The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
Cross Streets Between Twenty.First
Street and Twenty-Eighth and
West Twenty-Eighth Streets, and q
Part Of Walnut Street, in the City

| WeSt iWenty-Etgntn StTeetS, ana
Part Of Walnut Street, in the City
of Cairo, Illinois.
! Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (10) O'Clock a. m, Thursday
May 2l, 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
tied bids or proposals for the con
struction CT yitrified tile pipe sewers
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty-Second and
West Twenty Second Streets, Twenty.
Third and West Twenty Third Streets,
West Twenty.Fourth Street, Twenty.
Fifth and West Twenty Fifth Streets,
Twenty-Sixth and West Twenty-Sixth
Streets, Twenty.Seventh and West
Twenty, Streets, Charles
Street and a part OF Walnut Street
in the said City of Cairo, and for fill
ing with earth of the untitled portions
Of the said streets.
inlets and brick manhoes and the
said filling must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions Of Ordinance
No 127 approved May e, 1907, now
of record In the office of the City
Clerk CT said City No. I'LL CONNER
cial avenue, whore 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 as q
whole aud 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
the Improvement as a whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the nlling and for the
filling without the sewer work AMI
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately.
All bids Or proposals must be ac.
Icompanied 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 00) 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 ~
open session will open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro
posals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into 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 o.
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
ter into a bond payable 10 the sal
city in the sum Of fifty 500 PEI
centum Of the amount OF his bid
with security to be approved by thu
said Board. conditioned for the faith
full performance. in all respects. of hi
said contract and for holding the cit
harmless, etc: and he shall bind him
self. in his said contract and bond, t.
guarantee the sewer construction worl
for the period of two (2) 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
provement. or any part thereof i
J awarded and who shall do the work
will be paid in bonds of the city bear
| ing interest at the rate of FIVE Is
per ccntum per annum from their re
spective dates Blanks for bids o.
proposals will be furnished on april
cation to the said City Engineer at hi
,office aforesaid
The Board reserves the right t
reject any and all bids.
Dated this eth day Of Nav, 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
| President Board Of Local Improve