The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Fillinq.

| All cross streets between Twenty
first street and Twenty eighth and
West Twenty-eighth streets. and a
part of Walnut street. in the City of
Care, Illinois, except Twenty.fourth
and West Twentyfourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (l0l O'Clock a. m Monday,
April 6, 1908, at the city council cham
Der Of the City of Cairo Illinois, No.
| I'LL Commercial avenue, the Board of
Local improvements or the City OF
/ caro- Will receive sealed, itemized bids
or proposals for the construction of
vittitied tile pipe sewers, house con.
nections and inlets and brick man
| holes in TWenty-second and West
Twenty-second streets. Twenty-third
and West Twenty-third streets. Tween
| tyfifth and West Twenty-ffth streets
Twenty sixth and West Twenty.sixth
streets, Twenty-seyenth aud West
Twenty seventh streets, Charles
street and 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 manholes and the said
filling must be constructed, made and
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. 127 OIL
said city, approved May IS, 1907, now
| of record in the office of the city
clerk of said city, No, I'LL Commercial
avenue, whore printed copies of tho
ordinance may be obtained on appli
caticn to the said city clerk, and in
the office of the city engineer of the
city in the same building the speci.
tications OF and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined
The said local improvement as a
whole and in all Of its parts is fully
| described In the said ordinance, and
| the bids must be for the construction
of the Improvement in strict con
formity with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for the
making of the Improvement as al
whole and also for the eonstruc
ton of the sewer work without tho
filling and for the filling without the
sewer work and also for the sewer
work and filing 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
OF the said Board in his official capa.
city. and certified by a responsible
bank for an amount equal to ten (I01
per centum of the amount of the hid
or proposal, and. without such cash
CT check, no bid or proposal will be
considered The bids shall be deliv
cred to the Board at the time ard
place first above mentioned, and at
said time and place. the said Board,
III 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
construction of the said Improvement.
or for such part thereof as shah be
awarded to him in strict accordance
. with the terms and requirements of
the said ordinance and shall also en-
ter into a bond payable to the said
city in the sum of fifty (50l per
centum of the amount or his bid. with
security to be approved by the said
Board. conditioned for the faithful
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 (2) years
from and after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and its con
iirmation by the court
The bond for the 1lling work shall
be in the sum of twenty t2Dj per
centum of the amount of the bid
which shall be accepted fer the filling
work to be done and Shall be condi-
toned for the faithful performance. in
all respects. of bis said contract and
for holding the city harmless. etc.
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 at the rate of FIVE 60 per
centum per annum from their respec-
tive dates. Blanks tor bids or pro-
posals will be furnished on applica-
ton to the said City Engineer at his
Office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
jeet any and all bids.
Dated, at Cairo, Illinois. this 23rd
| day Of March, A. d. 1903
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board OF Local I'm
| provements of the City of Cairo. Iii.