The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Filling.


first street ANA Twenty-eighth an
West Twenty-eighth streets, and
part of Walnut street in the City 0
ICairo Illinois, except Twenty-fourtl
land West Twenty.fourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given tina
until ten (10 o'clock a. m, Monday
April g. 1908. at the city council cham
Der of the City of Cairo, Illinois, No
I1111 Commercial avenue, the Board o.
Local improvements or the City Of
Cairo will receive sealed itemizpd bids
or proposals for the construction Of
| yiufed tile pipe sewers, house con
INJECTIONS and inlets and brick man
holes in Twenty-second and West
| Twenty-second streets, Twentythird
and West Twenty-third streets, Tween
! tytfth and West Twenty-fifth streets
ITweuty-siXth and West TwentysiXth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty seventh streets, Charles
street and 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 manholes and the said
filling must be constructed, made and
dcne in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. l27 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
ordinance may be obtained on appli'
cation to the said city clerk, and In
the Office of the city engineer Of the
lefty, in the same building, the speci.
fcations of and for the said work viii
be found and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement as n
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 in strict con
formity with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for the
making of the Improvement as 4
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 filling on the different
streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
ccmpained by cash. or by a check,
to the order of the president
OF the said Board i'm his official capa-
city and certified by a responsible
bank for an amount equal to ten (l0)
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 deliv
cred to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned. and at
said time and place. the said Board,
iu 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 (50l per
,entum 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 (2) years |
rom and after the acceptance Of the
same by the said Board and its con
lrmation by the court
The bond for the filling work shall |
be in the sum of twenty COO per
,entum 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
III respects. Of his said contract and |
or holding the city harmless. etc.
The contractor to whom the CON
ract for the construction of the i'm |
or any part thereof. is
lwarded and who shall 10 the work
sill be paid in bonds Of the CITY hear
ng interest at the rate Of five 81 per
entum per annum from their respec |
i've dates. Blanks for bids or pro-
,Csals will be furnished on applica-
ion TO the said City Engineer at his
,f'ice aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
eCt any and all bids.
Dated, at Cairo. Illinois, this 23rd |
lay of March, A. d. 1903.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board OF Local I'm
provements Of the City Of Cairo. Iii
nois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board.