The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWIE RS.


Public notice Is hereby given tina
. uhtil ten tl0) o'clock A. NJ, Monday
March 10th, 1908, at the city eouu
cil chamber of the City Of Cairo. Iii
4 nois, the Board Of Local Improve
ments of the said city will receiy
sealed itemized bids for the construc
ton OF vitrilled tile pipe sewers. hous,
connections and inlets and brick man
holes In Division street. Cente,
street and TwentyFirst street, In the
said city of Cairo, Illinois, lii accord
ancc with the terms and provisions
OF Ordinance No 12G, approved MAY
Is, 1907, now Of record in the office
OF the City Clerk Of said city No. I'LL
Commercial avenue, where printed
copies Of the ordinance may be Oh.
tanned on application to the said
Iclerk. The specifications of ana for
the Improvement will be found and
may be examined at the office of the
city Engineer Of said city in the same
building. The bids or proposals must
be for the construction of the inn.
proyement in strict conformity to the
terms and provisions of the said or
dinance.
All bids must be accompanied BY
cash or by check payable to the OF.
der Of the President of said Beard In
his official capacity and certified BY
q responsible bank, -or an amount
equal to ten (10) per centum Of the
amount of the bid, and without such
cash or check. no bid will be consider |
Cd. The bids or proposals shall be de. |
livered To the Board at the time and |
place first above mentioned, and at /
said time and place, the said Board, In |
open session win open, examine and
publicly declare the said bids or pro.
posals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted Shall enter into a contract
With the said City of Cairo for the
Of the said improvement
L accordance with the terms and re.
of the said ordinance, and H
hall also enter into bond payableI
@ the said city, in the sum of fiftyl
ao) per centum of the amount OF
lis bid, with security to be approved
Y the said Board, conditioned for the
aithful performance, In all respects,
I his said contract and for holding
he said city harmless. etc, and he
hall also bind himself. in his said
cntract and bond to guarantee his
aid work for the period of two (2) I
ears from and after the acceptance ,
the same by the said Board and its !
by the court
The contractor to whom the con- :
act for the construction of the i'm. :
'ovement shall be awarded and who I
lall do the work, will be paid In t
'nds Of the city bearing interest at q
e rate of five 90 per centum per d
mum from their respective dates. &
Ianks for bids or proposals will be
rnished on application to the City 0
lgineer at his office aforesaid I
The Board reserves the right to v
ject any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS, 8
'esident of the Board Of Local I'm I,
provements of the City of Cairo, I'LL F
nois. n
test: ERNEST WORKMAN. Il
Secretary of Board. a
iro, H.. March 2d. 1908. n
Construction OF Manhofes. n
In certain technical college when y
q question, why are manholes made =
optical and not CIRCULAR" was put ~
the class in examination the ma =.
-ity answered by describing the =,
ape Of mans head or body, OF In
me other manner going into the de- !.
lis of the human anatomy The :.
hers answered that the reason for -
king them elliptical is that the COW o.
j may be placed on the inside. an ~,
GRAFTON which would be impossible =,
ID a circular manhole. %