The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals will be rers,..,
by the City Clerk Of the CITY al I NV
Euk. at his Office in Keokuk, uuti1
o'clock p. M. on the 7th day Of Ans
1919, for the CONSTRUCTION Of IN. ta
lowing described. improvement W
per plans and Specifications nn. ~ ~
file in the Office of the said clsr, "
By grading between subgrads ~,
established grade, and constructing
five foot concrete combination cu,s
and gutter, on both sides OF RAM
street from the west curb lima =,
Water street on the northerly aida
to the east curb line of Second
street, thirty-six feet wide betveaa
curbs, about 1000 linear feet of curh
and gutter, more or less, work II
begin on or before the 22nd day 4,
April. 1919, and to be fully comple,sd
on or before the Gath day Of june
1919.
So much of the cost Of the con.
'struction of the said improvement A
is by law assessable against abuttinp
and adjacent property to be assessed
against the privately owned properly
abutting on and adjacent to said I'm.
provement, according to area, SO a.
to include one-half (h) of the pri
vateiy 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 5000 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 certid.
Gates, 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 Improve
ment Fund available for the fiscal
year beginning April 1st. 1913, pay
able out of the proceeds OF the tax
levied therefor, and from no ether
source, the city to incur no liability
other than the duty to levy the said
tax and to properly apply the pro
ceeds thereof. to making the special
assessment above referred to and
issuing assessment certificates to the
contractor therefor. The warrant
herein provided for, to be drawn as
soon as the proceeds OF said tax are
Cos a p1rtfh
Gates and warrants, II such warrants
be issued, shall be accepted by the
contractor in full payment for all
work done under his contract with.
out recourse on the City of Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied
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 Keokuk, in
the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
Each envelope must be addressed to
the City of Keokuk and endorsed
with the name of the bidder and the
Improvement such check and pro
posal are for. Certified checks &C.
companying proposals will be return.
ed to the unsuccessful bidders when
the contract has been awarded, and
also to the bidder to whom the con-
tract is awarded when he shall have
entered into contract for the con-
struction of said improvement with
the City of Keokuk and given bond
in the sum of One Thousand Dollars'
with sureties to be approved by the
City Council of the City OF keokuk'
for the faithful performance Oh MS
contract. The contract will contain
a provision that the contractor shail
guarantee the improvement 10 re-
main in good repair for the period Oh
two years from and after the ua.e
of its acceptance by the City Council
and the bond will contain IKE
condition. "a
In case the successful bidder shah
fail to enter into contract VIII ,lo
City of Keolruk for the constructor
of said improvement or furnish pol.
as herein required, and as reQuifeu
by law, the certified check deposi.eu
by him with his bid shall be forieilea
to the City Of Keokuk as agreed anu
damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids. ;, 80
The proposals received Will DC
acted upon by the City Conncii u
the City Of Keokuk on the Sth ua'
Of April, 1919. c;.r
Published by authority OF the 'iV
Council of the City Of Keokuk: