Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-29
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Notice to Contractors

Notice to Contractors
Sealed proposals will be received
by the undersigned City Clerk, of the
city of Missouri Valley, Iowa, at his
office in the city hall of said city,
until two. o'clock p. m. on the 18th.
day of Sept. A. d. 1918, for pump
ing machinery equipment.
Bids will be received on the vari-
Gus installations as described below,
as well as installations suggested by
the bidder Bids will be received both
for furnishing and installing complete,
furnishing and installing complete,
including all material, labor, tools,
and equipment necessary for com
| plete job.
Following are Three Principal in
stallations for which bids are asked:
a. The Furnishing, or furnishing
and installing complete, including all
material, labor tools and equipment
of
(A) An air lift system of pumping,
delivering 700 gallons per minute
against total head of 35 feet from
two of the inch wells and two 10 in
wells, which are now in, to serevoir
to be constructed at the present pump
ing plant:
OBJ A high lift pump and engine,
(or motor,) or pumping engine, to
deliver 700 gallons per minute against
a head of 235 feet from resovoir to
be constructed at the present pump
ing plant, to the present distributing
Iresevor.
(2) (a) The sinking of two wells of
u inch diameter approximately 80
feet deep, including the furnishing of
all material, labor, tools and equip
ment necessary to complete fully the
two wells. This shall include as well
the furnishing and placing complete
Of IA feet of 12 in No. 40 Brass
Sirainer, of the Cook or similar stan
dard type, in each well,
(b) The furnishing or the furnish
ing and installing complete, including
all material, labor, tools and equip
ment, of the following
Two Double Stroke Deep Well
Pumps with Engines or motor, in the
two wells to be constructed as noted
in No. 2 (A) above each pump to de-
liver $50 gallons per minute against
a 35 foot head, to reservoir to be
CONSTRUCTED at the pumping plant; and
Ia high lift pump and engine Cor mo-
tor), or pumping engine, to deliver
700 gallons per minute against 235
foot head, from reservoir, to be con-
strl1cted at the pumping plant, to the
distributing reservoir.
(3) (a) The sinking of two wells
as noted in No. 2 (a)" above:
| (B) The furnishing, or furnishing
and installing complete, including all
material, labor tools, and equipment,
of two deep wells pumps with engin-
es or motors, in the wells as noted in
"s (a)" to deliver $50 gallons per
minute each, against total head of
260 feet, from the 12" wells to be
sunk as before noted, to the distribu-
ting reservoir.
(4) The sinking of two wells as
noted in No. 2 (a) separate bids.
(5) The furnishing of two deep well
pumps or motors as noted in No. 3
| (a)
| Each proposal shall be accompanied
| by certified check for Five per
centum of the amount of the bid,
which shall be forfeited to the city
of Missouri Valley, Iowa, if the pro-
posal is accepted and the work award
ed and the bidder fails to enter into
a contract according to the terms of
these plans and specifications, within
ten days of the award of the contract,
All checks will be held by the City
Clerk until the final approval of con-
tract or the Rejection of all propos-
| ais.
The successful bidder will be re-
/ luiiSSt w SiieSl lliIO SOIlOL ctCG Silu W
furnish bond with good and suffi-
cent sureties in the amount equal to
80 per centum of the amount of his
bid for the faithful performance of
his contract and within the time spe-
sified IN the contract.
The council reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
The proposals received for doing
said work will be acted upon by the
City Council of said city at Seven
o'clock p. M, on the 18th day of
Sept. A. D., 1918 and all proposals
for said improvement must be in the
hands of the City Clerk on or before
two o'clock p. m. on the said date.
Published by the authority of the
City Council of said city, this the 9th
/ day of August A. D. 1918.
John F. CGnkenbeard,
City Clerk of Mo. Valley, la.
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