The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-02

properly prepared shall be laid 2.
inch layer of chats or small rock thai
will pass a one-inch ring with \
mixture OF 20 per cent ground as
phalt as a binder. The whole of said
improvements TO be constructed, fin.
ished, oiled and rolled according TO
aforesaid patent process and the de-
tailed plans and specifications on file
in the office of the city clerk.
All persons proposing to bid on said
improvements are hereby notified that
there is now on file in the office Of
the city clerk of the city of Ardmorc
an agreement duly executed by James
s. Downward, who owns and controls
the patent process aforesaid for the
city Of Ardmore, 20 permit the use
of said patent process by the success
full bidder in consideration of the
payment to the said James S. Down
ard, Of the sum of fifty cents per
square yard, for each and every
square yard of Improvements covered
by this contract.
All bids shall be submitted in
sealed envelopes and plainly marked
in ink on the outside, and each bid
shall be accompanied by a certified
check drawn on some bank in the
city of Ardmore, Oklahoma, made
payable to the city clerk of the city
of Ardmore in the sum of $4,000
The contractor to whom the contract
for said improvements may be award
ed will be required to execute to the
city of Ardmore a construction bond
for the full and faithful execution of
the work and the performance of
the contract and for full protection of
the city and all property owners in
terested against any loss or damage
by reason of negligence or improper
execution of the work, in an amount
equal to so per cent of the estimated
cost of said Improvements; also an
additional bond in the sum of 80
per cent of the estimated cost of said
improvements; conditioned on the
maintenance of said improvements in
good condition for a period Of five
years from and after completion and
acceptance of said work.
The contractor to whom said work
may be awarded shall receive in
payment for said work, street i'm
provement bonds, at par, issued and
secured as provided by the laws OF
the state of Oklahoma; provided that
in case the property owners shall
elect to pay cash for said improve
ments, as they may do under the
laws Of Oklahoma, then in that even.
the city reserves the right to pay
for said Improvements in cash, or
part cash and part bonds.
All proposals for the construction
of said Improvements will be consid-
cred by the mayor and board of com.
missioners of the city Of Ardmore,
at a meeting to be held
at session chambers in the said city
at s o'clock p. m, on the 18th day
of April, 1916, and the contract will
then be awarded 10 the lowest and
best bidder, who will undertake to
perform the work, furnish the ma
terials and construct said improve
ments according to the resolution
and the plans and speciii'
cations on file in the office of the
city clerk of the city of Ardmore, and
comply with all the other terms and
conditions of said resolution.
The mayor and commissioners re-
serve the right to reject any and all
that may be required, if for
any reason the same shall be un-
Done by the order of the mayor and
of the city Of Ardmore,
Oklahoma. G. II. BRUCE,
City Clerk.
(First published March 27, 1916).
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