The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

Notice IN hereby given that pursuant
TO resolution adopted by the Board oi
Commissioners of the City OF Ardmore
Oklahoma, and approved by the Mayor
on May 23, 1919. proposals will be re-
ceived at the office OF the City Clerk
of the City of Ardmore. Oklahoma. un'
Ill five o'clock y. IN. OF June 10. 1919.
for the furnishing OF materials and con,
structlon of the work necessary TO i'm
prove.
&C" Street. Southwest. from the
North line of the C.. X. |. 4 Il. Ry..
lands to the North line OF Fourth
Street and from the North line OF
Fourth street TO the South line OF Third,
including the alley crossings and street
intersections thereon. in the City OF
Ardmore. Oklahoma.
Said improvements TO consist OF grad.
ing, curbing, guttering. draining and
paving same. Said improvements shall
be twenty-five feet wide. from outer line
to outer line OF curb, and shall consist
OF driveway twenty feet wide, con.
structed with concrete base five inches
thick and a wearing surface OF Okla.
homa Rock Asphalt. two inches thick
when thoroughly compressed: on either
side of said driveway there shall be con
structed n combined curb and gutter
Of concrete, the curb to be six inches
thick and six inches high. and the gut.
ter twenty.four inches wide.
The plans and specifications and esti.
mates as prepared by the City Engi
neer are now on file In the office OF
the city Clerk OF said city. and are
open TO inspection of all parties.
All bids shall be submitted in sealed
envelopes, and plainly marked In ink
thereon, and must be filed by five
o'clock p. IN. of June 10, 1919, and ac.
companied by certified check on some
bank in Ardmore, Oklahoma. payable
to said city Clerk In the sum of Four
Hundred t$40000) Dollars. The sue.
cessful bidder shall give a construction
bond conditioned in term of the law.
and also Il maintenance bond condi-
toned that he will keep said street in
good repair for a period of five years
from the date Of acceptance of same
and each bond shall be in, the sum of
thirty per cent of the amount of said
bid. and shall run in favor of the City
OF Ardmore, Oklahoma. All bonds shall
be approved by the Board of Commits.
sioners Of said City by appropriate res
olution, to be approved by the Mayor
Such bids will be opened and con.
sidered by the Board of Commissioners
at eight o'clock p. m. on June 10. 1919,
at the Session Chambers of said Board,
and the contract will then be let to
the lowest bidder who will undertake
to construct said improvements and fur
nish said materials in accordance with
such plans and specification of said
City Engineer. No bid will be consid.
cred that does not contemplate the
of the entire Improvement,
and the payment of all incidental ex-
penses attached to the City Engineers
estimate.
Compensation shall be made in Street |
Bonds at par, issued and
secured as provided by law. Any
property owner may pay in cash his
assessment and the city reserves the
right to pay part cash. and part in
bonds for such improvements. The City |
also reserves the right to sell said bonds
and pay all in cash for such improve
mentS.
The form of Contract the City will re
luire is now on file in the office of the |
City Clerk, and open for inspection to
Ill parties. The form OF the bid re-
luired can be had on application to the
City Attorney.
The City reserves the right to reject
my and all bids and re.advertise for
bids for such improvements. If the sue;
,essful bidder fails to execute his con
ract and file his said bonds within ten
lays after the letting of such contract,
he City reserves the right to cancel
aid contract, and forfeit the certified
heck accompanying said bid to the
Improvement District, and re-advertise
or bids for such improvements.
Dated the 26 dag of May. 1919.
r. T.. BROWN,
(SeaD City Clerk.
published in Daily Ardmoreite May
Z, 2S, 90, June 2, 3, 4, s, G, 9 and 10,
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