The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-18
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS;
STREET PAVING. A.

sealed bids will be received by II IN.
III the hour of ten O'clock a. IN. OF Fri.
day, August 23rd, A. d. 1907. for the
construction of the following local I'm.
provement in said city OF Cairo.
namely:
A vitriiied brick pavement, with a
combination concrete curb and gut
ter on each side thereof, upon Wash
ington avenue, from the north line Of
Second street to the north line of
Thirty-flfth 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 (SD feet on each side of
the center line of the said Washing.
ton avenue. from the north line of
said second street to the north line
of Center street extended eastwardly,
and for the width OF twenty (20) feet
on each side of said Washington ave-
nue. from line distant ten (i0) feet
from the center line of said Washing
ton avenue, from the north line OF
said Center street extended eastward
" TO the north line of said Thirty
fifth street.
Nine and one-half (9lsl feet on
each side of the center line OF said
avenue, of said brick
pavement on said Washington avenue,
From, tha cputh line ~ Cixtb ct,,,,t .,
the north line Of Twentieth street.
shall be constructed by the Cairo
Electric and Traction Company at its
own cost and expense and shall not |
BIZ included in the contract to be let
Tor the making of said local improve
nent.
From the said north line of said |
Center street extended easwardly to |
he north line Of Thirty.fifth street,
except at all intersecting streets. on
zach side of the center line of said |
avenue at the distance
y ten (l0) feet from the center line
If said avenue a concrete curb shall
,e constructed on said avenue and
aid concrete curb shall be six co
nches wide and seventeen an
inches deep and shall extend six (G)
nches above the top surface of the
inished pavement. AT all street III.
said concrete curb shall
70 extended around and meet the
urb on the opposite side of the ave-
ue at the center line OF said avenue,
icing turned at all corners with
urves Of four (i) feet radius
That portion OF said Washington
venue between the north line Of said
ENTER street extended eastwardlyl
nd the north line of Thirty-fifth
treet which is to be inclosed, or sur
ounded by said concrete curb. viz:
ounded by said concrete curb, viz L
Ell (l0) feet on each side of the cen.
hall not be paved, except at street
but the same shall be
xcayated to a depth Of six GO inches
My above the top surface of the
rick pavement when the same rs
and shall be left to be
sea DIS grass piut.
The said vitrified brick pavement
nd combination concrete curb and
utter shall. at all street intersec-
ons, be extended around, with
iryes of eight 80 feet radius and
1t to the lot line on both sides Of
lie street, so that the distance be-
eeen the curbs at the lot lines shall
: thirty 900 feet apart or fif,eenl
81 feet from the center line, on all
tersectmg streets sixty (G0) feet
lde, except Eighth street, where the \
stance between curbs shall be N
irty-six 1850 feet, or eighteen (1S) \
ct on each side of the center line of
id Eighth street, and at the inter N
elton Of all streets fifty 600 feet Y
de the distance between the curbs N
all be twenty-four (2D feet. or
elye 02) feet on each side of the
inter- line of said intersecting streets.
d at the outer edge of the said
lex pavement, as extended, natural -
1estone marginal curbs, six 60 n
rH'H "i"' anu AN'ist VIZ lHCutS II
ep, shall be set between the paving 1
1 the natural earth. on a natural y
rth foundation, and flush with the
ne at the top.
fwo 90 brick catchbasins shall he
lstructed in each block on each
e of the said Washington avenue {,
.ween the said north line of Second -
eet and the said north line of
irty-ffth street. =.
III of the twenty-eight (2S) present ar
sting manholes. in said avenue, 40
III be built up to the level of the A.,
npleted brick pavement with hard At
med brick. laid i'm Portland cement "a
rtar. and the insides thereof shall sT
plastered with Portland cement :,
rtar; and the said manholes shall sr
fitted with cast iron rings and en-
ers of not less than three hundred
% pounds combined weight each.
aid local improvements shall be n,
structed in compliance with the en
ms and provisions of Ordinance CO!
al of said city Of Cairo. adopted
20, 1907 and approved May 3lst sep'
7. -
.emized, sealed bids will be re- "
led, by said Board of Local I'm o.,
for the construction of A..
local Improvement as a whole. By