The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.
All Cross Streets Between Twenty
first Street and TWenty-eighth
and West Twenty-eighth Streets,
and Part of Walnut Street, in

| and West Twenty-eighth Streets,
and a Part Of Walnut Street, in
the City Of Cairo, Illinois.
Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten u0) O'Clock A. NJ, Wednes-
| day, February ~. 1908 at the city
council chamber of the City of Cairo,
| Illinois. No I'LL Commercial avenue,
| the Board of Local Improvements OF
the City of Cairo, will receive sealed
itemized bids or proposals for the
construction of vitrifled tile pipe
sewers, house connections and inlets
end brick manholes In Twenty-second
and West Twenty streets,
Twenty.third and West Twenty.third
streets, Twenty-fourth and West
Twentyfourth streets, Twenty-fifth
and West Twenty-fifth streets. TWEEN,
tysixth and West Twentysixth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty-seventh streets, Charles
street and part of Walnut street,
in the said City of Cairo. and for the
filing with earth or the untitled por-
The said sewers. mouse connections,
lnlets and brick manholes and the
said filing must be constructed, made
and done In accordance with the
terms and provisions of Ordinance
No 1871. approved May IS, 1907, now
Of record In the office of the City
Clerk Of said city, No. iii CONNER.
cial avenue, where printed copies OF
the ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said clerk, and I'm
city, In the same building, the specif-
cations of ard for the said work will
be found and may be there examined.
The said local improvement as a.
whole and in all its parts Is fully de-
scribed In the said ordinance. and the
bids must be for the construction of
the Improvement In strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
will be received for the making OF
the improvement as whole and al
work without the filling 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-
by cash or by check pay
able to the order of the President of |
the said Board I'm his official capacity, |
and certified by a responsible bank, |
for an amount equal to tn (f0) per
centum of the amount of the bid or
and, without such cash or
check. no bid or proposal will be con.
sidered. The bids may be delivered |
to the Board at the time and place |
first above mentioned or before that |
time to the Secretary of Board at |
bis office with the said City Clerk,
No. iii Commercial avenue afore-
said and at said time and place, the
said Board. In open session will open.
and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid may be |
accepted shall enter into a contract |
With the said City of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement,
" for such part thereof as may be
awarded to him. In strict accordance |
With the terms ond requirements of |
he said ordinance. and shall also en-
er INTO a bond payable to the said |
'ity in the sum of fifty (59) per |
.entum of the amount OF his bid. |
With security TO be approved by the |
aid Board. conditioned for the faith
al performance. in all respects. of his
aid contract and for holding the city
etc: and he shall bind him.
'eif. in his said contract and bon5. to
the sewer construction
work for the period of two 90 years
rom and after the acceptance OF the
samc by the said Board and its con-
imation by the court.
The contractor 20 whom the con-
ract for the construction of the i'm
or any part thereof. is
awarded and who shall do the work.
win be paid in bonds Of the city bear
ng interest at the rate Of five go II
per centum per annum from their re-
'pective dates. Blanks for bids or
win be furnished on appff-
alton TO the said City Engineer at
bis Office aforesaid
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board of Local I'm
provemeHts Of the City of Cairo,
Illinois
attest;
ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary Of Hard III