Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-08-30
NOTICE FOR BIDS

City Hall Of said iCty until Three (3)
O'Clock PM. on the Sth day of Sept
1917, for constructing the following
improvement, viz: Paving ant
Grading East Division Street in SAID
City from the north line of North
Division Street north to the North
Corporate Limits of said City OF
Audubon, Iowa.
Said paving to be constructed
twenty four feet wide. and shall be
constructed of Portland Cement Con.
crete, composed of Portland Cement
sand, and gravel, in the following
proportions,vi One part of Port.
land Cement. two parts of sand and
four parts of gravel, laid on the pre-
pared sub-grade to depth of six
inches, and shall be worked and COM
pacted until a smooth even surface
is obtained and the surplus water
taken up by dry coating of cement
and sand mixed, the whole floated
to smooth and even surface. The
foundation for said paving shall be
repaired and said paving constructed
! in accordance with the plans and
specifications for same prepared by
the Engineer and approved by the
Council and now on file in the office
of the City Clerk, and the resolution
of necessity therefore, all of which
are hereby made part of this no.
tice.
Said improvement will consist of
approximately $500 square yards of
paving and 260 cubic yards of grad
ing.
Said work shall be commenced on
or before September 22d, 1917, and
be completed on or before October
goth, 1917.
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 di-
rect and without expense to the
City. Said street shall be so graded
as to conform to the shape of the
finished paving and shall be accord
ing to the profiles and plans pre-
pared by the City's Engineer and the
stakes set by him and shall come
to the established grade. Said ex-
cavations 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.
Payment for said work will be as
| follows: The expense, of construct
ing said paving, including the cost
of the removal of material between
sub-grade and grade. to be assessed
| against all lots, parts of lots, pieces
and parcels of land according to area
abutting thereon and adjacent there
to and including one half of the pri-
vately owned property between the
street so proposed to be improved
and the next street whether abutting
upon said street or not: but not to in
clude privately owned property situa-
| ted more than 800 feet from the
street proposed to be improved here
under, all in proportion to the special
benefits conferred upon said property
thereby and not in excess Of such
benefits, and such assessment shall
not exceed twenty-five per cent of the
actual value of any lot or tract at the
time of levy Any deficiency where
the special assessments that maybe
| levied against any lot or tract of land
is insufficient to pay the cost of said
| improvement shall be paid from the
City Improvement Fund by the is
suance of Ciy Improvement Certi-
| ficates in anticipation of the levies
to be made in said fund. Special
Assessment Certificates shall be issu-
ed for all SPECIAL assessments against
private property bearing six per cent
interest per annum. Excess grading
to be paid for by the City will be
paid in City Grading Certificates.
And the contractor who shall make
said improvement shall look eXclu-
sively to the funds stated herein for
payment for said improvement and the
City will not make itself pecuniarly
liable for the payment of any part
Of said improvement and will not in
cur any Indebtedness for same. Said
certificates shall be accepted by the
contractor who shall make said i'm
provement in payment Of the work
done under his contract for the full
face value thereof. Said certificates
will be delivered within reasonable
time after their issuance as provided
by law.
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 a
certified check drawn on some re-
sponible 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 requied by law. in a sum equal
to rs per cent of the contract price,
with sureties to be approved by the
City Council. The contact and bond
shall contain condition requiring
the contractor and his bondsmen to
keep said improvements in good re-
pair for the term of five years from
and after the acceptance theeof by
the Council. In case the successful
bidder shall fail to enter into con-
tract and furnish bond as required
by law within 10 days after the a
ward of the contract said check shall
be forfeited to the City Of Audubon,
Iowa. as liquidated and agreed dam
ages. Certified checks will be re-
turned to the unsuccessful bidders
and to the bidder to whom the con-
tract is awarded when he shall have
entered into contract and given bond
as required by the Council.
Proposals received will be acted
upon by the City Council at a meet
ing of said Council to be held at the
hour of Three o'clock p. M. on the
Sth day of September. 1917.
The right Is reserved to reject any
and all bids and order new bids.
Given by order Of the City Council.