The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET FILLING.

All cross streets between Twenty
First Street and Twenty Eighth an,
West Twenty Eighth Streets, excep
Twenty Fourth Street and West TWEEN
ty Fourth Street, in the City Of Cairo
Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given thai
until ten t10l o'clock a. m, of Mon
day, March End, 1908, ut the City
Council Chamber Of the City Of Cairo
Illinois, No. iii Commercial Avenue
the Board Of Local improvements Of
the City Of Cairo, Illinois, will re
eeiye sealed, ltemized bids or propos
ais for the filling with eart1 of the un
filled portions Of TwentySecond and
West Twenty-Second Streets, Twenty
Third and West Twenty-Third Streets
Twenty-Fifth and West TwentyFifth
Streets, Twenty-Sixth and West
Twenty Sixth Streets, West Twenty
Seventh Street and Charles Street, In
the said City of Cairo.
The said street filling must be con
structed, made and done In accord
ance with the terms and provisions
of Ordinance No. 127 Of said City OF
Cairo, approved May Is. 1907, now OF
record in the office OF the City Clerk
of said City Of Cairo, No. ali Com
Inercial Avenue, y acre printed copies
of the ordinace 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 build.
ing. 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.
scribed in the said ordinance. and the
bids for said filling must be for the
of the improvement In
strict conformity with its terms and
provisions. Bids will be received for
the filling of all of said streets AS a
whole or for one or more of the same.
All bids or proposals must be ac.
by cash, or by check
payable to the order Of the President
of the said Board, in his official capac
ty, and certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten (10) per
eentum of the amount of the bid or
and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal win be con
sidered. The bids shall be delivered
TO the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned; and at said
lime and place above mentioned the
said 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
filling of all of said streets with earth
or for the filling of such of said
streets as may be awarded TO him. in
strict accordance with the terms and
of the said ordinance,
and shall also enter into a bond pay
able to the said City of Cairo in the
sum OF fifty (50) per centum of the
amount Of his bid. with security to
be approved by the said Board. con.
lltioned for the faithful performance,
IN all respects. of his said contract
and for holding the said city harm
less, etc.
The contractor TO whom the con-
.raet for the filing of said streets
with earth, or for the filling of any
II said streets with earth is awarded
md who shall do the work. will be
paid in bonds of the said City of Cairo
bearing interest at the rate of five
Isl per cent per annum from their
respective dates. Blanks for bids OF
proposals will be furnished on appli
,ation to the said City Engineer at
his office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to
eject any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board of Local I'm
provements of the City OF Cairo, I'LL
nois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary OF Board
Cairo. Illinois. February 18th. A. D.