The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

first street and Twenty eighth and
West Twenty-elghth streets, and a
part of Walnut street, in the City OF
Cairo, Illinois, except Twentyfourth
and West Twenty-fourth streets.
/ Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (10) O'Clock a m, Monday
April G, 1908. at the city council cham
Der of the City of Cairo, Illinois, No,
| I'LL Commercial avenue, the Board OF
| Local improvements or the City of
Cairo will receive sealed, itemiZed bids
Ter proposals for the construction of
vitrifed tile pipe sewers. house con,
nectons and inlets and brick man
holes In Twentysecond and West
lTwenty-second streets, Twenty-third
and West Twenty-third streets, Tween
| ty-fifth and West Twenty-fifth streets
Twenty-siXth and 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 fill
ing with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections
inlets and brick manhoes and the said
filling must be constructed, made and
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. 127 Of
said city, approved May IS, 1907 now
of record in the office Of the city
clerk of said city, No iii Commercial
avenue, where printed copies of the
ordinance may be obtained on appli-
cation to the said city clerk, and in
the office of the city engineer of the
city, in the same building, the speci
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, and
the bids must be for the construction
of the Improvement Ia strict con
formity with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for the
making of the Improvement as
whole and also for the construc
ton of the sewer work without the
filling 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 nc
complained by cash, or by 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 tlO)
per centum of the amount of the bid
or proposal, and, without such cash
The bids shall be deliy
cred to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned, and nj
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 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 shalt 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
the sewer construction
work for the period of two (2) years
from and after the acceptance Of the
same by the said Board and its con
by the court.
The bond for the hlling work shall
be in the sum of twenty 900 per
centum of the amount Of the bid !
which shall be accepted for the filing |
work to be done and shall be coudi !
toned for the faithful performance In
all 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
ing interest at the rate of five 81 per
centum per annum from their respec |
tive dates. Blanks for bids or pro-
posals will be furnished on applica-
ton 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 23rd |
day of March, A. D. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board Of Local I'm |
provements of the City of Cairo. Hi
nois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary of Board.