The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-29
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET FILLING.

All cross streets between Twenty.
First Street and Twenty-Eighth and
West Twenty Eighth Streets, except
Twenty Fourth Street and West Tween
lty-Fourth Street, in the City of Cairo.
| Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
| until ten 10) o'clock a. m, of Mon.
day, March End, 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, Illinois, will re-
eeiye sealed, itemized bids or propos,
Is for the filing with eart1 Of the un,
| filed portions of Twenty-Seeond and
West Twenty Second Streets, Twenty
Third and West TwentyThird Streets,
ITwenty-Fifth and West Twenty-Fifth
Streets, Twenty-Sixth and West
|Twenty-Sixth Streets, West Twenty.
Seventh Street and Charles Street, in
the said City of Cairo
The said street filling must be con
|structed, made and done in accord.
ance with the terms and provisions
of Ordinance No. 1T Of said City of
Cairo, approved May IS, 1907, now of
record IN the office of the City Clerk
Of said City of Cairo, No. LII Com
Imereial Avenue, Nnere printed copies
of the ordinace 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 build.
ing 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 for said filling must be for the
construction of the Improvement In
strict conformity with its terms and
provisions. Bids will be received for
the filling OF all of said streets as a
whole or for one or more of the same.
All bids or proposals must be ac
ccmpanied by cash. or by a check
payable to the order of the President
of the said Board. in his official capac
ity, and certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten Q0) per
centum of the amount of the bid or
proposal, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con
sidered The bids shall be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned; ana at 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
filling of all OF said streets with earth
or for the filling of such of said
streets as may be awarded to him, In
strict accordance with the terms and
requirements of the said ordinance,
and shall also enter into a bond pay
able to the said City OF Cairo in the
sum Of fifty f50) per centum of the
duiDuul VI HIS Dlug Will bctuiilg W
be approved by the said Board, con.
ditioned for the faithful performance.
in all respects, of his said contract
and for holding the said city harm.
less, etc.
The contractor to whom the con-
tract for the filling OF said streets
with earth. or for the filling of any
Of said streets with earth 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
80 per cent per annum from their
respective dates. Blanks for bids o.
will 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.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President of the Board Of Local I'm
provements Of the City Of Cairo, nli-
nOis.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.