The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-27
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Filling.

Sewers and Filling.
All cross streets between Twenty
first street aud Twenty-eishth ant
west TWentyeighth streets, and
part Of Walnut street, in the City OF
Cairo, Illinois, except Twentyfourtl
and West Twenty-fourth streets.
Public notice Is hereby given that
Iuntil ten l0) O'Clock a. H.. Monday
April 6, 1908, at the city council cham.
Der of the City of Cairo, Illinois, No.
I'M Commercial avenue, the Board of
Local Improvements or the City of
Cairo Will receive sealed. itemized bids
n proposals for the construction of
yitrided tile pipe sewers, house con
INJECTIONS and inlets aud brick man.
holes in Twentysecond and West
Twenty-secoud streets Twenty-thrd
and West Tweuty-third streets, Tween.
tyffth and West Tweuty,ffth streets
TwentysiNth and West Twenty-siXth
streets, Twenty 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 mauholes aud the said
filling must be constructed, made and
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions Of Ordinance No 127 Of
said city, approved May is, 1907, now
Of record in the office of the city
clerk of said city, No. I'LL Commercial
avenue, where printed copies of the
Ordinance may be obtained on appli
eaten to the said city clerk, and in
the Office Of the city engineer Of the
city, in the same building the speci.
fications Of and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined,
The said local Improvement as a
whole aud in all of its parts is fully
described ia Tie said ordinance, and
the bids must be for the construction
of the Improvement in stSct 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
Hllng and for the filling without the
sewer work and also for the sewer
work and filling on the different
streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
complained by cash, or by a check, |
payable to the order of the president
81 the said Board in his official capa-
city and certified by a responsible !
bank for an amount equal to ten (10)
per ccntum of the amount Of the bid
or proposal, and without such cash
or check, no bid or proposal will be
The bids snail be deliy-
cred 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-
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 shall be
awarded to him in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements Of
the said ordinance, and shall also Ell
ter into a bond payable to the said |
city in the sum of fifty (jO) per
D.
security to be approved by the said
Board. conditioned for the faithful
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 81 years
from and after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and its con
irmation by the court
The bond for the 6lling work shall
he in the sum Of twenty (20j per
,cntum of the amount Of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filling
work to he done end shah be condi-
ioned for the faithful performaAse. in
III respects. Of his said contract and
or holding the city harmless. etc.
The contractor to whom the con
.ract for the construction of the i'm
or any paHt,l thereof is
awarded and who shall do the work,
will be paid in bonds Of the city bear
ug interest at the rate Of five o. per
.entum per annum from their respec-
i've dates Blanks TOR bids or pro
,c sails will be furnished on applica-
jon TO the said City Engineer at his
,fsice aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ect any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo. Illinois. this 23rd
lay nj March, A. D. 1905
GEORGE PARSONS.