Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-14
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Street CURLING and Paving.
Advertisement for bids For Public I'm.
provoments,


proposals will be received at the office
OF, the City Cierk Of the City OF Mar
shalltown. Iowa, until 500 o'clock a,
m. on the 2sth day OF July. 1919. for
the furnishing OF labor and material
for the grading, curling and paving OF
the following streets. parts OF streets
alleys, and street and alley intersec-
lions, to-wit:
North Fourth avenue, from the north
line OF State street to the south line OF
Marion street: proposed width, ~ feet
North Sixth street from the north
line of state street to the south line OF
Fremon street; proposed width, "a
feet;
North Sixth street from the north
line Of Fremont street to the south line
OF Jerome street; proposed width, "a
feet;
Summit street from the west line OF
Fourth street TO the east line of Fifth
street, proposed width, so feet;
Summit street from the west line
Of Fifth street to the east line OF Sixth
, street; proposed width. 80 feet:
South Seventh street from the south
Of Linn street; proposed width. "a
feet;
South Seventh street from the south
line Of Linn street to the north line OF
Boone street; proposed width. "a feet;
Boone street from the east line OF
Ninth street to the west line Of Fifth
street; proposed width, 80 feet;
North street from the west line OF
First street to tho east line Of Second
street; proposed width, 80 feet;
West Main street from the west line
of Thirteenth street to the city limits
south Of Main street; proposed width.
80 feet;
The east and west alley In Block IL
Of the original town OF Marshall. Mar
shalltown. Iowa, from the east line Of
the north and south alley, east to the
west line Of Third avenue;
The north and south alley in Block
Marshalltown, Iowa from the south
line Of State street to the north line
of Main street:
The north and south alley In Block
Of the original town Of Marshall.
Narshalltown, Iowa, from the south
line Of State street to the north line
Of Main street:
The east and west alley>in Block
OF the original town Of Marshall. Mar
shalltown, Iowa, from tho west line Of
First street to the east line Of the
north and south alley, and from the
west line Of the north and south alley
to the east line Of Second streetp
The alley from the west line Of
Eighth street to the west line Of the
north and south alley In Block .. OF
Gillespie's addition to the original
town Of Marshall, Marshalltown, Iowa:
and the alley from the north line of
the east and west alley in the last
above described block, north to Main
street, all alleys to be full width;
South Tenth street from the south
Tine of Boone street to the north line
Of Nevada street; proposed width, "a
seet;
Together with all intersections In
cluded therein, all in the city Of Mar
shalftown. Iowa;
Curbing to be placed along said
streets except that portion Of the same
already curbed, being on the west side
Of Seventh street from the north line
Of Linn street extending north to the
east and west alley. and on the south
side Of Summit street from the west
line Of Fourth street. extending west
to the alley.
All Of said paving shall be Of tho
width as described in the description.
As heretofore stated, all OF said grad
ing, curbing and paving shall be con-
structed in all respects in accordance
with the plans and specifications
therefor. now on file in the office Of
the City Clerk Of the city Of Marshall.
town. Iowa. which said plans and spe-
cifications are by reference made a
part Of this advertisement
Said work Of public Improvement
shall commence on or before the 1st
day Of August, 1919, and be fully COM
pleted on or before the LIST day of No
vember, 1919.
The following is an approximate est
innate Of the work to be done: 34,600
square yards of paving; 1900 lineal
feet Of curbing.
Said paving shall be constructed of
one course Of concrete, inches in
thickness, or asphaltic concrete to con-
sist OF inch concrete base and 2
inches Of wearing surface, and the
curbing shall be plain cement curb
Ing with dimensions of 6 inches in
width and 1S inches in depth, all as
more particularly provided by the spe-
cifications now on file in the office Of
the City Clerk as aforesaid.
The cost and expense of grading, up
on the completion Of the improve
ments, shall be paid from the warrants
drawn on the grading fund.
Notice Is further given that payment
for the construction Of such curling
and paving, including labor and mate
rial and incidental costs and expenses,
shall be made by special assessment
certificates or street Improvement
bonds drawing interest at the rate Of
per cent per annum, issued in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
code Of Iowa, to the extent that the
cost Of the same IL assessable by law
against the real property abutting upon
said improvements, and such other
property according to area, so as to in
clude one-half Of the privately owned
property between the streets or al
leys 30 to be improved and the next
street. whether such property private
ly owned ADULTS upon such street or
alley or not. but in no case shah pri-
vately owned property situated more
than 300 feet from the street to be so
improved. be assessed for any part of
the cost thereof; and the expense Of
the paying between the rails and one
foot on either side Of the street rail-
w1y track, on North Fourth avenue.