposit
are complied with. -
THO right to reject any and all bids Is
reserved.
mimic scPVIrE COMMISSION FOR
THE FIRST DIST RIOT
Bv EDWARD o. MCCALL chairman
TEANIS N NNILLN. Y. S-lrrf.rs