The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
All Cross Streets Between Twenty
first Street ana Twenty eight
and West Twenty-eighth Streets
and a Part of Walnut Street, IL
The Clfu of Cairo Iliinnis


and West Twenty-eishth Streets,
and Part of Walnut Street, in
the City of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten 10) o'clock A. NJ, Wednes-
day, February IL, 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 will receive sealed
itemized bids or proposals for the
construction of vitrifed tile pipe
Isewers, house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Twenty-second
and West Twenty-second streets.
Twenty and West Twenty-third
streets, Twehty-fourth and West
Twenty-fourth streets. Twenty-tifth
and West Twenty.ffth streets, Twen.
ty-sixth and West Twentysixth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty-seventh streets, Charles
street and part of Walnut street,
in the said City of Cairo, and for the
filling with earth OF the untitled por-
tons Of the said streets.
The said sewers. mousse connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filing must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions of Ordinance
No. 127, approved May IS, 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 specifi-
cations of ard for the said work will
be found and may be there examined.
The said local improvement as
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 a whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the filling 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-
companied by cash or by check pay
able to the order OF the President OF
the said Board in his official capacity,
and certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal to tn (l0) 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 or before that
time to the Secretary of Board at
bis office with the said City Clerk
No. I'LL Commercial avenue afore-
said: and at said time and place. the
said Board, in open session will open,
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a 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 ond requirements OF
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
ter INTO a bond payable TO the said
city In the sum of fifty t59b 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 ca years
from and after the acceptance OF the
samo by the said Board and its con
firmation 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 al the rate OF FIVE 60
per centum per shnum from their re-
speetive dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals viii be furnished on appfi-
cation TO the said City Engineer .,
his Office Aforesaid.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President OF the Board Of Local I'm.
provements Of the City Of Cairo,
Illinois.
Attest;
ERNEST WORKMAN.
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