Smyrna times., 1934-06-21
ADVERTISEMENT For BIDS

state Highway Department, at its office,
Dover, Del, until 2 100 o'clock P. M, East
ern Standard Time, July IL, 1884, and at
that place and time publicly opened Tor
contracts involving the following approx
innate quantities. Contract 37S and 319 OF
which are under the provisions OF the Ma
tional Industrial Recovery Act:
CONTRACT 219-B
CHESTNUT STREET FILL, New Castle
O.479 Mi.
1000 Gu. Yds. Borrow
CONTRACT s7s-NRM 117-B
CHURCH & SPRUCE STS., Wilmington
604O Fit.
Widening & Reconstruction
1000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
200 Gu Yds Rock Excavation
4.4OO Gu. Yds. Gem. Conc. Base Course,
Cent Mix
OR 4,400 Gu. Yds. Gem. Conc. Base Course.
Regular Mix
$4,000 So. Ft. Relaid Brick Sidewalk
$4,000 So. Ft. Concrete Sidewalk
$3.50 Tons Bit. Con. Surface Course
10 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
500 Lbs. Reinforcement
10000 Lbs. Catch Basins. etc.
300 Lin. Fl. T. G. Sewer Pipe
1000 Lin. Fl. Parkway Curb
5000 Lin. Ft Concrete Curb
CONTRACT 379 NRH 2O-A Unit l, NRM
2O-A Unit III, NRM 2O-B
CLARKSVILLE BETHANY BEACH
4.337 Mi.
Widening
5000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
$500 Gu. Yds. Gem. Conc. Pavement
$500 Lin. Fl. Rubber Exp. Joint
OR $500 Lin. Fl. Cork Exp. Joint
100 Tons Bit. Conc. Surface Course
10 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
800 Lbs. Reinforcement
I he afa
45O Lin. Fl. t & C R. c. Pipe
12O Lin. Fl. R. C. Pipe
CONTRACT 3s6
Sidewalk
UNION PARK GARDENS ELSMERE
1000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
40 Gu. Yds. Bridge Excavation
400 Gu. Yds. Borrow
200 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
so Gu. Yds. Bubble Masonry
100 Tons Bit. Conc. Surface Course
35 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
1000 Lbs. Reinforcement
4.400 Lbs. Structural Steel
1000 Lbs. Catch Basin Castings
200 Lin. Fl. 12'' T. & C. R. c. Pipe
$50 Lin. Fl. Is" r. C. Pipe
so Lin. Fl. IS" R. C. Pipe
400 Lin. Fl. Concrete Curb
Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (10) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as specified.
Contracts 378 and 379 come under the
provisions of the National Recovery Act.
Contract 219-B does not
The employment agency of the National
Re-Employment Service for Contracts PIG
and 37S will be the National Reemploy-
ment Bureau. 9th & King Sts.. Whining
ton and for Contract 379 will be the Sus-
sex County Unemployment Office. George
town.
Attention is called to General Informa-
tion for Bidders in the proposal, specifi-
cations. and contract agreements. Atten-
ton is also directed to the special pro-
visions covering sub-letting or assigning
the contract and to the use of domestic
materials. when financed wholly or in
part from National Industrial Recovery
Funds, and especially called to the fact
that the funds for N. r. H.. N. R. M,
the provisions of the National Industrial
Recovery Act of June 16. 1888. for the
purpose of providing employment and
fastening industrial recovery.
Attention is also called that a certificate
of compliance on the prescribed form
which will be furnished for that purpose
shall be signed and submitted by all bid
ders, in accordance with Executive Order
No. 6646, issued by the President on March
IA. 1884. Only bids accompanied by such
certificate shall be considered or accepted.
The contractor to whom award is made
furnishing equipment. materials. and sup
plies to sign similar certificates before
making awards to or purchases from such
subcontractors or dealers. copies of which
shall be furnished to the contracting Of
fcer"
The minimum wages paid will be as fol-
lows: Contract 37S. unskilled labor will be
forty-five cents per hour; skilled labor. six
ty cents per hour. Contract 379. unsklled
abor will be thirty cents per hour; skilled
labor, forty cents per hour. Contract 2l9.
unskilled labor will be thirty-five cents per
hour and skilled labor forty-fve cents per
hour.
Monthly payments will be made for 90
per cent of the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond certified check, or money to
the amount of at least ten Q0) per
centum of the total amount of the pro-
posal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract No.
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
may be obtained after July 3. 1884
upon receipt of two dollars (s2.00) for
each contract which amount will not be
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover. Delaware