Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-03-15


pavement to be lined on both sides
by portland cement concrete curb
and gutter combined.
Third Kind
Said pavement shall be construct
! ed of a wearing surface of vitrified
brick or bricks clocks on a
one and one half inch sand
Gu shion, the same to be laid
on a four inch portland cement
| concrete base. the pavement to be
| lined on both sides by portland
J cement curb or curb and gutter COM
| bined
The Combination Curb and Gutter,
or Curb shall be constructed of two
| course Portland Cement Concrete in
the proportions as set forth in the
| plans and specifications prepared by
! the Engineer for the construction of
said improvements, and now on file
| in the Office of the City Clerk. The
| foundation for said improvements to
| be prepared and said improvements
constructed in accordance with the
plans and specifications for same pre-
| pared by the Engineer and approved
! by the Council and now on file in the
Office of the City Clerk.
The resolution of necessity for the
construction of said improvements
and the plans and specifications
therefor prepared by the Engineer
and now on file in the Office of the
| City Clerk of the City of Audubon,
Iowa which said plans and specifica-
tons were approved by the Council
on the 18th day of February, 1917,
are hereby made part hereof.
Said improvements will consist of
consist of approximately 605S0
square yards of paving between curb
turbines and including intersections;
42300 lineal feet of curb or curb
and gutter combined; and 500
cubic yards of grading.
Said work shall be commenced on
the / 5th day of may 1917 and be com
pleted on or before the LIST day of
October. 1917.
All grading shall be done and COM
| pleted in each block before the paw
| ing is commenced All excavated
material shall be the property of the
City and shall be delivered to any
place within 1900 feet. that the City's
| Engineer may direct and without
expense TO said City. The sub-grade
will be continuous line, the
thickness of the paving below the
grade line of the street and PARALLEL
thereto. And said streets and alleys
shall be so graded that they shall
conform to the shapes of the finished
paving and is to be according to the
profiles and plans prepared by the
City's Engineer and the stakes set
by him and shall come to the es-
tablished grade Said excavations
below the grade and above the sub
grade to be considered a part of the
paving, and so assessed. All the
balance of the Grading to be paid for
by the City.
The expense of making said i'm
provements including the cost of in
tersections of street and alleys and
spaces opposite streets and alleys
intersecting but not crossing to be
assessed against all lots. parts of lots.
pieces and parcels of land according
to area, abutting thereon and adj
jacent thereto, and including one
half of the privately owned property
between the street so proposed to be
improved and the ncXt street, wheth-
er abutting upon said street or not;
but not to include privately owned
property more than three hundred
feet from the street proposed to be
improved hereunder. and against
railways companies whose tracks are
located thereon. except that when
the improvement provided for here
in is located upon an alley, such as
sessment therefor shall be confined
according to area to privately owned
property within the block or blocks
improved. and all in proportion to
the special benefits confined upon
said property thereby. but such as
sessment shall not exceed % per
cent of the actual value of any lot
or parcel of ground at the time of
the levy as may be deemed equitable
and authorized by law, and except
that the cost of making said improve
ments opposite property owned by
the City of Audubon, Iowa. and any
deficiencies where the special asses 5
ments that may be levied against any
private property may be insufficient
to pay the expense of making said
improvements and the cost of excess
grading shall be paid out of the City
Improvement Fund and City Grading
Fund of said City by the issuance
of City Improvement Certificates and
City Grading Certificates in anticipa-
ton of the levies to be made in said
funds. but at not less than their par
value with accrued interest, said
certificates to bear interest at six per
cent per annum. Special assessment
certificates shall be issued according
to law for all special assessments
against private property and shall
bear interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum. and the contractor
shall look exclusively TO the funds
stated herein for payment for said
street improvements and the City of
Audubon. Iowa will not make itself
percunarily liable for the payment of
the cost of any part of said Improve
ment, and will not incur any indebted
ness for same. Said Certificates
hereinbefore mentioned shall be ac-
cepted by the contractor in full pay
ment for all work done under his
contract Said Certificates will be
issued and delivered within reas-
enable time after the completion and
acceptance OF the improvements by
the Council
Proposal blanks will be furnished
by the City Clerk to be used in the
making of all bids.
All bids must be accompanied. in
separate sealed envelope, with
certified check drawn upon some re-
sponsible bank and made payable to
the order of the City Treasurer of
the City of Audubon, Iowa, in the
sum of 100000. as security that the
bidder will enter into a contract for
the doing of the work and give the
bond required by law. in sum
equal TO fifty per cent of the con
tract price, with sureties to be APP
proved by the City Council. The
contract and bond shall contain a
condition requiring the contractor