The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk Of the City of Keo-
kuk, at his office in Keokuk, until
o'clock p. NJ, on the goth day of
August, 1918, for the construction OF
the following described improve
ment, as per plans and specifications
now on file in the Office of the said
clerk:
Grading between sub-grade and
established grade, curbing with
cement, and paving with No. l vitri-
fed paving blocks on five inch con-
crete base, and paving with concrete
pavement seven inches deep, Main
street from the west line OF Water
to the east line of Second street, sc
feet between curbs. Brick block paw
ing to be constructed fifteen feet wide
on each side of the center line OF said
street; concrete to be laid eighteen
feet wide on each side of the street
between a point fifteen feet and
i thirty-three feet on each side OF said
center line of Main street, about 2,Zzo
square yards of brick block paving,
I2.7OO square yards concrete paving,
and $50 linear feet of curbing, more
or less, work to begin on or before
the 18th day of September, 1918, and
to be fully completed on or before the
LIST day of November. 1918.
So much of the cost OF the con-
struction of the said Improvement as
| is by law assessable against abutting
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 G2) of the prl-
vately owned property between the
street SO improved and the next
street, whether such privately owned
lproperty abut upon said street or not,
but in no case shall privately owned
property situated more than three
hundred (30C feet from the street so
improved be so assessed in accord
ance with the law governing the
same, and payment to the amount of
such assessment for such work will
be made in assessment certificates,
bearing interest at the rate of six
per cent. per annum, issued In ac-
cordance 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
beginning April LIST, 1918, 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 assess
ment above referred to and issuing
assessment certificates to the con-
tractor therefor. The warrants here
in provided for, to be drawn as soon
as the proceeds of said tax are avail
able. Said assessment certificates
and warrants, if such warrants be
Issued, shall be accepted by the con-
tractor in full payment for all work
done under his contract without re-
course on the City of Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied with
certified check, in a separate en-
velope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
made payable to the order of the
City Treasurer of the City of Keo-
kuk. in the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars. Each envelope must be ad-
dressed 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 proposals will be re-
turned to the unsuccessful bidders
when the contract has been awarded.
and also to the bidder to whom the