The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-14
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
S EW Err.
Thlrtieth Street.

Public notice is hereby given that
until ten ll0) o'clock a. III. Monday,
October 10, 1908, at the city council
chamber Of the city of Cairo, Illinois,
No. iii Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local improvements OF the
city of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con
struction of a vitrihed tile pipe
sewer house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Thirtieth
street, from Commercial avenue to a
point twenty 600 feet west of the
east line of st, Mary's Place East,
The said sewer. house connections,
inlets and brick manhoes must be
constructed, made and done in ac-
cordance with the terms and pro
visions of ordinance No. 16G, apr
proved August II, 1908, now of
record in the office of the city clerk
of said city, No iii Commercial ave
nue., where printed copies of the ordi
nance 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 specifications OF
and for the said work will be found
and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement as a
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
will be received for the making OF |
he improvement as a whole.
Ali bids or proposals must be ac |
by cash or by check pay |
Ible to the order of the President OF
he said Board in his official capacity |
MI certified by a responsible bank,
or an amount equal to ten tl0) per
entum of the amount of the bid or
nc posal, and without such cash or
heck no bid or proposal will be con
idered. The bids must be delivered
o the Board at the time and place
rst above mentioned. No. I'LL Com
lercia avenue aforesaid, and at said
lme and place. the said Board IN !,
pen session. will open. examine and
declare said bids or pro
osals.
The contractor whose bid may be
ccepted shall enter into a contract
18th the said city OF Cairo for the
of the said Improvement,
D strict accordance with the terms
nd requirements of the said ordi-
apce, and shall also enter into a
ond payable 10 the said city in the
um OF fifty (50l per centum of the
mount of his bid, with security to be
pproved by the said Board, condi-
oned for the faithful performance.
] all respects. of his said contract
nd for holding the city harmless,
to-. and he shall bind himself. in his
aid contract and bond, TO guarantee
Is work for the period of two 90
ears from and after the acceptance
{ the same by the said Board and
s confirmation by the court
The contractor to whom the con
-act for the construction OF the i'm
rovemcnt Is awarded and who shall
o the work, will be paid in bonds
{ the city bearing interest at the
ate of five 90 per centum per an
um from their respective dates.
hanks for bids or proposals will be
Finished on application TO the said
IT, engineer at his Office Aforesaid. In
he Board reserves the right 90 re- !
ct any and all bids &
Dated at Cairo. Illinois. this 9Th
az Of October. A ID. 1905.
GEORGE PARSONS.
resident Of the Board Of Local I'm Q
provements Of the City Of Cairo
Illinois In
test. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board.