The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-09
NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS

Notice is hereby given that in pur
suanCe of resolution adopted by the
mayor and Board of Commissioners
of the city of Ardmore, Oklahoma,
on the 4th day of April, 1916. Pre-
posals by contractors will he received
at the office of the mayor of the city
of Ardmore until o'clock p, m, on
the 18th day of April, 1916, for fur.
nishing the materials and performing
the work necessary In improving the
following streets and portions thereof
in the city of Ardmore in the manner
and subject to the conditions follow
ng, towit:
THAT portion of q street, south.
west, from the south Rne of Stanley
Boulevard to the north line of Moore
street. including alley crossings and
street intersections
Said streets to be improved by
grading, paving with bituminous mac.
adam, and constructing concrete
curbs and cutters.
Said improvements shall be 26 feet
wide from inner line to inner line of
concrete curbs, of which width %
| feet shall consist of bituminous maCa-
dam as contemplated by L. S. patent
| No. S1i797, the same to be laid ac-
cording to detailed plans and speci-
| fcations on file in the office of the
city clerk of the city of Ardmore.
On either side of said macadam pave
ment shall be laid concrete gutter
! Is inches wide and a concrete curb
! inches in thickness, the same TO
be laid according to d tai @ d
specifications on file in the office
of the city clerk of the city of Ard
more. The sub-grade shan be thor
| oughly prepared to receiFe said pave.
ment as provided by detailed plans
and specifications IN the office of the
city clerk, and upon said subgrade
when so prepared there shall be
| ldlu a f-IhCH IOuHudllOl VI VI uSh'u
stone, upon which foundation when
properly prepared shall be laid 2
inch layer of chats or small rock that
will pass a one-inch ring with a
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 Ardmore,
an agreement duly executed by James
s Downard, 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 80 per cent of the estimated
cost Of said improvements; also an
additional bond in the sum of 30
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