The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and FiiIinq.

West Twenty-eighth 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 C0l O'Clock a, M, Monday
April G. 1908, at the city council cham
Der of the City of Cairo, Illinois, No,
iii Commercial avenue, the Board OF
Local improvements or the City OF
Cairo will receive sealed, itemized bids
! or proposals for the construction OF
yitriiied tile pipe sewers, house con
lnections and inlets and brick man
| holes in Twentysecond and West
Twenty streets, Twenty'third
and West Twenty-thlrd streets, Tween
| y-fifth and West Twenty fifth streets
Twenty sixth and West Twenty-sixth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty seventh streets, Charles
street and a part of Walnut street, in
the said city of Cairo, and for the fill
ling with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections
inlets and brick manholes and the said
filing must be constructed, made and
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. 1877 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 tn
OF Cinanee 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
flcations of and for the said work VIII
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
formfty with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for thf
making of the improvement as
whole and also for the construc
| ton of the sewer wcrk without tn
filling and for the filing 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 00)
lper centum of the amount of the bid
or proposal, and, without such cash
CT check, no hid or proposal will be
considered. The bids snail be deliv
cred to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned, and at
said time and place, the said Board
H. Ircr --eio0. VIII 1uoN .Vanin
ua publicly declare said bids or gf
lrosals
TIL contractor whose bii snail h.I
accented shall enter into contract
with the said city ~ Cairo for .he|
construction Of the said improvem n
or for such part thereof as shall ht'
awarded to him in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements Of
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
ter into bond payable to the said
city in the sum of fifty (50) per
icentum 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. i'm his said contract and bond, to
guarantee 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
Grmation by the court.
The bond for the nlling work shat
| he In the sum Of twenty (20) per
lcentrlm Of the amount of the BIZ
Which shall be accepted for the filling
work to be done and shall be condi
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
movement. or any part thereof. is
Iawarded and who shall do the work,
will be paid In bonds Of the city bear
Ing interest at the rate of five 60 per
lcentum per annum from their respec-
tive dates. Blanks for bids or pro-
pesals will be furnished on applica-
ton to the said City Engineer at his
loffice aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Dated. at Cairo, Illinois, this 23rd
day of March, 4. u. 1903.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board of Local I'm
provements Of the City Of Cairo, Hi
/ nois.
ATTEST: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary Of Board.
LECTION NOTICE.