The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-11
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Paving
Poplar Street.

Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten u0) o'clock. a. m of Monday,
April 20th, 1908, at the city council
chamber of the City of Cairo. iii
nois, No. I'LL Commercial Avenue, in
the said city, the Board OF Local I'm
provements Of the said City Of Cairo
viii receive sealed itemized bids on
proposals for the construction of d
ritrifi'd tile pipe sewer in Poplar
Street, IN the said city from Twant-
icth Street to Thirty Fourth Street,
and of a vitrified brick pavement,
with o 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 1iS.
approved September 10th, 1907, and
the said bids must be for the con
struction Of the said improvements in
strict conformity to the terms and pro.
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 he 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 by responsible bank
for an amount equal TO ten (10) per
centum of the amount of the bid or
proposal, and without snch cash or
check, no bid or proposal viii be con
sidered. The bids shall be delivered
TO the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned; and az 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 contract
with the said City OF Cairo for the
in strict accordance with the terms
and requirements of the said ordi
nance, and shall also erker into a bond
payable to the said City of Cairo IN
the sum of fifty (50l per centum OF
the amount of his bid. with security
to be approved by the said Board. con
dtioned for the faithful performance.
in all respects. of his said contract
and for holding the said city harmless.
etc. and he shah also bind himself
in his said contract and bond. to
his said work for the period
OF two f2) 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 Isl per cent per an
mum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
furnished on application to the said
City Engineer al his office aforesaid.
The BOARD reserves the right 10 re-
jet any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board of Local I'm
proyements of the City of Cairo.
Illinois.
Attest: WORKMAN,
Secretary of Board.
Cairo, Illinois, April It'll, A. D 1913.