The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEW Err.
Thirtieth Street

! Public notice is hereby sfven that
until ten {10) O'Clock "A. m. Monday
| October 10, 1908, at the city council
chamber Of the city of Cairo, Illinois,
| No iii Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local improvements of the
city of Cairo will receive sealed item
lied bids or proposals for the con
strlction of a vitrfied tile pipe
sewer. house connections and inlets
and brick manholes in Thirtieth
street, from Commercial avenue to a
point twenty 600 feet west of the
east line of St Marys Place East,
The said sewer. house connections,
inlets and brick manhOles must be
constructed made and done IN ac'
cordance with the terms and pro
visions of ordinance No. 1876, APP
proved August H. 1908, now OF
record in the office of the city clerk
of said city, No. I'LL Commercial ave
nue., where printed copies of the ofdi-
nance 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 specifications OF
and for the said work will be found
and may be there examined.
The said local improvement as
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.
All bids or proposals must be ac-
by cash or by a check pay
able to the order of the President OF
the said Board in his official capacity, |
lnI certified by a responsible bank, |
'or an amount equal to ten Cl0) per
7entum of the amount of the bid or
PROPOSAL. and without such cash or |
heck no bid or proposal Will be con
;iGered The bids must be delivered |
o the Beard at the time and place |
irst above mentioned, No. I'LL Com |
nercial avenue aforesaid; and at said |
ime and place, the said Board, In
,rcu session, will open, examine and |
publicly declare said bids or pro-
losals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accented shall enter into contract |
With the said city Of Cairo for the !
Of the said Improvement,
n strict accordance with the terms
md requirements Of the said ordi-
larce, and shall also enter into a
,ond payable to the said city in the
um of fifty (50) per centum of the
mount Of his bid. with security to be
by the said Board, condi'
toned for the faithful performance,
n all respects. of his said contract
nd for holding the city harmless.
tc.: and he shall bind himself, in his
aid contract and bond, to guarantee
lis work for the period of two t2)
ears from and after the acceptance
# the same by the said Board and :
Is confirmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con
ract for the construction of the i'm
is awarded and who shall !
10 the work, will be paid in bonds
If the city bearing interest at the /
ate OF five 60 per centum per an.
lum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
urpished on application to the said |
.ity engineer at his office aforesaid.
rhe Board reserves the right to re-
ect any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo. Illinois, this 18th
lay OF October. a. ID. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
PRESIDENT Of the Board of Local I'm
proyements of the City Of Cairo.
Illinois
.ttest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary Of Board.