South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-17

Notice IS hereby given that on Mas
2'th, 1872 A. il 90 A. " TIE County
Commissioners Of 81 joseph County.
Indiana. viii receive bids for coal &C
. cording 20 the following specifications
The contractor viii be required 90
furnish With bis bid true accurate
analysis Of the coal he proposes % furn-
ish also. the name Of the Skipper and
ne line from which The coal IS 90 be
shipped.
The contractor will bid the price per
ton on the coal he proposes 20 furni sh
on B. T. [. basis which will include
placing the same in bins and doing al
shoveling back q bis coal now In bins
50 as 20 have all bins filed on or before
sept. LIST, 1922 the balance. II any. the
coal contracted for 20 be delivered dur
ms The present calendar year
Sampling the COal-The Board Of Com
missioners may take samples Of coal
from time 20 time and have the same
ss mples analyzed by a competent chem
ist with a Parr Calorimeter. the result
Of said analysis 10 determine the quail
ity Of the coal being furnished. The
/ different kinds o. coal 10 be as follows
Lump Of one or more OF any kind OF
the following kinds:
Lump as mined In Harrisburg. Saline
J County. III. or West Frankfort. Frank
, In County, III, or Hooking Valley, OF
Wlnfreede lump, West Va, or Fourth
VEN. Indiana. 20 have at least Is OOC
b I L. per pound calculated on the
dry basis no more than 1000 ash
The amount to be purchased TO be as
follows.
Approximately 600 tons 70 be deliver.
ed az the county inhrmary in German
Township. s.. Joseph County. Indiana,
livered at the tuberculosis hospital com
monty known as HealthWin in Clay
Township, s.. Joseph County, Indiana
All coal 20 be delivered In bins az one
of these Institutions prices 20 include
war tax. stamp tax, and all transporta
ton charges. The County Commissioners
reserve the right TO pay transportation
charges and take the benefit of any relief
from stamp tax or deduction on trans
portation charges allowed because of
such payment by them
The Board Of Commissioners reserve
the right TO rejecc any or all bids. also
the right 10 reject any coal offered fol
delivery which falls below these speci
fcations. also 70 deduct from the con
tract price in proportion the amount the
coal falls below the specifications. also
70 refuse 70 receive further shipments OF
any coal that in its judgment fails 10
come up 70 these specifications.
Each bid will specify separately the
kind OF coal proposed 10 be delivered
a which institution and the price per
ton.
All bids or proposals must be on forms
furnished By the County Auditor with
good and sufficient surety Is provided by
law IN not less than the amount OF the
bid
Coal must be wet down at place Of
delivery before placing in bins No coal
shall he placed IN bins without dupli
cate weight receipts from scales approved
by Board and signed by the engineer or
superintendent Of institution where de-
livered at the time Of delivery OF said
coal: and said weight receipts shall
show car initials and number kind Of
coal delivered. and haulers and dealers
names. One Of the weight receipts shall
he signed and returned by the engineer,
to dealer, the other 10 be the property
Of the Board.
Given by order Of Board Of County
Comm ssioners Of St Joseph County.
this 18th day Of Nav 1922
CLARENCE SEDGWICK,
Auditor. ST. Joseph
May 1923 County, Indiana