The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Paving
Poplar Street.

Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (l0l o'clock. a m of Monday
April 20th, 1908 at the city council
chamber of the City of Cairo, Hi.
1ois Mo I'LL Commercial Avenue. In
the said city, the Board of Local I'm
provements Of the said City of Cairo
will receive sealed itemized bids on
proposals for the construction of a
yitrifi ID tile pipe sewer in Poplar
street, in the said city. from Twent-
ieth Street to ThirtyFourth Street,
and of a yitrified brick pavement,
with combined concrete curb and
gutter, on the said Poplar Street,
rom the east line of Washington Ave
lue to the south line of said Thirty
Fourth Street, together with yitrified
lie pipe house connections, and brick
latch basins and manholes
The above work is provided for and
'uly described in Ordinance No. 14S.
approved September 10th, 1907. and
h. said BIDS must be for the con
tructiCn Of the said improvements IN
'trict conformity to the terms and pro
visions Of the said ordinance, which
s now of record in the office of the
lily Clork of said City of Cairo, No
III Commercial Avenue where print
II copies of the ordinance may be
obtained on application to said City
Clerk. and in the office Of the City
Engineer of the said City of Cairo, IN
he same building, the specifications
If and for the said work will be found
md may be there examined
All bids or proposals must be ae
;ompanied by cash, or by check pay
lbIe 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 ten i10) per
3entum Of the amount of the bid or
proposal, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
siderod 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
aid Board, in open session, will open,
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City OF Cairo for the
construction of the said improvement
in strict accordance with the terms
and requirements of the said ordi-
and shall also eiter into a bond
payable to the said City of Cairo in
the sum of fifty 500 per centum Of
the amount of his bid, with security
to be approved by the said Board, con
for the faithful performance
in all respects. of his said contract
and for holding the said city harmless
etc. and he shall also bind himself
in his said contract and bond. to
his said work for the period
Of two 60 years from and after the
acceptance cf the same by the sad
Board and its confirmation by the
court
The contractor to whom the con
tract is awarded and who shall do the
work, will be paid in bonds of the
said City of Cairo beaFSng interest at
the rate of five 60 per cent. ,per an.
mum from their respective Mates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
on application TO the SAIL
City Engineer at his office aforesaid,
The Board reserves the right to re
Jet any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board of Local I'm
provoments Of the City Ct CaiHs
Illinois
Attest. ERNEST (O3DMt%
Secretary of Board
Cairo, Illinois. April 9TH. A. D. 1878