The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEW G r.
Thirtieth Street.

Public notice is hereby sven tha
until ten (10l o'clock a. NJ. Monday
October l9, 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
strnction of vitrifed tile pipe
sewer. house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Thirtieth
street. from Commercial avenue to a
point twenty 600 feet west of the
east line of St Mary's Place East,
The said sewer. house connections,
inlets and brick manholes must be
constructed made and done In ac-
cordance with the terms and pro
visions of ordinance No. l66, APP
proved August II, 1908, now OF
record in the office Of the city clerk
of said city, No. I'LL Commercial ave
nue.. where printed copies of the ordi-
nance 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 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 must be for the construction of
the improvement in strict conformity
with its terms and provisions, Bids
will be received for the making OF
the improvement as whole.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
by cash or by a check pay
able to the order of the President of
the said Board in his official capacity,
AMI certified by a responsible bank,
or an amount equal to ten tlO) per
centum of the amount of the bid or
proposal. and without such cash or
heck, no bid or proposal will be con
;iGered The bids must be delivered
% the Board at the time and place
irss above mentioned. No. iii Com
nercial avenue aforesaid; and at said
line and place, the said Board, IN
open session, will open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro.
,osals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a contract
With the said city OF Cairo for the
OF the said improvement |
n strict accordance with the terms
md requirements Of the said orli |
larce. and shall also enter into a |
,ond payable to the said city in the |
um of fifty 500 per centum of the |
mount of his bid, with security to be
.ppfoved by the said Board, condi- |
toned for the faithful performance,
n an respects, OF his said contract /
nd for holding the city harmless,
tc.: and he shall bind himself in his |
aid contract and bond, to guarantee
Iis work for the period of two (2) |
ears from and after the acceptance |
# the same by the said Board and
Is confirmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con
racl for the construction OF the i'm
Is awarded and who shall
10 the work. will be paid in bonds
II the city bearing interest at the
ate OF FIVE 90 per centum per an
lum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
furnished on application to the said |
tty engineer at his Office aforesaid. |
The Board reserves the right to re-
ect any and all bids.
Dated al Cairo. Illinois. this 9Th |
ay OF October. a. ID. 1905.
GEORGE PARSONS.
PRESIDENT Of the Board of Local I'm
provements OF the City Of Cairo /
Illinois
.ttest. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary Of Board.