The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWER.
Thirtieth Street.


until ten 00) o'clock a. N. Monday
IOctcber 49, 1908, at the CITY council
Ichamber of the city of Cairo, Illinois
No. III Commercial avenue, tht
Board of Local improvements of the
city Of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con
lstrbction of a vitriiled tile pipe
sewer, house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Thirtieth
street. from Commercial avenue to a
point twenty 600 feet west of the
east line of ST Mary's Place East,
The said sewer house connections,
| inlets and brick manholes must be
constructed, made and done in ac-
Icordance with the terms and pro.
visions of ordinance No. 1876, ap
proved August IA, 1908, now of
record in the office of the city clerk
of said city No. I'LL Commercial ave
nue., where printed copies of the ordi-
nance 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 specifications OF
and for the said work will 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 OF
the Improvement In strict conformity
with its terms and provisions Bids
will be received for the making OF
the improvement as whole.
All bids or proposals must be ac'
companied by cash or by a check pay
able to the order of the President OF
the said Board in his official capacity
and certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal to ten tl0) per
centum Of the amount of the bid or
pre- posal. and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
siGered. The bids must be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
frs above mentioned. No. iii Com
mercial avenue aforesaid and at said
time and place, the said Board, I'M
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 ssaid city of Cairo for the
of the said improvement,
I'm strict accordance with the terms
and requirements OF the said ordi-
nance. and shall also enter into a
bond payable to the said city in the
sum of fifty 500 per centum of the |
amount of his bid, with security to be |
approved by the said Board, condi- |
toned for the faithful performance |
in all respects, Of his said contract |
aud for holding the city harmless.
etc: and he shall bind himself, In his |
said contract and bond, to guarantee
his work for the period Of two, 90 |
years from and after the acceptance |
Of the same by the said Board and ,
It's confirmation by the court
The contractor to whom the con
tract for the construction OF the i'm
is awarded and who shall
DO the work. will be paid In bonds
Of the city bearing interest at the
rate Of five 90 per centum per an
mum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will 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
Dated az Cairo Illinois, this 9Th |
lay OF October. 4. ID. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board Of Local I'm |
proyements Of the City Of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary Of Board.