The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET PAVING, SEWER AND
STREET FILLING.
Sycamore Street from the East Line
of Washington Avenue to the
North Line OF Thirty-Fourth
Street, in the City of Cairo, lll-
nois.

Public notice is hereby given that
until ten 001 o'clock Il. m. Monday,
March 1G, 1908 at the city council
chamber of the City of Cairo, Illinois
the Board Of Local improvements Of
said city will receive sealed itemized
bids for the construction of vitrlfied
tile pipe sewer catch-basins and
transformations Iii Sycamore street,
In the said City of Cairo, Illinois, for
filling said street with earth and for
the construction OF a vitrified brick
pavement on said Ereet from the east
line of Washington Avenue to the
north line of Thirty-Fourth street In
accordance with the terms and condi.
tions of Ordinance No. 147 of said
city adopted September 10. 1901 and
approved September IS, 1907. now of
record in the office of the city clerk
Of said city, No. iii Commercial
Avenue, where printed copies of the
said ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said clerk. The
specifications of and for the improve
ment will be found and may be ex.
amined at the office OF the City Engi.
neer of said city at said No. iii Com.
mercial Avenue. The bids or pro.
posaIs must be for the construction OF
the Improvement In strict conformity
TO the terms and provisions Of said Or
dinance
All bids must be accompanied by
cash or by check payable to the or.
der Of the President OF said Board I'm
his official capacity and certified by
Il responsible bank for an amount
equal to ten (10) per centum of the
amount of the bid, and without such
cash or check, no bid viii he consider.
ed. The bids or proposals shall be de.
liyered TO the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned, and at
said time and place, the said Board, in
open session, viii 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
construction of the said Improvement
IN accordance with the terms and re-
quircments of the said ordinance and
shall also enter into bond payable
to the said city, in the sum of fifty
t5O) per centum of the amount of
his bid with security to be approved
BY the said Board, conditioned for the
faithful performance. In all respects,
of bis said contract and for holding
the said city harmless, etc. and he
shall also bind himself. In his said
contract, and bond to guarantee his
said work for the period of two CD
years from and after the acceptance
OF the same by the said Board and It's
confirmation by the couit.
The contractor to whom the con
tract for the construction OF the i'm
provement shall be awarded and who
shall do the work. will be paid in
btras Of the city bearing interest at
the rate Of five go per centum per
annum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
furnished on application to the City
Engineer at his office aforesaid
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo. Illinois, this fourth
day OF March, 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board OF Local I'M
proyements of the City of Cairo. III
nOis.
Attest ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary of Board.