The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: CON
STRUCTION OF MAIN SEWERS.

Public Enotice Is hereby given by
The Board of Local improvements of
he city of Cairo, Illinois, that item
Iized sealed bids will be received by it
until the hour of ten o'clock a. M. of
! Tuesday, February 10Th, A. d. 1907,
for the construction of the following
local Improvement in the said city Of
Cairo, namely
| For tho construction of main con
crete sewers on Commercial avenue
and Tenth street, in the city of Cairo
Illinois; first a sewer on Commercial
avenue from Il point eleven 1l) feet
Inorth of the south line of Thirty
| eighth street to a point ten (l0) feet
South OF the center line of Tenth
iltreet, and second, sewer on Com
Imercal avenue from the north line of
Second street to a point ten H0) feet
south of the center line of Tenth
street, the Two sewers convefging into
a third concrete sewer, TO be con
structed on said Tenth street. extend
ing from the intersection of a line ten
(lo) feet south Of the center line of
Tenth street with the east line of
Commercial avenue along line
parallel to but ten (10) feet south of
the center line of Tenth street to
point in the Ohio river one hundred
and thirty-eieht $3.50 feet east of the
east line Of Ohio street, etc, under
ordinance No Sc of said city of
Cairo, adopted July 10, A. d. 1896,
and approved July II, A. d. 1906.
tented sealed bids will be re-
ceived for the construction of the said
local improvement as a whole, in ac-
cordance with the said ordinance pro
viding for the making of said i'm
proyement. Said bids shall be accom-
panied by cash or by a check pay
able TO the order of the President of /
the Board of Local IMPROVEMENTS, of !
said city Of Cairo. in his official capa |
city, certified by a responsible bank /
for an amount which shall equal ten
per centum of the proposal or bid for
the MAKING of said local Improvement.
and no proposal or bid for making
said local Improvement will be con
,dered unless the same is accom-
panied by such check or cash: and
said proposals or bids shall be de-
ivered to the said Board Of Local I'm
and the said Board will.
N open session at the hour of ten
o'clock a. m, of Tuesday February
9TH 4 ION b1
chamber, No iii Commercial ave.
lue, in the said city of Cairo. open.
Examine and publicly declare the said
lids or proposals so delivered to It.
A copy Of the ordinance above de-
'ribed can be obtained from the city
Jerk of said city of Cairo at his
'ffice at No. I'LL Commercial avenue,
n the said city of Cairo. and the I
pecifications for the said local i'm
'royement can be found and ex
mined al the office of the city engi
eer Of the said city of Cairo. at No.
III Commercial avenue, in the said
Ity of Cairo
The contractor whose bid shall be
ccepted for the making of said local
Improvement will be required 10 On u
ar into contract with the said city
Cairo for the construction of said >
zeal improvement. and viii also be "
aquired TO enter into a bond pay p,
bic to the said city Of Cairo. in the
am of fifty (j0D per centum of the
mount OF his bid. with security to !,
"a anurpVpd by tho caid Doar1 90 "
ocal Improvements. conditioned for
le faithful performance in all re
1ects. of his contract and for hold
z said city harmless. etc. and shall n,
nd himself in the contract and =
md. TO guarantee his work for the
siiod of two On years from and n
ter its acceptance by he said no
BARD of LocscImprovements. said =,
viii be paid in bonds of sb
g said city Of Cairo drawing inter M
{ at the rate Of five go per >cent. L,.
ank forms for proposals will be ca
nished on application to the city sb
gineer 81 said city ~ Cairo MI 10
is .e
The board reserves the righ- 10 re ro.
It any and all bids no
Dated at Cairo. Illinois. this 9Th I'D
y Of February. A. d. 1907.
GEORGE PARSONS.
osident Of the Board OF Local I'm ~
Of the City Of Cairo.
illinois.
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