The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
All Cross Streets Between Twenty
first Street and Twenty-eightf
and West TWenty-eighth Streets
and a Part Of Walnut Street, In
the Civ of Cairo Itlinois

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and West TWenty-eighth Streets,
and Part Of Walnut Street, In
the City Of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (l0) 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 vitrified tile pipe
sewers. house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Twenty-second
and West Twenty-second streets,
| Twenty-third and West Twenty-third
streets, Twenty-fourth and West
Twenty-fourth streets, Twenty-ffth'
and West Twenty-fifth streets, TWEEN.
ty-sixth and West Twenty-sixthE
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty-seventh streets, Charles
street and a part of Walnut street.
| in the said City OF Cairo and for the
filling with earth OF the untitled por-l
tions OF the said streets.
The said sewers, mouse connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filling must be constructed, made
and done in accordance with the
terms and provisions OF Ordinance
| No 12T, approved May IS, 1907, now
| of record In the office of the City
Clerk of said city. No I'LL CONNER.
eial 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 and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined
The said local improvement as al
whole and in all it's parts is fully de-
scribed In the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construction of
the improvement In strict conformity
with It's terms and provisions. Bids
will be received for the making of
the improvement as 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 &C
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 (10) per-
aaut,,u. of sha ap,o,.ut ne Tho hil m
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. iii 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 (5ol per
eentum 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 90 years
from and after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and its conf
firmation by the court.
The contractor 10 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 b. paid in bonds OF the city bear
ing interest at the rate of five go |
per centum per annum from their re-
speetiye dates. Blanks for bids orl
proposals will be furnished on appr-
cation to the said City Engineer at
his Office aforesaid.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board Of Local I'M
provements of the City of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest:
ERNEST WORKMAN.