The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-14
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
Cross Streets Between Twenty,Eirsi
Street and Twenty Eighth ard
West Twenty;Eighth Streets, and a
Part Of Walnut Street, in the City
of Cairo, Illinois, .4.

West Twenty;Eighth Streets, and a
Part OF Walnut Street, in the City
| of Cairo, Illinois.
| Public notice is hereby given that
until ten tl0l o'clock a. M. Thursday
May 81, 1908, at the city council
Ichamber of the City OF Cairo, Illinois,
No. iii Commercial ayenne, the
Board of Local improvements of the
City of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con,
struction Of vitrified tile pipe sewers.
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty-Second and
| West TwentySecond Streets, Twenty
Third and West TwentyThird Streets
West Twenty.Fourth Street, Twenty
Fifth and West TweutyFifth Streets,
Twenty-Sixth and West TwentySixth
Streets, Twenty-Seyenth and West
Street and part OF Walnut Street
in the said city of Cairo, and for FILL
ing with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filling must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions of Ordinance
No 1877, approved May Is, 1907, now
of record in the office of the City
Clerk of said City, No. iii CONNER.
cial avenue, where printed copies of
the ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said Clerk, and In
the office of the City Engineer of the
City, in the same building, the specifi'
cations Of and for the said work viii
be found and may be there examined,
| The said local Improvement as a
whole and in all its parts Is fully de-
scribed IN the said ordinance, and the
bids must, be for the construction 81
the Improvement in strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
will be received for the making Of
1.-THE improvement as a whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the flling and for the
filling without the sewer work and
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ae.
companied by cash or by check pay.
able to the order of the President OF
1.-THE said Board In his official capacity,
and certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal TO ten O0) per
81 no DF 10 rtr
proposal, and without such cash or
check. no bid or proposal will be con.
sidered. The bids may be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned and at said
time and place the said Board, In
open session will open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro
| posals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement,
or for such part thereof as may be
/ awarded to him, In strict accordance
with the terms and requirements OF
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
tier into bond payable to the said
lefty in the sum of fifty 600 per
lcentum of the amount Of his bid
with security to be approved by the
Esaid Board, conditioned for the faith
Iful performance. in all respects, of his
Esaid contract and for holding the city
Harmless, etc; and he shall bind him
lself. in his said contract and bond. to
lguarantee the sewer construction work
flor the period of two 90 years from
land after the acceptance of the same
lby the said Board and its confirmation
lby the court.
The contractor to whom the con
tract for the construction Of the i'm
fproyement, or any part thereof, Is
awarded and who shall do the work,
will he paid In bonds of the city bear
| ing interest at the rate of five co.
lpcr centum per annum from their re
spective dates. Blanks for bids OF
proposals viii be furnished on appH
Ication to the said City Engineer at his
iofflce aforesaid
The Board reserves the right tc
reject any and all bids.
Dated this eth day OF May 1898.
GEORGE PARSONS
president Board of Local Improve
ments Of the City of Cairo,
Attest: ERNEST NORMAN.
Secretary of the Board