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HoncE omrore SEALEDPROPOSALS
Pursuant to Statutes and to Reso lution of the Board of Trustees of the City of Torrance directing this notice, said Board hereby invites sealed proposals or bids for doing the following work in said city, to-wit:
That the roadway of Amapola Avenue from the northern curb line of Carson Street northerly to the southern line or Dominguez Street, excepting the > rossing of Amapola Avenue with Redondo Boulevard, and the southern roadway of Do- mfnguex Street from the western curb line of Cota Avenue westerly to tbe eastern line of MaJrid Ave nue, and the roadways of Maricopa Street, formerly iuSth Street, Sierra
Street, formerly 210th Street, B Do rado Street, formerly 214th Street, and Sonoma Street, formerly 216th Street, each from the western curb line of Cota Avenue westerly to the eastern line of Madrid Avenue, be graded in accordance with the official grade and paved witb as~ phaltic pavement 4% inches thick, consisting of asphaltic concrete base 3 inches thick and Wiliite wearing surface 1% inches thick.
That concrete curb be constructed on the east and west curb Hnes of Amapola Avenue from a line drawn parallel with the northern line of Maricopa Street, formerly 208th Street, and distant 307 feet northerly therefrom, northerly to the southern line of Dominguex Street.
That concrete curb be constructed
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along (he southern curb line of Do- minguez Street from the western line of Cota Arenue westerly to the eastern line of Madrid Avenue.
That concrete curb be contsructed on tbe north and south curb lines of El Dorado Street, formerly 216th- Street, from the western line of Amapola Avenue westerly to the eastern line of Madrid Avenue.
All of paid work shall be done in accordance with the plans and specifications contained in Resolu tion adopting specifications No. 126, now on file In the . office of the City Clerk of the City of Torrance.
Attention Is hereby directed to the California Willite Road Con-
'stnictlon Company's "Willite Plastic Composition License Mixture Agree ment," dated June 19, 1923, on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Torrance, California.
AND WHEREAS Said contem plated work and improvement, in the opinion of the Board of Trus tees, Is of more than local or or dinary public benefit, said Board hereby makes the expense of said work and improvement chargeable upon » district of lands, which said district said Board hereby declares to be the district benefited by said work and improvement, and to be assessed to pay the costs and ex penses thereof; which said district is bounded and described as follows
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly line of Carson street dis tant thereon 150 feet westerly from the western line of Amapola Avenue an.l running thence easterly along the northern line of Carson street 360 feet: thence northerly and par allel with the eastern line of Ama- po'a Avenue 250 feet; thence at ripht angles easterly 180 feet to the center line of Cota Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of Cota Avenue to a point 310 feet southerly from the southern line of Redondo Boulevard; thence at
. rifht angles westerly ISO feet; 'thence at right angles northerly to a point 237.5 feet northerly from thr- northern line of Redondo Boule vard; thence at right angles east- erl-r to the center line of Cota Ave nue; thence southerly along theeast-
' center line of Cota Avenue to a point SO feet northerly from the
| southern line of Dominguez Street; tKrnce westerly parallel to the southern line of Dominguez Street to the eastern line of Madrid Ave nue; thence southryl along the east ern line of Madrid Avenue to a point 237.5 feet northerly from the northern line of Redondo Boulevard ;
'thence at right angles easterly 150 feet; thence at right angles south erly to a point 31U feet southerly from the southern line of Redondo Boulevard: thence at right angles westerly to the eastern line of
l Madrid Avenue; thence southerly along the eastern line of Madrid Avenue to a point 250 feet northerly from the northern line of Carson Street; thence at right angles east erly 150 feet; thence southerly in a straight line to the point of be ginning.
Excepting from the above bound ed and described area, the area Of
tall public streets, avenues and al- ileys contained therein. j NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN [that serial bonds to represent un- ! paid assessments, and to bear in terest at the rate of seven per cent <7%) per annum, will be issued hereunder in the manner provided by the Improvement Bond Act of 1915. the last installment of which
i bonds shall mature nine years from the second day of July next suc- ceeding nine months from their date.
Reference is hereby made to Rea- 'olution of Intention No. 129 of-said 'Board of Trustees declaring its in tention to order said work to be
;done, for further particulars, which said Resolution is on file in the
.office of the City Clerk. 1 All proposals or bids shall be accompanied by a check payable to the City of Torrance, certified by a responsible bank, for an amount which shall not be less than ten per cent of the aggregate of tbe proposal.
Said sealed proposals or bids (thai! be delivered to the Clerk of said
' City on or before 8 o'clock p. in. of Tuesday. August 21st, 1923, said time being not less than ten days from the first publication and post ing of this notice. Bids will be opened and read on said day and hour.
(Seal) A. H. BARTLETT,Clerk nf the Board of Trustee*
of tbe City of Torrance.Dated August 9th, 162S.
HOTICE OF SALE OF STREET OCPBOVEMEIIT BONDS
Notice is hereby given thut sealed proposals for the purchase of cer tain street improvement bonds of the City of Torrance, California, will be received by the Board of Tnutaes of said City up to the hour of 8 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of August, 1923, at which
time and in the City Hall of said City, all such proposals will b« publicly opened, examined and de- ciarc'I by said Board. Said bonds have been issued pursuant to the "Improvement Bond Act of 1§1S" and are secured by Assessments in.ule to pay the coat of the con struction of certain street work on a portion of Arlington Avenue in said City, aa fully described in Resolution of Intention No. 46, passed by the Board of Trustees of said oily on the 23d day of Febru ary, 1922, to which Resolution of Intention reference is hereby ex pressly made for further particu lars. Said Bonds shall be "3V In number, shall be dated August 7, 1923, and bear interest from the 12th day of January, 1923, at the rate of 7% per annum, payable semi-annually. Ten of said- bonds are in the amount of $1,000.00 ea'-li, ten of said bonds are in the amount of $500.00 each, and ten of aaid bonds are in the amount of $434.25 each; one "$1.000.00 bond. one $500.00 bond and one $434.25 bond mature July 2, 1924; and one $1,000.00 bond, one $500.00 oond and one $434.25 bond mature on the 3d day of July each year thereafter up to and including July 2, 1933.
No bid will be considered for less than par and accrued interest to the date of delivery. Alt bids shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the hour fixed for opening such bids.
By order of the Board of Trus tees of said City.
Dated at Torrance, California. this Sth day of August, 19S3.
ALBERT H. BARTLETT,(Seal) City Clerk.
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WHEREAS, The President of the United States and the Governor of the State of California hare pro claimed Friday, the tenth day of August, 1923, ag a day of sorrow to be observed by our citizens, in memory of our late President, Hon orable Warren G. Harding;
NOW, THEREFORE. The Board of Trustees of the City of Torrance, California, does hereby appoint Fri day, August 10th, 1923, aa a day ;>f mourning and prayer, and re quest that on said day, between the hours of one o'clock and fonr o'clock, that all places of busi ness in said city be closed in rev
erence to our departed President. Warren G. Harding. as a token of our lore and reverence to his hon ored name.
Passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Torrance. at a regular meeting thereof, this 7th day of August, 1923.
Approved:WALLACE H. GILBERT.
President of tbe Board of Trustees.
BOOK SPEAKER
Hiss Hermine Sehwed. Held sec retary and lecturer of the National Association for the Constitution, will be a speaker at a meeting of the Open Forum here some time in December or January. Tbe Chamber of Commerce directors Tuesday ac cepted an offer of the association to send Mis* Sehwed here to speak on "The Perils of the Republic."
Mrs. R. C. Kite of Marcelina atreet Is reported HI.
TWO HEW MEMBERSTwo new membership^ were ac
cepted by the Chamber of Commerce directors Tuesday. They are thos. of the Signal Contracting^ company. 1911 Carson street, and J. A. Brail, Rappaport -building.
DTFAHT DEESThe 18-months-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Kirkland of Keystone died Saturday at 9:30 p.m. Fu neral services were held Tuesday, In a. m., at the Stone funeral home, and interment was made in the Wilmington cemetery.
MBS. FRENQEE EHTERTADfSMr. and Mrs. Fred Frenger en
tertained Tuesday evening at a beautifully appointed dinner, when covers were laid for Mr. and Mr- Don Rader, Miss Pauline Kelly. Mi- Lots Jones, J. W. Jones, and Grover C. Whyte. Bridge and dancing were the diversions of the evening.
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