The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers and Filling.

All cross streets between Twenty.
first street and Twenty-eighth and
West Twenty streets, and a
lpart of Walnut street. in the City of
lCairo. Illinois, except Twenty-fourth
land West Twentyfourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given that
Iuntil ten O0) O'Clock a. m, Monday
April G. 1908, at the city council cham
Der of the City of Cairo, Illinois, No
I1l11 Commercial avenue, the Board Of
Local improvements or the City of
Cairo win receive sealed, itemZed bids
or proposals for the construction of
yitrified tile pipe sewers, house con
Injections and inlets and brick man
holes in Twentysecond and West
Twenty-second streets, Twenty-third
and West Twentythird streets Tween.
lty-nfth aud West Twenty-tifth streets
Twentys and West Twenty sixth
streets, Twenty, and West
Twenty severJh streets, Charles
street ana a 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,
linlets and brick manholes and the said
Ifllng 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
lavenue, where printed copies Of the
ordinance may be obtained on appli
IcatiCr to the said city clerk, and In
the Office Of the city engineer Of the
city. in the same building, the speci-
locations 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 AM
| the bids must be for the ccnstrUttUN
| Of the Improvement in strict con
formity with its terms and provisions
| Bids will be received for the
making of the Improvement as 2
whole and also for the construc'
| ton of the sewer work without the
Ifning and for the filing 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 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 (1O)
lper centum Of the amount Of the bid
or proposal, and, without such cash
or check, no bid or proposal will b"
considered. The bids snail he d"''v.
cred 10 the Board ut the '!m. "H
n'oce FIRST above ment'au.4 auH at
i1 tmo aud place. th0 a# Hu.rI
in open session, will open, eAdm.n
and publicly declare said bids or pro-
Iposals
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
or for such part thereof as shalt be
awarded to him in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements Of
the said ordinance. and shall also en-
ter into bond payable to the said
| city in the sum of fifty 500 per
Icentum of the amount or his bid, with
Isecurity to be approved by the said
Board. conditioned for the faithful
1 ia .1T n
Isald contract and for holding the city
harmless. etc. and he shall bind him
lself. 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
lfrmation by the court
The bond for the nlling work shall
be i'm the sum of twenty (20D per
lccntum of the amount of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filling
work to be done and shall be condi-
Itioned for the faithful performance, in
Ian respects. of his said contract and
flor holding the city harmless. etc.
The contractor to whom the con-
Itract for the construction of the i'm
Iprovement or any part thereof, is
awarded and who shall DO the work.
will be paid in bonds OF the city bear
ling interest at the rate OF five 90 per
lcentum per annum from their respec-
Tive dates Blanks for bids or pro-
lposals viii be furnished on applica-
ltion to the said City Engineer at his
loffice aforesaid.
The Beard reserves the right to re-
iect any and all lids
Dated. at Cairo, Illinois, this 29rd
lday OF March. a. D. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board of Local I'm
provements Of the City of Cairo, I'LL
nois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary of Board.