The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.

Sross oTeets Between fWenty-first
Street and Twenty-Eishth and
West Twenty-Eighth Streets, and a
Part of Walnut Street, in the City
of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten t1o) O'Clock a m, Thursday
May n, 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
struction CT yitrfled tile pipe sewers.
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty.Second and
West Twenty-Second Streets, Twenty.
Third and West TwentyThird Streets,
West Twenty-Fourth Street, Twenty
Fifth and West Twenty-Fifrh Streets,
Twenty-SiXth and West Twenty-Sixth
Streets, Twenty-Seventh and West
Street and part OF Walnut Street
in the said City of Cairo, and for fill.
ing with earth OF the untitled portions
Of the said streets. n
The said sewers house connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filing must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions Of Ordinance
No. 1877, approved May e, 1907, now
Of record in the Office of the City
Clerk CT said City, No. I'LL CONNER
eial avenue. whore 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 speech
cations Of and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement as 9
whole aud In all its parts is fully de-
scribed in the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construction al
| the improvement in strict conformity
with it's terms and provisions. Bids
| will be received for the making OF
| the Improvement as a whole and al.
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the 1lling and for the
billing without the sewer work ami
also for the sewer work and filling on
the different streets separately.
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,
and certified by q responsible bank,
for an amount equal to ten 00) 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 and at said
time and place, the said Board, in
open session will open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro
lposals.
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 and requirements Of
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
ter into a bond payable to the said
city In the sum az fifty (50) per
centum Of the amount Of his bid
with security to be approved by the
said Board, conditioned for the faith
full performance. in all respects, of his
i
said contract and for holding the city
harmless, etc: and he shall bind him
self, in his said contract and bond, TO
guarantee the sewer construction work
for the period of two CD 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 for the construction of the i'm
provement. or any part thereof Is
awarded and who shall DO the work.
will be paid in bonds of the city bear.
| ing interest at the rate OF five go
per ccntum per annum from their re-
spective dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals will be furnished on april
cation to the said City Engineer at his
,ofrice aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated this 9Th day of May. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Board of Local Improve
| rnan.e NJ tho CITY of CafrD