The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
Cross Streets Between Twenty-First
Street and Twenty-E iahth and
West Twenty-Eighth Streets, and a
Part of Walnut Street, in the City

Street and Twenty-E ghth 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 tl0l O'clock a., M, Thursday
May II, 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,
lstruction CT vitrified tile pipe sewers.
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty-Second and
West Twenty-Second Streets, Twenty.
Third and West Twenty Third Streets,
West Twenty-Fourth Street. Twenty
Fifth and West Twenty Fifth Streets
lTwenty.Sixth and West Twenty-Sixth
Streets, Twenty-Seventh and West
| Twenty-Seventh Streets. Charles
Street and part OF Walnut Street
in the said City of Cairo, and for fill
ing with earth Of the unified portionsl
of the said streets.
The said sewers. house connections
inlets and brick manholes and the,
said filling must be constructed, made
aud done in accordance with the
terms and provisions of Ordinance.
No. 127. approved May e, 1907. now
of record in the office of the City
Clerk Of said City, No, iii CONNER
cial avenue, where 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 specif.
cations of and for the said work win
be found and may be there examined.
The said local Improvement as a
whole and in all its parts is fully der
scribed in the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construction of
the Improvement in strict conformity
with It's terms aud provisions. Bids
will be received for the making Of
the Improvement as whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the filling and for thu
filling 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 a 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
sidered. The bids may be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned and at sald
time and place, the said Board, In
open session will open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro
posals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into 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 bond payable to the said
city in the sum Of 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
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 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 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 (5)
per centum per annum from their re-
spective dates. Blanks for bids Or
proposals win be furnished on appli-
cation to the said City Engineer at his
office aforesaid ra
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated this eth day Of MAY. 1908
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Board OF Local Improve
ments OF the City of Cairo.
Attest. ERNEST WORKMAN.