The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-11
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWER.
Thirtieth Street.

Public notice is hereby given thai
Iuntil ten (10) o'clock a. m. Monday
October l9, 1908, at the city council
chamber of the city OF Cairo, Illinois
No. iii Commercial avenue, tbs
Board of Local improvements OF the
city of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con
strHction of vltrifed 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,
lnlets and Brick manholes must be
constructed, made and done in &C
Icordance with the terms and pro
visions of ordinance No 166, ap
proved August IA, 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
whole and in all its parts is fully de-
scribed in the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construc tion OF
the Improvement in strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
viii be received for the making OF
the improvement as whole
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,
ani certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal to ten Q0) per
ceutum of the amount of the bid or
proposal and without such cash or
check. no bid or proposal will be con
,iGered. The bids must be delivered |
to the Board at the time and place
frs above mentioned. No. III Com
nercial avenue aforesaid; and at said |
line and place, the said Board, I'm
open session, will open, examine and |
declare said bids or pro.
Dosals
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a contract |
With the said city of Cairo for the
,ons trlction of the said Improvement
n strict accordance with the terms
md requirements Of the said orli
lance, and shall also enter into a
,ond payable to the said city in the
uu of fifty (5Ol per centum of the
mount of his bid, with security to be
approved by the said Board. condi
toned for the faithful performance,
n all respects, of his said contract
nd for holding the city harmless,
tc.: and he shall bind himself, in his
aid contract and bond, to guarantee
is work for the period of two 90
ears from aud after the acceptance
4 the same by the said Board and !
is confirmation by the court
The contractor to whom the con.
racl for the construction Of the i'm.
,rovement Is awarded and who shall
10 the work. will be paid in bonds
Il the city bearing interest at the
ate Of five 90 per centum per an
Ium from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
urnished on application to the said
ity engineer al his Office aforesaid.
he Board reserves the right To re-.
ect any and all bids
Dated At Cairo. Illinois, this 7th
ay of October a. ID 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS. /,
resident Of the Board Of Local I'm.
proyements Of the city Of Cairo,
Illinois.
.ttest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board.