The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-30
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Fillinu,

Sewers and Fllnq.
All cross streets between Twenty
first street ana Twenty-eighth an,
West Twenty-eighth streets. and
part of Walnut street, in the City o
/ Cairo, Illinois, except Twentyfourtl
! and West Twentyfourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given thai
until ten G0) o'clock a. m, Monday
| April G, 1908, at the city council cham
Der of the City Of Cairo. Illinois. No
I111 Commercial avenue, the Board OF
Local Improvements or the City OF
Cairo Will receive sealed, itemiZed bid
lCr proposals for the construction of
yitrifed tile pipe sewers, house con.
Inections and inlets and brick man.
holes in Twenty-second and West
|Twenty-second streets, Twentythird
and West Twenty-third streets, Tween.
.tyhfth and West Twenty-iifth streets
.Twenty-sixth aud West Twenty-siXth
streets, Twenty-seyenth and West
Twenty seventh streets, Charles
street and a part Of Walnut street, IN
the said City of Cairo, and for the fiji.
ing with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections.
inlets and brick manholes ana the said
filling must be constructed, made and
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. f27 Of
said city, approved May IS, 1907 now
of record in the office of the city
clerk Of said city, No. I'LL Commercial
avenue, where printed copies of the
OF dinance may be obtained on appli'
caticn to the said city clerk, and in
the office of the city engineer Of the
city In the same building, the speci4
fications of and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined,
The said local improvement as a
whole and in all of its parts is fully
described in the said ordinance, AMI
the bids must be for the construction
If the Improvement In strict con!
formity with its terms and provisions,
Bids win be received for the
making of the Improvement as 4
whole and also for the construc+
ton of the sewer work without the
filing and for the filling without the
sewer work and also for the sewer
work and filing on the different
streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
complained by cash, or by a check,
payable to the order of the president
OF the said Board in his official capa-
city, and certified by a responsible
bank for an amount equal to ten 10)
per centum of the amount of the bid
or proposal. and. without such cash
or check, no bid or proposal will be
considered The bids shall be deliy1
cred to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned, and at
said time and place, the said Board
in open session, viii open, examine
and publicly declare said bids or pro-
posals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said city of Cairo for the
of the said Improvement
or for such part thereof as shall be
awarded to him in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements Of
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
ter into a bond payable to the said
city in the sum of fifty 500 per,
centum OF the amount or his bid, with
security to be approved by the said
Board. conditioned for the faithful
performance. in all respects. of his
said contract and for holding the city,
harmless. etc, and he shall bind him
self. in his said contract and bond, to
guarantee the sewer construction
work for the period of two (2l years
from and after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and its con
Grmation by the court /,
The bond for the nlling work shall
be in the sum of twenty COO per
centum of the amount of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filling
work to be done and shall be condi-
toned for the faithful performance, in
MI respects, of his said contract and
for holding the city harmless. etc.
The contractor to whom the con-
tract for the construction of the i'm
or any part thereof, is
awarded and who shall do the work,
will be paid in bonds Of the city bear
ng interest at the rate of five (5l per
,entum per annum from their respec-
tive dates. Blanks for bids or pro-
losals will be furnished on applica,
ion to the said City Engineer at his
office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids.
Dated. at Cairo, Illinois. this 2Srd
lay of March, A. d. 1905
GEORGE PARSONS. |
President of the Board Of Local I'm
proyements of the City of Cairo, iii.
nois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN, |