The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Paving
Poplar Street.

Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten 10) O'Clock. a. m. of Monday
April Goth, 1908, at the city >counci
chamber of the City OF Cairo, Iii
nois, No. I'LL Commercial Avenue, IN
the said city, the Board of Local I'm
Iprovements of the said City of Cairo
| will receive sealed itemized bidz on
| proposals for the construction OF a
vitrifiad tile pipe sewer in Poplar
Street, in the said city. from Twent.
icth Street to Thirty.Fourth Street
and of a vitrified brick pavement
with combined concrete curb and
gutter, on the said Poplar Street,
from the east line Of Washington Ave
nue. to the south line Of said Thirty.
Fourth Street, together with vitrified
tile pipe house connections, and brick
catch basins and manholes,
Tho above work is provided for and
fully described In Ordinance No l4S,
approved September 10th, 1907, and
the said bids must be for the con
struction Of the said Improvements In
visions Of the said ordinance. which
is now of record in the office of the
City Clcrk of said City of Cairo, No
I'LL Comercial Avenue, where print.
ed copies of the ordinance may be
obtained on application to said City
Clerk, and in the office of the City
Engineer Of the said City of Cairo, in
the same building, the specifications
of and for the said work will be found
and may be there examined.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
companied by cash. or by a check pay
able to the order of the President OF
the said Board, in his official capacity
and certified ny a responsible bank
for an amount equal TO ten (l0) per
centum of the amount of the bid or
proposal and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
sidered. The bids shall he delivered
10 the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned: and at said
time and place above mentioned the
said Board, in open session, will open.
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
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 strict accordance with the terms
and requirements of the said ordi-
nance. and shall also enter into bond
payable to the said City of Cairo in
She sum of fifty (50) per centum of
the amount Of his bid. with security
10 be approved by the said Board. con
ditioned for the faithful performance.
in all respects, of his said contract
and for holding the said city harmless,
eto.. and he shall also bind himself
in his said contract and bond. to
guarantee his said work for the period
of two ~ years from and after the
acceptance Of the same by the said
Board and its confirmation by the
court.
The contractor TO whom the con-
tract is awarded and who shall do the
work. will be paid in bonds of the
said City of Cairo bearing interest at
the rate of five 90 per cent. per an
mum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals viii be
furnished on application to the said
City Engineer at his office aforesaid.
The BOARD reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of tho Board of Local I'm
provements of the City Of Cairo,
Illinois.
Attest.-ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary OF Board.
Cairo, Illinois, April 18th, A. D. 1898