The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
All Cross Streets Between Twenty
first Street ana Twenty eighth
and West Twentyeishth Streets,
and a Part OF Walnut Street, in
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the City of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (l0) O'Clock A. NJ, Wednes-
day, February ~, 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 vitrifed tile pipe
sewers, house connections and iniets
and brick manholes In Twenty-second
and West Twenty-seeond streets,
lTwenty-third and West Twenty-third
streets. Twenty and West
lTwenty-fourth streets, Twenty.fifth
and West Twenty-fifth streets, Tween.
ty-sixth and West Twenty-sixth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty-seventh streets. Charles
street and part of Walnut street.
In the said City of Cairo. and for the
filling with earth OF the untitled por.
tions OF the said streets.
The said sewers, mouse 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 a
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 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 &C.
companied by cash or by check pay
able to the order of the President Of
the said Board In his official capacity,
ard certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal to tn (10) 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 or before that
time to the Secretary OF Board at
bis Office with the said City Clerk,
No. iii Commercial avenue afore-
said. and at said time and place, the
said Board, in open session win open,
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter Into a 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 ond requirements OF
the said ordinance. and shall also en-.
ter INTO a bond payable to the said
city in the sum of fifty t5)) perl
centum of the amount Of his bid. |
with security to be approved by the |
said Board. conditioned for the faith |
full performances. In all respects. OF his |
said contract and for holding the city
harmless. etc; and he shall bind him. |
self I'm his said contract and bond. to
guarantee the sewer construction |
work for the period Of two 90 years
from and after the acceptance Of the
same by the said Board and its con
firmation by the court.
The contractor TO whom the con-
tract for the construction Of the i'm
provement. OF any part thereof. Isl
awarded and who shall do the work. \
will be paid in bonds Of the city bear
ing interest at the rate OF five (5)
per centum per annum from their re-
spective dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals will be furnished on appif-
cation to the said City Engineer AZ
his Office aforesaid.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board Of Local I'm
provements Of the City Of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest.
ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board.
Cairo Illinois January "a 1898