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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEWERS AND FILLING.

Cross Streets Between Twenty-Firs
4 Street and Twenty-Eighth an
West Twenty.Eiohth Streets, and ;
Part Of Walnut Street, in the Cit,
Of Cairo, Illinois.
/ Public noticeois hereby given tina
Inrtila ten (10) O'Clock a. m, Thursday
May u, 1908. at the city 'counci
chamber of the City OF Cairo, Iilinois
No. I'LL Commercial avenue the
Board of Local Improvements of the
City, of Cairo will receive sealed item
lized bids or proposals for the con
struetion Of vitrified tile pipe sewers
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes In Twenty.Seeond and
Nest rwenty-Secohd Streets, sTwenty
Third and West Twenty-Third Streets
West Twenty-Fourth Street, Twenty
Fifth and West Twenty Fifth Streets
Twenty, Sixth and West Twenty-SixtI
Streets, Twenty Seventh and Yves
Twenty Seventh Streets. Charlie,
Street ahd a part rof Walnut Street
lin the said CITY OF Cairo, and for fill
ing with, earth of the untitled portions
ofthe said streets "
The said sewers, house 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, 127 approved May IS, 1907, now
of record in the Office OF the City
Clerk CT said City, No. iii CONNER
'cial avenue, where printed copies of
the ordinance may be obtained on
application TO the said CLERK, and In
the office of the City Engineer of the
City. In the same building, the specifi
cations of aud for the said work VIII
be found and may be there examined,
The said local Improvement as a
whole and In all It's parts III fully do.
scribed In the said ordinance, and the
bids must be for the construction or
the Improvement In strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
will be received" for the making or
the improvement dis a whole and AL,
50 for the construction of the sewer
work without the filling and for the
alling without the sewer work and
Ialso for the sewer work and filling on.
,the different streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be ac'
Ieompanie,l by cashier by a check pay
able to the order OF the President OF
the said Board in his official capacity,
and certified by a responsible bank,
for an amount equal TO ten (fe) 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 and at said
time and place, the said Board. In
open session win open, examine and
publicly declare said bids or pro.
posals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City Of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement.
or for such part thereof as may be
awarded to him ia strict accordance
with the terms and requirements OF
the said ordinance, and shall also Ell.
ter into a bond payable TO the said.
city In the sum Of fifty 500 per
centum of the amount OF his bid.
with security to be approved by the
said Board. conditioned for the faith
full performance. in all respects. of his
said contract and for holding the city
harmless, etc: and he shalt bind him.
self, In his said contract and bond. to
guarantee the sewer construction work
for the period of two t2) 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 for the construction OF the i'm
proyement, or any part thereof, Is
awarded and who shall do the work.
will be paid in bonds of the city bear
ing interest at the rate of FIVE 80
per centum per annum from their re-
spective dates. Blanks for bids or
proposals win be furnished on appli..
cation to the said City Engineer at his
office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated this 7th day OF May. 1903. 4
'he GEORGE PARSONS.
r. :
President Board OF Local Improve
ments OF the City of Cairo.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary of the Board