The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Fillinq.

West Twentyeighth streets. and
part of Walnut street, in the City G
Cairo, Illinois, except Twenty-fourt
aud West Twenty-fourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given tina
until ten tl0) O'Clock a. M, Monday
April 6, 1908, at the city council chan
Der of the City of Cairo Illinois, NJ
I'LL Commercial avenue. the Board @
Local improvements or the City O
Cairo will receive scaled, itemized bid
Ter proposals for the construction O
yltritied tile pipe sewers, house con
nections and inlets and brick man
holes in Twenty-second and Yves
Twenty-sec0nd streets, Twenty-thir,
and West Twenty-tlird streets, Tween
| ty-lifth and West Twenty-fifth streets
TWenty-siXth and West TwentysiXtl
streets, Twenty-seyenth and Wes
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 1877 OF
said city approved May IS, 1907, now
of record in the office Of the city
clerk of said city, No. iii Commercial
avenue, where printed copies of the
ordinance may be obtained on appli
cation to the said city clerk, and in
the office of the city engineer of the
city. in the same building, the speci
ilcations 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 ia strict con
tormity with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for tn
making of the Improvement as .
whole and also for the construc
tion Of the sewer work without thu
filing and for the filing without the
sewer work and also for the sewer
work and filling on the different
streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac
complained by cash, or by 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 Q0)
per centum of the amount Of the bid
or proposal, and, without such cash
or check, no bid or proposal will b.
The bids shall be deliv
place first above mentioned, and at
said time and place, the said Board
IN open session, will open, examine
and publicly declare 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.
Or for such part thereof as shah be
2warded 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 (50) per
'entum of the amount or his bid, with
iecurity to be approved by the said
Board, conditioned for the faithful
performance. in all respects, of his
iaid 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
rom and after the acceptance Of the
same by the said Board and its con
irmation by the court. af
The bond for the hlling work shall
)e in the sum of twenty COO per
,Cntum of the amount of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filling
work to be done and shall be condi
ioned for the faithful performance. in
III respects, of his said contract and
or holding the city harmless, etc.
The contractor to whom the con
ract for the construction of the i'm
or any part thereof, is
.warded and who shall do the work.
will be paid in bonds OF the city bear
ng interest at the rate OF five 60 per
entum per annum from their respec
i've dates. Blanks for bids or pro |
,osals will be furnished on applica- |
ion to the said City Engineer at his
Eice aforesaid
The Board reserves the right to re-
ect any and all bids.
Dated. at Cairo. Illinois. this 2Srd
ay of March. A. D. 1908
GEORGE PARSONS.
PRESIDENT of the Board of LocSI I'm
provements of the City of Cairo, iii |
nois.
.ttest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary of Board.
ELECTION NOTICE.