The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEW E r.
Thirtieth Street,

! Public notice is hereby given that
until ten 1O) o'clock a. m. Monday,
October 49, 1908 at the city council
chamber Of the city of Cairo, Illinois,
No III Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local improvements of the
city of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con
strnction of a yitrified tile pipe
sewer. house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Thirtieth
street. from Commercial avenue to
point twenty COO feet west OF the
east line of St Mary's Place East.
The said sewer, house connections,
inlets and brick manholes must be
constructed made and done in ac-
eordance with the terms and pro,
visions of ordinance No 1866, ap'
proved August A. 1908, now of
record in the office of the city clerk
of said city, No I'LL 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 a
whole and in all its parts is fully de-
scrihed in the said ordnance, aud the
bids must he for the construction OF
the Improvement in strict conformity
Il &
viii be received for the making OF
the Improvement as a 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
ami certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal to ten tl0) per
ceutum of the amount of the bid or
rCposal and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
siGered The bids must be delivered
to the Board at the time aud place
frs above mentioned No. III Com
mercial avenue aforesaid; and at said
time and place. the said Board. In
open session. will open, examine ana
publicly declare said bids or pro
posals
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said city Of Cairo for the
of the said Improvement !
I'm strict accordance with the terms
and requirements Of the said ordi !
nance. and shall also enter into al
bond payable to the said city in the !
SUM OF fifty t50l per centum of the !
amount of his bid. with security to be |
approved by the said Board, condi |
toned for the faithful performance.
In an respects. of his said contract |
and for holding the city harmless,
etc: aud be shall bind himself, I'm his
said contract and bond, to guarantee
bis work for the period of two o.
wears 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 for the construction of the i'm
proycment is awarded and who shall
do the work. viii be- paid In bonds
of the city bearing interest at the
rate of fiyc 90 per centum per an
mum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids OF proposals will be
furnished on application 20 the said
city engineer al his office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right TO re-
iect any and all bids
Dated al Cairo. Illinois this 7th
day OF October. s. j. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President Of the Board OF Local I'm
urogemeuts Of the City OF Cairo. !
Illinois
Attest. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board