The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-08
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
All Cross Streets Between Twenty
first Street and TWenty-eighth
and West Twenty-eighth Streets,
and Part Of Walnut Street, in


first Street ana TWenty-eighth
and West Twenty-eighth Streets,
and Part Of Walnut Street, in
the City Of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten (10) o'clock A. NJ, Wednes-
day, February 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
itemized bids or proposals for the
construction of vitrified 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, Twenty-fonrth and West
Twentyfourth streets, Twenty-fifth
and West Twenty-tifth streets, TWEEN
ty-sixth and West Twenty-sixth
streets, Twenty-seyenth and West
Twenty.seventh streets. Charles
street and part of Walnut street.
in the said City of Cairo, and for the
tions of the said streets.
The said sewers. house 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 as al
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 |
the improvement as a whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the filling and for the
filling without the sewer work and
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
companied by cash or by 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 tn 10) per
centum of the amount of the bid or |
and, without such cash or |
check. no bid or proposal will be con-
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. I'LL 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 snail enter into a contract
with the said City OF Cairo for the
of the said Improvement,
Dr. for such part thereof as may be
awarded to him, In strict accordance
With the terms ond requirements Of
he said ordinance, and shall also en-.
Ger into a bond payable to the said
lily in the sum OF fifty (5D per
,entum Of the amount OF his bid.
with security to be approved by the
'aid Board. conditioned for the faith
'ul performance. in all respects, Of his
'aid contract and for holding the city
harmless. etc: and he shall bind him.
self. in bis said contract and bond. 10
guarantee the sewer construction
work for the period of two 90 years
rom and after the acceptance OF the
same by the said Board and its con-
irmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con-
.ract for the construction Of the i'm
Drovement. or any part thereof. Is
awarded and who shall do the work.
will be paid in bonds OF the city bear
ng interest AZ the rate Of FIVE t5D II
per centum per annum from their re-
lpective dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals win be furnished on appfi-
.ation 70 the said City Engineer AZ
bis Office aforesaid.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board Of Local I'm
provemeHts OF the City Of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest;
ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board.