The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Paving.
Poplar Street.

Public notice is hereby given that
until ten 10l o'clock, a. m, OF Monday
Anril goth, 1908, at the city council
chamber Of the City Of Cairo, hi
| nois, No. LII Commercial Avenue. In
the said city, the Board of Local I'm
provements of the said City of Cairo,
Twin receive sealed itefnized bids on
proposals for the construction OF 4
vitrificd tile pipe sewer in Poplar
Street, in the said city from Invent
ieth Street to ThiityFourth Street,
and of a vitrified brick pavement.
with combined concrete curb and
gutter on the said Poplar Street,
from the east line of Washington Ave
nue. to the south line of said Thirty
Fourth Street, together with vitrified
tile pipe house connections. and brick
catch basins and manholes.
Tho above work Is provided for and
fully described in Ordinance No. 14S,
approved September 10th, 1907, and
the said bids must be for the con
struction of the said improvements In
strict conformity to the terms and pro
visions of the said ordinance, which
is now of record in the office of the
City Clerk OF said City of Cairo. No
iii Commercial Avenue, where print
ed copies of the ordinance may be
obtained on application to said City
Engineer of the said City of Cairo, In
the same building. the specifications
of and for the said work will be found
and may be there examined,
All bids or proposals must be ac-
companied by cash. or by check pay
able to the order of the President of
the said Board, In his official capacity,
and certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten f10) per
centum of the amount Of the bid or
proposal, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
sidered. The bids shau be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned and at said
time and place above mentioned the
said Board, in open session, will open,
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall he
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City of Cairo for the
construction of the said improvement
in strict accordance with the terms
and requirements of the said ordi-
nance, and shall also eiter into bond
payable to the said City Of Cairo In
the sum of fifty f50l per centum of
the amount of his bid, with security
10 be approved by the said Board. con
1tloned for the faithful performance,
In all respects. of his said contract
and for holding the said city harmless.
.eto., and he shall also bind himself
in his said contract, and bond, to
guarantee his said. woLk for the period
of two f2) years from and after the
acceptance Ct the same BY the said
Board and its confirmation by the
court
The contractor TO whom the con
tract Is awarded and who shall do tn
work, will be paid in bonds of the
said City of Cairo bearing interest at
the rate of five 90 per cent. 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-
jeet any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President OF the Board of Local I'm
provements of the City of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary of Board.
Cairo, Illinois, April 7th, A. D. 1893.