The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-09

No. iii Commercial avenue, the
Board of Local improvements of the
City of Cairo will receive sealed item
ized bids or proposals for the con
strnction CT vitrified tile pipe sewers
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Twenty-Second and
West Twenty-Second Streets, Twenty
Third and West Twenty-Third Streets,
West Twenty Fourth Street, Twenty
Fifth and West, Twenty-Fifth Streets,
|Twenty-Sixth and West Twenty-Sixth
streets, Twenty-Seyenth and West
REIMBURSEMENT Streets, Charles
Street and a part OF Walnut Street,
in the said City of Cairo, and for fill
ing with earth of the untitled portions
|of the said streets
The said sewers, house connections,
inlets and brick manholes and the
said filling 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 CT said City, No. I'LL 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 and 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 is fully de-
scribed in the said ordinance. and the
bids must be for the construction o.
the Improvement in strict conformity
with its terms and provisions. Bids
WIN be received for the making OF
the Improvement as a whole and al
so for the construction of the sewer
work without the filing and for the
filling without, the sewer work and
also for the sewer work and filing on
the different streets separately
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 q responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten GQl per.
centum of the amount Of the bid Or
proposal. aud 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 will open, examine and
Imbliely declare said bids or pro-
posals. tg
4 The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City Of Cairo for the
of the said Improvement
or for such part thefhof as may be
awarded to him, in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements or
the said ordinance, and shall also en-.
ter. into a bond payable to the sail
city In fhe sum Il fifty 500 per
eentum 6f athe amount of his bids
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 shall bind him
self, in his said contract and bond. to
guarantee the sewer construction work
for the period of two CO. 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
provement,, 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 90
per centum per annum from their re-
spectiye dates. Blanks, for bids or
will be furnished on appi-
cation to the said City Engineer at his
office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids,
Dated this 18th day OF May, 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Board of Local Improve
ments of the City Of Cairo.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary of the Board