The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
NorlcE 70 CONTRACTORS.


the City Clerk of the City Of Keokuk,
at his Office in Keokuk, until o'clock
!p. M. on the 31st day of July, 1916,
for the construction Of the following
described improvement, as per plans
and specifications now on file in the
office of the said clerk:
Grading between the sub-grade and
established grade, paving with con-
crete and curbing with cement,
South Eighth street from south line
of Johnson to north line Of Palean.
South Tenth street from south line
of johnson to north line Of Palean.
South Sixteenth street from south
line of Main to north line Of Ex-
change.
North Sixteenth street from north
| line Of Main to south line Of High.
North Sixteenth street from north
| line OF Franklin to south line of Or
leans.
South Eighteenth street from south
line of Main to north line OF Carroll,
about $4,000 square yards Of paw
ing and 5000 linear feet Of curbing,
! more or less; also
Grading between the subgrade and
established grade, paving with brick
blocks on concrete base, and curb
| with cement;
Franklin street from east line of
Fourth to west line of Thirteenth,
about IL $50 square yards OF paving
and $500 linear feet OF curling, more
or less, also
Construction of combination CO.
ment curb and gutter in front OF west
81 feet OF Lot 3, east rs feet Of Lot
4 and all of Lot 6, all in Block 50, City
Of Keokuk, about 80 linear feet, more
or less, work to begin ON or before
the 18th day of August, 1916, and to
be fully completed on or before the
18th day Of October, 1916.
So much of the cost of the con-
struction of the said improvement as
is by law assessable against abutting
and adjacent property land railway
and street railways having tracks To-
Gated on the streets SO improved) to
be assessed against the privately
owned property abutting on and adj
jacent to said Improvement, accord
ing to area, so as to include one-half
90 OF the privately owned property
between the street so improved and
the next street, whether such private
ly owned property abut upon said
street or not, but in no case shall
privately owned property situated
more than three hundred $500 feet
from the street so improved be so as
sessed land the property OF said rail.
way companies) in accordance with
the law governing the same. and pay
ment to the amount of such assess
ment for such work will be made in
assessment certificates. bearing in
terest at the rate Of six per cent per
annum, issued in accordance with
law In case of any deficiency be-
tween the contract price and the
the amount of such certificates, such
deficiency will be paid in warrants
drawn on the City Improvement Fund
available for the fiscal year beginning
April LIST, 1916, payable out of the
proceeds Of the tax levied therefor
and from no other source, the city to
incur no liability other than the duty
to levy the said tax and to properly
apply the proceeds thereof, to maxi
ing the special assessment above re-
ferred to and issuing assessment GER
tificate to the contractor therefor. The
warrants herein provided for, to be
drawn as soon as the proceeds Of
said tax are available. Said assess
ment certificates and warrants, If such
warrants be isued, shall be accepted
by the contractor in full payment for
all work done under his contract with
out recourse ON the City OF Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check, in a separate envel-
ope, said check to be drawn On some
known responsible bank, and made
payable to the order OF the City Treas
urer of the City of Keokuk, as fol-
lows:
Eighth street from Johnson to
Palean, $1,000.
Tenth street from Johnson to Pal.
can, $1,000.
Sixteenth street from Main to Elk
change, $500.
Sixteenth street from Main to High,
5000.
Sixteenth street from Franklin to
Orleans, 5000.
Eighteenth street from Main to
Carroll. s1,40o.
Franklin street from Fourth to
Thirteenth, $500.