The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET PAVING, SEWER AND
STREET FILLING.
Sycamore Street from the East Line
of Washington Avenue to the
North Line Of Thirty-Fourth
Street, in the City Of Cairo, ilii-
nois.

| Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten ti0) o'clock a. m. Monday
March JIG, 1908. at the city council
chamber of the City OF Cairo. Illinois
the Board of Local Improvements oil
said city will receive sealed itemized
| bids for the construction Of vitrified
| tile pipe sewer, catch-basins and
transformations in Sycamore street,
in the said City Of Cairo, Illinois, for
filling said street with earth and for
| the construction of a vitrified brick
pavement on said street from the east
line Of Washington Avenue to the
north line Of Thirty-Fourth street. In
accordance with the terms and condi
tons Of Ordinance No 147 OF said
city, adopted September 10, 1907. and
approved September r. 1907 now OF
record in the office of the city clerk
nf said city, No. I'LL Commercial
Avenue, where printed copies of the
said ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said clerk. The
specifications of and for the improve.
ment Will be found and may be ex.
lmined at the office OF the City Engl-
1eer of said city at said No. I'LL Com.
mercial Avenue. The bids or pro
posals must be for the construction Of
the Improvement in strict conformity
to the terms and provisions OF said or.
finance.
All bids must be accompanied BY
cash or by check payable to the or
der of the President of said Board in
his official capacity and certified by
responsible bank, for an amount
equal to ten t10) per centum of the
amount of the bid. and without such
cash or check, no bid will be consider
ed. The bids or proposals shall be de.
livered to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned. and atI
said time and place. the said Board. in
open session, will open. examine and
publicly declare the said bids or pro
poSals.
The contractor whose bid shall be |
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said City Of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement
IN accordance with the terms and re.
quirements of the said ordinance andl
shall also enter into a bond payable |
to the said city. in the sum of fiftyl
t5O) per ccntum of the amount of |
his bid. with security to be approved
By the said Board. conditioned for the
faithful performance. In all respects,
ot his said contract and for holding
the said city harmless. etc. aud he
shall also bind himself. in his said
contract and bond to guarantee his
said work for the period of two f2D
years from and after the acceptaneeL
y the same by the said Board and its |
by the court.
The contractor to whom the con-
-ract for the construction OF the Inn
Drovement shall be awarded and Who'll
shall do the work. viii be paid in
bends Of the city bearing interest at
he rate of five 90 per eentum per
annum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals viii be-
on application to the Cityt
Engineer at his office Aforesaid. I
The Board reserves the right tot
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo. Illinois. this fourth /
lay Of March. 1903. 7
GEORGE PARSONS. II
President of the Board OF Local I'm
1rovements OF the city Of Cairo. IHi. 4
lois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary OF Board.