The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-10
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.


first Street and Twcnty-eight'
and West Twenty-elghth Streets
and a Part of Walnut Street, ir
the City of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten d0) o'clock A. M, Wednes
day, February ~, 1908 at the city
council chamber of the City of Cairo
| Illinois, No. I'LL Commercial avenue
| the Board of Local improvements OF
L the City OF Cairo, will receive sealed
Iitemized bids or proposals for the
construction OF vitrified tile pipe
sewers, house connections and inlets
and brick manholes In Twenty-second
and West Twenty.seeond streets,
I1'wenty-third and West Twenty-third
streets. Twenty-fourth and West
Twenty-fourth streets, Twenty-fifth
and West Twenty-fifth streets. TWEEN
tysixth and West Twenty-sixth
Twentyseyenth and West
Twenty-seventh streets, Charles
street and q part of Walnut street,
in the said City of Cairo, and for the
filling with earth or the untitled por-
tions Of the said streets.
The said sewers. mousse connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filling must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions OF Ordinance
No. 1877, approved May IS. 1907, now
Of record In the office OF the City
Clerk Of said city, No. I'LL CONNER.
cial avenue, where printed copies OF
the ordinance 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 specifi-
cations of and for the said work Will
be found and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement MS a i
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
win be received for the making of
the improvement as whole and al
SO for the construction of the sewer
work without the filing and for the
filing without the sewer work and
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
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 (10) per
centum OF the amount of the bid or
and, without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con.
sidered. The bids may be delivered |
to the Board at the time and place |
first above mentioned or before that
time to the Secretary Of Board at
his Office with the said City Clerk |
No. iii Commercial avenue afore-
said; and at said time and place. the
said Board, In open session will open,
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a contract
With the said City of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement.
" for srch part thereof as may be
lwarded to him, In strict accordance
With the terms ond requirements OF
he said ordinance. and shall also en-
er INTO a bond payable TO the said
lily in the sum of fifty (5o) per
entum Of the amount Of his bid,
Nth security to be approved by the
aid Board. conditioned for the faith
nj performance. in all respects, Of his
aid contract and for holding the city
harmless, etc: and he snail bind him.
elf. in his said contract and bond, to
uarantee the sewer construction
york for the period of two (2) years
rom and after the acceptance OF the
ame by the said Board and its con
rInation by the court.
The contractor to whom tae con
ract for the construction of the i'm
OF any part thereof is
wardcd and who shall do the work.
fill be- paid in bonds Of the city bear
lg interest at the rate OF five l5)
er centum Per annum from their re-
pective dates. Blanks for bids orl|
roposals viii be furnished on appif
alton to the said City Engineer al
Is Office aforesaid.
GEORGE PARSONS.
resident OF the Board of Local I'm
provements Of the City OF Cairo.
Illinois.
Ittest.
ERNEST WORKMAN. II
Secretary Of Board.
afro Illinois January z. 1903. III