The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-05
NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS

; on the Attn day of April, 1916. Pr
$ posals by contractors will be receive
I at the office of the mayor Of the cit
4 of Ardmore until o'clock p. m, o.
2 the 18th day of April, 1916, for ful
nishing the materials and performing
the work necessary In improving th
following streets and portions thereo
, in the city of Ardmore in the name
i. and subject to the conditions follow
ng towit:
, THAT portion of q street, south
west, from the south line of Stanley
! Boulevard to the north line of Moore
street, including alley crossings ant
street intersections"
Said streets to be improved by
grading, paving with bituminous mac
adam, and constructing concrete
curbs and cutters.
Said improvements shall be &c feet
wide from inner line to, inner line of
concrete curbs, of which width %
feet shall consist of bituminous maca-
! dam as contemplated by U. S. patent
! No. S14797, 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 e t al d
specifications on file in the office
of the city clerk of the city Of Ard
| more. The sub-grade shall be thor
oughly prepared to receiTe 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
laid a 4-inch foundation OF crushed
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. 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 8. 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 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 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 event
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, |
Oklahoma, at a meeting to be held !
at session chambers in the said citv |