The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-08

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/ Street and Twenty-Eiehth ant
West Twenty.Eiohth Streets, and .
Part Of Walnut Street, in the Cit,
| Of Cairo, Illinois.
/ Public noticesis hereby given that
nntil ten (l0) O'Clock a. m. Thursday
May Il, 1908, at the city council
chamber of the City OF Cairo, Illinois
No I'LL Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local Improvements of the
City, of Cairo will receive sealed item
lized bids or proposals for the con,
struction Of yitrified tile pipe sewers.
house connections and inlets and
brick nianholes In Twenty-Secnnd aud
West Twentysecond Streets, twenty
Third and West Twenty Streets,
West TwentyFourth Street, Twenty
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 Oh Walnut Street
I'm the said City of Cairo, and for fill
| Ing with, earth of the untitled portions
ofFthe 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, approved May Is, 1907, now
of record in the Office of the City
CLERK CT said City. No. lii CONNER
'cial avenue where printed copies OF
the ordinance may be obtained on
application TO the said Clerk, and ia
the office of the City Engineer of the
City, in the same building, the specifi-
cations Of aud for the said work Will
be found and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement as
whole and In all its parts III fully de-
scrbed 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
the improvement as a whole and al
$50 for the construction of the sewer
work without the filling and for the
filling without the sewer work and
Ealso for the sewer work and filing on
.the different streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
loompanied by cash or by check pay.
fable to the order OF the President or
the said Board in his official capacity,
and certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal TO ten (fo) 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 may be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned and at said
time and place, the said Board, in
open session will open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro-
posals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into q contract
with the said city OF Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement,
or for such part thereof as may be
awarded to him, In strict accordance
with the terms and requirements of
the said ordinance, and shall also en-.
ter into bond payable 10 the said
city In the sum Of fifty (5O) per
centum of the amount OF his bid.
with security to be approved by the
said Board conditioned for the faith
full performance. in all respects, of his
said contract and for holding the city
harmless, etc: and he shalt bind him.
self, in his said contract and bond, to
guarantee the sewer construction work
for the period of two t2) years from
and after the acceptance OF the same
by the said Board and its confirmation
by the court
The contractor to whom the con.
tract for the construction OF the i'm
awarded and who shall do the work.
will be paid In bonds of the city bear.
ing interest at the rate of FIVE t5)-
per eentum per annum from their re-
spective dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals will be furnished on appli-.
cation TO the said City Engineer at his.
office aforesaid
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated this 7th day OF May. 1908 4
ts9 GEORGE PARSONS.
President Board OF Local Improve
ments OF the City of Cairo.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary OF the Board