The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
NOTICE OF PROPOSALS FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of a petition OF the owners OF
more than fifty per cent Of the prop.
erty subject to assessment for street
improvements on that portion Of "E'
street, northwest, from the north line
of West Main street to the south line
OK Tenth avenue, northwest, duly filed
in the office of the city clerk Of the
City Of Ardmore, and of a resolution
OF the Board Of Co nissioners of said
city duly passed a-i approved on the
18th day OF Marcl. 1917, proposals will
be received at tie office OF the city
clerk of the cit Of Ardmore until
O'Clock p. m, OF ne nth day of April,
1917 for furnishing all materials and
performing all work necessary to I'M
prove the portion of said street afore-
said in the manner and subject to the
conditions following, towit:
Said street shall be improved by fill.
ing and grading to conform to the es.
tablished grade, paving with a bitumi
nous macadam pavement twenty feet
in width and constructing concrete
cutters twenty-four inches wide and
! concrete curbs six inches thick on
either side of said bituminous maca.
dam pavement. The macadam portion
of said street to be constructed with a
fourinch concrete base upon which
shall be laid a two-inch wearing sur.
face of limestone or trap rock the
whole of said Improvements to be con.
structed and finished in accordance
with detailed plans and specifications
on file in the office of the city clerk
of the city of Ardmore.
All bids shall be submitted in sealed
envelopes and plainly marked in Ink
on the outside and each bid shall be
filed on or before o'clock D. IN. on
the said 18th day Of April, 1917, ana
shall be accompanied by a certified
check in the sum of $1,000, to be drawn
on some bank in the city of Ardmore.
The contractor to whom said con.
tract for said Improvements may be
awarded will be required to execute
to the city of Ardmore a construction
bond conditioned according to law
for the full and faithful performance
of said contract and for the full pro.
lection of the city and all property
owners interested against any loss or
damage by reason of negligence or
improper execution of the work, in
the sum of thirty per cent of the esti
mated cost of said Improvements. Said
contractor will also be required to ex.
ecute a statutory bond to the state OF
Oklahoma conditioned on the payment
OF all material and labor bills in the
I full amount OF the contract price of
said improvements and a maintenance
bond in the sum of thirty per cent of
the estimated cost of said improve.
ments conditioned on the maintenance
of said improvements in good cond-
tion for a period of five years from
and after the completion and accept.
ance of said work, all of said bonds
to be subject to the approval of the
mayor and commissioners.
The contractor to whom said work
may be awarded shall receive in pay
ment therefor street improvement
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 improvements, as they may
do under the laws of Oklahoma, then
and in that event, the city reserves
the right to pay for said improvements
in cash or part cash and part bonds.
All proposals for construction OF
said Improvements will be considered
by the mayor and Board of Commits.
sioners Of the city Of Ardmore, at a
meeting to be held at session chamber
in said city at o'clock p. m. on the
18th day of April, 1917, and the con.
tract will then be awarded to the low.
est and best bidder who will undertake
to perform the work, furnish the ma.
terials, execute the bonds and con.
struct said Improvements according to
the resolution aforesaid, and plans and
specifications filed in the office OF the
city clerk Of the city OF Ardmore,
and comply with all other terms and
| conditions of said resolution
The mayor and commissioners re.
serve the right to reject any and Ill
proposals that may be received, II for
any reason the same shall be unsatis.
/ factory.
G. H. BRUCE,
| (SeaD City Clerk.
| First published March 30. 1917 3O1O