The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Street Improvement.

Street Improvement
Office of the Street Assessment Com
mittee, Edgerton, Wisconsin, July
z, 1916.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the City Clerk until 7:30 p.
M, Monday July 81, 1916, for furnish
ing all materials and doing all the work
necessary and required to improve the
following named streets in the city of
Edgerton, Wisconsin, according to the
plans and specifications on file in the
office of the City Clerk of said city for
the inspection of bidders, to-wit:
Bids will be received upon the follow
ing types of pavements:
One course reinforced concrete pave
ment with integral curb, and combined
curb and gutter, as per specifications
on file in the office Of the City Clerk.
That part of Main street from Law
ton to point approximately 1927 feet
south; Swift street from Fulton to Rol-
lin street; and Washington street from
Albion street to Stoughton road, in the
city of Edgerton, Wis.
Work shall be commenced on or be-
fore the 18th day of August, 1916, and
the whole work shall be completed on or
before the 18th day of October, 1916,
failing in which the contractor shall
pay to the city of Edgerton, as liquid
ated damages, the sum of twenty-five
(S25. OO) dollars per day for each and
every days delay in completing the
work.
DIRECTIONS TO BIDDERS.
Each bidder must accompany his bid
with contract, with not less than two
sureties who shall be free holders OF
the state of Wisconsin, and shall GER
tify as to their responsibility and by
their several affidavits show they are
worth in the aggregate at least the
amount of the contract price, In prop
erty by law exempt from execution.
Surety companies approved by the
Common Council will be accepted in
lieu of personal sureties.
The said contract with sureties must
be completely executed on the part of
the contractor with the exception Of
the signatures on the part of the city.
This is a positive requirement of the
law and must be complied with. Bids
failing to comply with the above
requirement will not be considered.
No bid will be considered that does
not contain price for doing the entire
work as called for in the plans and
specifications. The bids will be can
vassed and considered in the aggregate,
based on estimated quantities.
All bids and the accompanying con-
tract must be written on the blanks
prepared by the Committee for that
purpose, and the prices should be stated
in writing and in figures.
The contractor will be required to
accept in part payment for the said
work, certificates against the lots and
parcels of real estate benefited by the
improvement, or special improvement
bonds against the same, or the pro-
ceeds of the sale of such bonds. Said
certificates to be payable on demand,
and the special improvement bonds
shall be payable in five equal annual
installments, shall not be a general city
liability and shall bear interest at the
rate of six CO. per cent per annum pay
able o~,,,ro1v
Blanks Tor proposals and blank con-
tracts will be furnished on application
to the City Clerk Tie bids, when the
lowest ones, will be decided by the
Street Assessment Committee.
The Common Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
MAYOR J. M. CONWAY,
j. O. ARTHUR,
0. J. JENSON.
Street Assessment Committee.
First publication July z, 1916