The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-21
NOTICE no CONTRACTORS;
STREET PAVING.

WY ~ 1utTu. IllUbiSi tnHt ite'hLs'I,
sealed bids VIII be received by IL i'm.
II! the hour 81 ten O'Clock a. m. Of Fri.
day. August 2srd. A. ID. 1907, for the
construction Of the following local i'm.
provement IN said city Of Cairo.
namely:
A vitrlfled brick pavement, with a
combination concrete curb and gut.
tel on each side thereof, upon Wash
ineton avenue, from the north line Of
Second street to the north line OF
IThirty-lith street, In said city OF
Cairo.
! The said brick pavement, including
! the concrete curb and gutter on each
side thereof, shall be OF the width of
| thirty-four lSi) feet ON each side Of
/ The center line OF the said Washing.
j ton avenue, from the north line Of
said second street to the north line
OF Center street extended enstwardly,
/ and for the width efatwenty (20) feet
/ on each side OF said Washington ave-
| nue. from a line distant ten (10) feet
! from the center line of said Washing
/, ton avenue. from the north line OF
| said Center street extended eastward
/ Nv to the north line OF said Thirty
firth street
Nine and one-half (9h) feet on
each side OF the center lire Of said
Washin gton avenue OF said brick
pavement on said Washington avenue,
from the south line Of Sixth street TO-
the north line or Twentieth street,
shall be constructed by the Cairo
Electric and Traction Company at its
own cost and expense and shall not
he Included in the contract to be let
for The making of said local improve
meat
From the said north line OF said
Center street extended easwardly to |
the north line OF Thirty-ffth street, |
each side Of the center line of said
Washington avenue at the distance
Of ten u0) feet from the center line
of said avenue n concrete curb shall |
be constructed on said avenue and |
said concrete curb shall be six tG) |
inches wide and seventeen QD |
inches deep and shall extend six co
inches above the top surface of the
finished pavement. At all street In.
tersections said concrete curb shall
be extended around and meet the
curb on the opposite side Of the ave
nue. at the center line OF said avenue,
being turned at all corners with
curves OF four (4) feet radius,
That portion Of said Washington
avenue between the north line OF said
Center street extended eastwardlyl
and the north line of Thirty-fifthl
street which is to be inclosed, or sur
rounded BY said concrete curb viz:
by said concrete curb viz,
ten (l0l feet ON each side of the cen
shall not be paved, except at street
excavated to a depth of six co inches
only above the top sursaee of thel
brick pavement when the same is
and shall be left to be
Used as a grass plat
The said vitriiied brick pavement
gutter shall. at all street -intersec.
ions, be extended around, with
curves of eight 80 feet radius, and
tut to the lot line on both sides OIL
he street, so that the distance be-
.ween the curbs at the lot lines shall
De thirty 600 feet apart, or fifteenI
I15) feet from the center line, on all
streets sixty too feetl
vide, except Eighth street, where the
distance between curbs shall bel
hirty-slx $3.50 feet. or eighteen GS)I
eet on each side Of the center line of
laid Eighth street, and Mt the inter
lection of all streets fifty 600 feet
vide the distance between the curbs
hall be twenty-four (2D feet, or
welve Q2) feet on each side of the
enter line of said intersecting streets
md at the outer edge OF the said
rick pavement. MS extended, natural
limestone marginal curbs. six (G)
nches wide and twelve U2) inches
eep. shall be set between the paving
nd the natural earth. on natural
arth foundation. and flush with the
anne NJ the top.
Two 90 brick cntch-basins shall be
INSTRUCTED IN each block on each
ide OF the said Washington avenue,
etween the said north line of Second
treet and the said north line of
street. .
All of the twenty-eight (2s) present :
xisting manholes. in said avenue Ia
hall be built up to the level OF the
brick pavement with hard .
urned brick, laid In Portland cement
lortar. and the insides thereof shall .
Q plastered with Portland cement
1ortar; and the said manholes shall 9
e fitted with east iron rings and 4
overs Of not legs than three hundred
1900 pounds combined weight each
Said local Improvement shall be
In compliance with the Z
erms and provisions of Ordinance
10. al of said city of Cairo. adopted
lay 20. 1907. and approved May 3ist
s07.
itemized. sealed bids will be ~
eived. by said Board OF Local I'm
rovements. for the construction of
aid local Improvement as whole.
l accordance with the said ordl- .