The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and EiIlinn.

first street and Twenty.eighth an,
West Twenty-eighth streets, and
part of Walnut street, in the City o
ICairo, Illinois, except Twenty fourtl
land West Twentyfourth streets.
| Public notice is hereby given thai
until ten 00D O'Clock a. M Monday
April 6, 1908, at the city council cham
Der of the City Of Cairo, Illinois, No
INA Commercial avenue, the Board OF
Local improvements or the City OF
Cairo viii receive sealed, itemized bids
Ter proposals for the construction OF
yitlified tile pipe sewers, house con.
nections and inlets and brick man,
holes in Twentysecond and West
! Twenty streets Twentythird
and West Twentythird streets, Tween,
IU-fifth and West Twenty-ffth streets
! Twenty-siXth and West Twenty-sixth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
! Twenty seventh streets, Charles
street and a part of Walnut street, in
the said City of Cairo, and for the fill.
ing with earth of the untitled portions
OF the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections,
iniets and brick manholes and the said
filing must be constructed, made and
dcne in accordance with the terms and
provisions Of Ordinance No. 1877 Of
said city. approved May is. 1907, now
Of record in the office CT the city
clerk Of said city, No. iii Commercial
avenue, where printed copies OF the
ordinance may be obtained on appli
cation to the said city clerk, and in
the office of the city engineer of the
city, in the same building, the speci-
fcations of and for the said work viii
be found and may be there examined,
The said local Improvement as a
whole and in all Of its parts is fully
described in the said ordinance and
the bids must be for the construction
of the Improvement in strict con
formity with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for the
of the improvement as 4
whole and also for the construc
ton of the sewer work without the
filing and for the filing without the
sewer work and also for the sewer
work and filling on the different
streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac
complained by cash, or by a check, |
payable to the order of the president |
OF the said Board in his official capa-
city, and certified by responsible |
bank for an amount equal to ten (l0) |
per centum of the amount of the bid |
or proposal, and without such cash |
err check, no bid or proposal will be |
The bids shall be deliv
cred to the Board at the time and |
place first above mentioned. and at |
said time and place the said Board |
in open session. viii open. examine
md publicly declare said bids or pro
Dosals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into contract |
with the said city of Cairo for the |
of the said Improvement,
1r for such part thereof as shah be
awarded to him In strict accordance
with the terms and requirements Of
he said ordinance. and shall also en-
er into a bond payable to the said
,ity in the sum of fifty (50) per
'entum of the amount OF his bid. with
security to be approved by the said
Board conditioned for the faithful
performance. In all respects. Of HIS
aid contract and for holding the city,
harmless. etc. and he shall bind him
elf. in his said contract and bond. to
guarantee the sewer construction
work for the period of two ~ years
rom and after the acceptance of the
anne by the said Board and its con
by the court
The bond for the nlling work shall
,e in the sum of twenty 600 per
,ntum of the amount Of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filing
york TO be done and shall be condi-
toned for the faithful performance. in
II respects, of his said contract and
or holding the city harmless. etc.
The contractor to whom the con
ract for the construction of the i'm.
rovement. or any part thereof, is
warded and who shall do the work
iii be paid in bonds OF the city bear
" interest at the rate of five 60 per
antum per anrum from their respec
I've dates. Blanks for bids or pro-
csals will be furnished on appliea-
on to the said City Engineer at his
Eice aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ct any and all bids.
Dated. at Cairo. Illinois. this 23rd
ay of March, A. D. 1908
GEORGE PARSONS.
resident of the Board of Local I'm.
proyements Of the City of Cairo, mi-
nOis. {
ttest: ERNEST WORKMAN, III
Secretary of Board. "