The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-22
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET FILLING.

| All cross streets between twenty
First Street and Twenty-Eighth anc
West Twenty Eighth Streets, except
| TWenty-Fourth Street and West TWEEN
ty-Fourth Street, in the City of Cairo
| Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten 10) o'clock a. m, of Mon.
day, March End, 1908, at the City
Council Chamber of the City Of Cairo
Illinois, No. I'LL Commercial Avenue,
the Board of Local improvements OF
the City of Cairo, Illinois, will re-
ceive sealed, itemized bids or propos.
ais for the filing with earth of the un.
| filled portions of Twenty-Second and
West Twenty-Second Streets, Twenty
third and West Twenty-Third Streets
lTwenty-Fifth and West TwentyFifth
Streets, Twenty-Sixth and West
lTwenty-Sixth Streets, West Twenty
Seventh Street and Charles Street, In
the said City of Cairo.
The said street filing 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. 1111 Com
mercial Avenue, wnere 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
construction 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
ecmpanied by cash, or by check
payable to the order OF the President
of the said Board, in his official capac
ity, and certified by a responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten U0) per
centum of the amount of the bid o.
and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
The bids shall be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned; and at said
time 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 10 the said City of Cairo In the |
sum Of fifty 500 per centum of the
amount of his bid. with security 10 |
be- approved by the said Board. con
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-
.rsct for the filing Of said streets
yith earth. or for the filling OF any
If said streets with earth IS awarded 1
Ind who shall DO the work. will be
laid in bonds Of the said City Of Cairo |
bearing interest at the rate Of FIVE
80 per cent. per annum from their |
respective dates Blanks for bids o.
proposals win be furnished on appli. |
.ation TO the said City Engineer at
lis Office aforesaid
The Bosrd reserves the right to |
reject any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board Of Local I'M
provemeuts Of the City Of Cairo. MI
nois.
Attest. ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary Of Board |
Cairo. Illinois, February 18th, A. d.