The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-11
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Pavinq.
Poplar Street.

Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten (1o) O'Clock. a m of Monday,
April goth, 1908, at the city council
chamber of the City of Cairo Illi-
| nois No. I'LL Commercial Avenue, In
the said city. the Board OF Local I'm
provements of the said City of Cairo.
will receive sealed itemized bids on
! proposals for the construction OF O
Yitrifi'd tile pipe sewer in Poplar
Street in the said city, from Invent
ieth Street to Thirty Fourth Street
and of vitrified brick pavement,
with combined concrete curb and
gutter, on the said Poplar Street.
from the east line of Washington Ave
uue to the south line Of said Thirty.
Fourth Street, together with vitrifed
tile pipe house connections, and brick
catch basins and manholes.
Tho above work is provided for and
fully described in Ordinance No, 1fS,
approved September 10th, 1907 and
the said bids must be for the con.
struction Of the said improvements in
strict conformity to the terms and pro-.
visions of the said ordinance, which
is now of record in the office Of the
City Clerk of said City Of Cairo. No.
iii Comercial Avenue. where print,
cd copies of the ordinance may be
obtained on application to said City
Clerk, and in the office Of the City
Engineer of the said City of Cairo, in
the same building. the specifications
of and for the said work will be found
and may be there examined
All bids or proposals must he 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 responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten (10) per
centum Of the amount of the bid or
proposal, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
sidercd The bids shall be delivered
TO the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned; and at saidI
time and place above mentioned the
aid Board. in open session, will open.
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said City OF Cairo for the
of the said Improvement
in strict accordance with the terms
and requirements of the said ordi
nance. and shall also erter into a bond
payable to the said City of Cairo In
the sum of fifty (50) per centum oil
the amount Of his bid, with security
to be approved by the said Board, con
ditioned for the faithful performance
In all respects. of his said contract
and for holding the said CITY harmless,
etc. and he shall also bind himself
in his said contract and bond. TO
guarantee his said work for the period
of two 90 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 is awarded and who shall do the
work. will be paid in bonds of the
said City of Cairo bearing interest at
the rate of five t5) per cent. per an
mum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
furnished on application to the said
City Engineer at his office aforesaid.
The BOARD reserves the right to re-
Jet any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board of Local I'm
proYements OF the City of Cairo,
Illinois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary of Board.
Cairo, Illinois, April It'll. A. D. 1898.