The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-23
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,
STREET FILLING.

All cross streets between Twenty
/, First Street and Twenty Eighth and
West Twenty Eighth Streets, except
Twenty-Fourth Street and West Tween
ItyFourth Street. III the city Of Cairo,
Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (lo) o'clock a. m., Of Mon
day, March 2nd 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. Illinois, will re.
4ceiye sealed, itemized bids or propos,
fals for the filling with earth Sfsthe ua.
filled portions Of TMenty-Second and
West Twenty Second Streets, Twenty.
Third and West TWenty-Third Streets.
iTWenty-Fifth and West TwentyFifth
Streets Twenty-Sixth and West
TWentySixth Streets. West Twenty.
Seventh Street and Charles Street. in
the said City Of Cairo.
The said street filling must be con.
strueted, made and done In accord.
ance with the terms and provisions
Iof Ordinance No. l27 of said City OF
Cairo approved May IS, 1907 now of
record in the office Of the City Clerk
OF said City Of Cairo, No. LII Com
mercial Avenue, nere printed copies
of the ordinace, may be obtained on
application to said City Clerk, and in
the office of the City Engineer of the
said City Of Cairo, in the same build
ing, the specifications of and for the
said work will be found and may be
there examined.
The said local Improvement as
whole and in all its parts is fully de.
Scribed in the said ordinance. and the
bids for said filling must be for the
of the Improvement I'm
strict conformity with its terms aud
Bids will be received for
he filling of all of said streets as I
whole or for one or more of the same. 4
All bids or proposals must be ac.
by cash, or by a check !
payable to- the order of the President
VI the. said Board, IN his official capac.
ty and certified by a responsible bank '
or an amount equal to ten (10) per
entum of the amount of the bid or
proposal, and without such cash or
heck, no bid or proposal will be con
idered. The bids shall be delivered
the Board at the time and place
rst above mentioned; and at said =
Ime and place above mentioned the !,
aid Board, in open session, win open, n
xamine and publicly declare said
ids or proposals. I,
The contractor whose bid shall be lc
ecepted shall enter into a contract m
18th the said City of Cairo for the d
ling of all of said streets with earth et
for the filling of such of said m
reefs as may be awarded to him, in W
riot accordance with the terms and at
'quirements of the said ordinance. 70
nd shall also enter into a bond pay- hi
DE to the said City of Cairo in the TO
I'M of fifty (50) per aeentun of the L
Mount of his bid with security to pc
approved by the said Board, con az
toned for the faithful performance. 50
all respects. of his said contract :,
d for holding the said city harm. "
IS. etc. III
The contractor 10 whom the con- -
let for the filing of said streets -
tn earth. or for the filing of anv
said streets with earth is awarded -,
4 who shall do the work. will be an
ID in bonds of the said City of Cairo
airing interest at the rate of five al
per cent. per annum from their
'pective dates. Blanks for bids o. at
'posals viii be furnished on appli- in
ion to the said City Engineer at
Office Aforesaid.
The BOARD reserves the right 70 col
ect any and all bids. FMS
GEORGE PARSONS. 9th
'sident of the Board of Local In
rovements of the City of Cairo. hi
ols.