The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Pavinu
Poplar Street.

Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten (l0) o'clock, a, m OF Monday,
April Goth. 1908, at the city council
chamber of the Gifts of Cairo. iii.
| nois, No. iii Commercial Avenue, In
the said city. the Board of Local I'm.
provements of the said City of Cairo
] will receive sealed itemlzed bids on
proposals for the construction of a
vtrifl ID tile pipe sewer In Poplar
Street. In the said city. from Twent
ieth Street to ThrtyFourth Street,
and of a vitrifed brick pavement,
with a combined concrete curb and
gutter On the said Poplar Street
from the east line OF Washington Ave
nue. to the south line of said Thirty
Fourth Street, together with vitrified
tile pipe house connections, and brick
catch basins and manholes.
Tho above work is provided for and
fully described in Ordinance No 14S,
approved September 10th. 1907. and
the said bids must be for the con.
stiuctlon of the said improvements In
strict conformity To the terms and pro-
visions of the said ordinance, which
Is now of record in the office of the
City Clerk of said City of Cairo. No,
III Commercial Avenue. where print
Ell copies OF the ordinance may be
obtained on application to said City
Clerk. and IN the office If the CITY,
Engineer Of the said CITY % Cairo. it
the same building the specification
Of and for the said work viii hc fun'
and NAV be there examined
All bids or proposals must he ac.
companied by cash. or by chnck INV
able to the order OF tn. President of
the said Board. In his official capacity
and certified by a responsible BAN
for an amount equal to ten (lo) per
centum of the amount of the bid or
proposal. and without such cash or
check. no bid or proposal will be con
sidered. The bids shall be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned: and ut said
time and place above mentioned the
aid Board in open session. win open.
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City OF Cairo for tho
construction of the said Improvement
in strict accordance with the term
and requirements Of the said r-d
nance. and shall also e'tor into e h1HG
payable to the said CITY - Cairo W
the sum of fifty (501 rer seatfm oL
the amount OF his bid. with curtis
tn be approved by the said Board rou
ditioned for the faithful performance
In all respects. of bis said contract
and for holding the said city harmless
etc. and he shall also bind himself
In his said contract and bond. TO
guarantee his said work for the period
of two o. years from and after the
acceptance II the same by the said
Board and its confirmation by the
court.
The contractor TO whom the con-
tract is awarded and who shall do the
work. will be paid In bonds of the
said City Of Cairo bearing interest al
the rate Of five 90 per cent per an
mum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals viii be
furnished on application to the said
City Engineer at his office aforesaid
The Board reserves the right TO re
Jet any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board OF Local I'm
prOvements Of the City Of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest:-ERNEsT WORKMAN.
Secretary OF Board.
Cairo, Illinois, April 7th, A. .. 1898.