The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed nrooOsals will be received
nv the CITY Clerk Of the City Of keo-
kuk. at lbs office in Keokuk, until s
o'clock D. M, on the 9th day OF April,
1917. for the construction OF the FOL
lowing described Improvement, as
per plans and specifications now on
file in the Office Of the said clerk:
Grading between sub grade and es-
tablished grade, paving with con-
crete and curbing with cement, Des
Moines street from the west line or
Tenth street to the east line oi
Twelfth street; about 1900 square
yards of paving and 1920 linear rect
of curbing;
Leighton avenue from west line OF
Thirteenth to east line Of Fourteenth,
width of street to be twenty-six feet
wide. about 1850 square yards or
paving, and 600 linear feet of curb
ing, more or less. work to begin on
or before the 18th day Of May. 1917,
and to be fully completed on or be-
fore the 1st day of August, 1917.
So much of the cost Of the con-
struction Of the said improvement as
is by law assessable against AUDITING
and adjacent property to be assessed
against the privately owned property
abutting on and adjacent to SAID I'M
provement, according to area, so as
to include one-half (1a) of the priv
ately owned property between the
street so improved and the next
street, whether such privately owned
property abut upon said street or
not. but in no case shall privately
owned property situated more than
three hundred (3O0) feet from the
street so improved be so assessed IN
accordance with the law governing
the same, and payment to the amount
Of such assessment for such WORK
will be made in assessment GER
tfcates, bearing interest at the rate
Of six per cent per annum, issued in
accordance with law. In case OF any
deficiency between the contract price
and the amount of such certificates,
such deficiency will be paid in war
rants drawn on the city improvement
fund available for the fiscal year be-
ginning April LIST, 1917, 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 making the special as
sessment above referred to and is
suing assessment certificates to the
contractor therefor. The warrants
herein provided for. to be drawn as
soon as the proceeds OF said tax are
available Said assessment certlfl-
Gates and warrants, If such warrants
be issued, shall be accepted by the
contractor in full payment for all
work done under his contract without
recourse on the city OF keokuk.
Each bid must be accom- anied
with a certified check, in a separate
envelope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
made payable to the order of the
city treasurer of the city OF heokuk,
in the sum of two hundred dollars
for Leighton avenue, and $4,000 for
Des Moines street. Each envelope
must be addressed to the city Of
Keokuk and endorsed with the name
of the bidder and the improvement
such check and proposal are for
Certified checks accompanying pro-
posals will be returned to the I'M
successful bidders when the contract
has been awarded. and also to the
bidder TO whom the contract Is award
ed when ne shall have entered into
contract for the construction OF said
Improvement with the city Of keokuk
and given bond in the sum of 81 900 90
for Leighton avenue. and $500. 90
for Des Moines street, with sureti es
to be approved by the city council Of
the city Of keokuk. for the faithful
performance of his contract. The
contract will contain a provision that
the contractor shall guarantee the
improvement to remain in good repair
for the period of two years from and
after the date Of its acceptance by
the city council, and the bond will
contain a like condition.
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to. enter into contract with the
city of Keokuk for the construction
of said improvement or furnish bono
| as herein required. and as required
by law, the certified check deposited
| by him with his bid shall be forfeited
| to the city of Keokuk as agreed anc
/ liquidated damages
The right is reserved to reject an.
and all bids.