The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-30
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and FilIinu.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Filling.
All cross streets between Twenty
first street and Twenty-eighth ana
West Twenty.eighth streets. and q
part of Walnut street, in the City oi
Cairo, Illinois, except Twenty.fourtl
and West Twenty.fourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (10) o'clock a. M, Monday,
April G, 1908. at the city council cham.
Der of the City of Cairo. Illinois. No.
! iii Commercial avenue, the Board of
Local improvements or the City of
! Cairo will receive sealed, item2ed bids
[Cr proposals for the construction Of
yitfifed tile pipe sewers, house con-
lnectons and inlets and brick man.
holes in Twenty-secoud and West
| Twenty streets, Twenty-thir,l
and West Twenty-third streets, Tween.
ty-ffth and West Twenty fifth streets
ITwenty-siXth and West Twenty sixth
streets, Twenty-seyenth 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,
.inlets and brick manholes and the said
filling must be constructed, made and
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. 1877 of
said city, approved May 49, 1907, now
of record in the office of the city
clerk of said city, No. iii Commercial
avenue, where printed copies of the
ordinance may be obtained on appli.
caticn to the said city clerk, and In
the office of the city engineer Of the
fcations of and for the said work will
be found and may be there eXamined
The said local Improvement as q
whole and I'm all of its parts Is fully
described in the said ordinance, AMI
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
making of the Improvement as \
whole and also for the construc-
ton of the sewer work without the
filing and for the filling without the
sewer work and also FOR the sewer
work and filing on the different
streets separately
All bids or proposals must be ac-
complained by cash, or by check,
payable to the order of the president
OF the said Board in his official capa-
city, and certified by a responsible
bank for an amount equal to ten (10)
per eentum of the amount of the bid
or proposal, and, without such cash
or check, no bid or proposal viii be
considered 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
and publicly declare said bids or pro1
posals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said city of Cairo for the
of the said Improvement.
or for such part thereof as shalt 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 or his bid, with
security to be approved by the said
Board, conditioned for the faithful |
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 (2) years
from and after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and its con
Grmation by the court.
The bond for the filling work shall
be in the sum of twenty 900 perl
ctntum of the amount of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filing
work to be done and shall be condi-
toned for the faithful performance, in
all respects, of his said contract and
for holding the city harmless, etc.
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
ng interest at the rate of five 60 per
,entum per annum from their respec-
tive dates. Blanks for bids or pro-
Josals will be furnished on applica-
ton TO the said City Engineer at his
office aforesaid.
The Beard reserves the right to re-
Iect any and all bids.
Dated. at Cairo Illinois, this gard
lay of March, A. d. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS,