Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-12
AMENDED ADVERTISEMENT.

Ell Centre, Cal, December 4, 1917.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Directors of the Com
panic de Terrenos Aguas de la Baja
California IS. Al, at its office in
the Masonic Temple, in the City of
Ell Centro, State of California, until
10 o'clock d. IN. of the 14th day of
December, 1917. and thereupon
opened, for the repairing and raising
OF. the. Salz levee, which lies in the
Republic OF Mexico, between the Pare
dones and Abejas rivers, paralleling
approximately the Inter- California
railroad between Paredones and Ba
taque stations, at distance souther,y
OF about five miles. The particular
location of the work to be done is
shown in the plans and amended spe-
cficatlons, and in general begins at
the west end of said Saiz levee, con-
tihuing easterly for a distance of
eight and one-half miles.
The precise grade to which said
levee is to be raised is Stated in the
amended plans and specifications and
is approximately three feet, but from
a point about three miles westward
from the east terminus of said levee
said raise will taper from three feet
to nothing at the east terminal.
The material for such repairs and
for raising such levee will be obtained
from borrow pits adjacent to said
levee on the land side, and the esti-
mated yardage involved is approx
mateiy 230, l48 cubic yards.
Said work shall be completed on or
before the first day of April, 1918.
Amended plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of the Board
OF Directors in the Masonic Temple. in
the City of FL Centre, State of Cali
fornia, and at the office of the chief
engineer of said Compania de Terre
nos y Aguas de la Baja California
IS. A. }, in the City of Calexico, State
OF California, to which plans and
specifications reference is hereby
made for more detailed description
of the work to be done.
Any bidder to whom the contract
shall be awarded SHALL within ten
DAYS after the acceptance of his bid,
make, execute and deliver to the
Board of Directors written contract
IN form satisfactory to said Board,
for the performance of said work
| within the time and in the manner
stated in said notice, amended plans
and specifica tions, and also furnish
it an acceptable bond in the sum of
25 per cent of the total contract price
based on the Companies estimate Of
the amount of work to be done, for
the faithful performance of said con
tract, and also furnish an additional
bond in the sum of so per cent OF the
total contract price, based on the
Companies estimate of the amount
of work to be done, as a guarantc
that the contractor will pay in full
the claims of all persons performint,
labor upon or furnishing material to
be used in such work.
Each bid shall be accompanied by n
certified check for Five Thousand Dol
lars (S5,0Q0.00). made payable to the
Treasurer of the Compania, and to he
forfeited to said Compania should
said bidder fail for ten days aftc.
the acceptance of his bid to enter into
the said contract with the said Com
pania and furnish the REQUIRED bonds
The contracts will be let to the low
est responsible bidder. but the Board
of Directors reserves the right to re-
iect any or all bids.
} BY order of the Board of Director3
of the Compania de Terrenos v Aguaa
de la Baja California Is. Az.
Y. d. McPHERRIN,
Daily includin~ Dec14 Secretary.