The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-28
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
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~ ! iSE ~ WIN NAV OhS.
Sewers and Filling.
All cross streets between Twenty
first street and Twenty eighth and
West Twenty.eighth streets, and a
part Of Walnut street in the City OF
Cairo, Illinois, except Twenty-fourth
and West Twenty-fourth streets.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten (l0) o'clock a. m, Monday,
April 6, 1908, at the city council cham
Der of the City Of Cairo Illinois. No.
| I'LL Commercial avenue, the Board of
Local improvements or the City of
Cairo will receive sealed itemzcd bids
Ilr proposals for the construction of
Iyitlitied tile pipe sewers, house con
InectiOns and inIets and brick man.
holes in Twentysecond and West
TWenty-second streets, Twenty-third
and West Twenty-third streets, TWEEN
ty-ffth and West Twenty-hfth streets
Twenty-sixth and West Twenty-sixth
streets, Twenty-seventh and West
Twenty seventh streets, Charles
street and a part of Walnut street in
the said City of Cairo. and for the fill.
ing with earth of the untitled portions
of the said streets.
The said sewers, house connections.
.inlets and brick manholes and the said
falling must be constructed, made aud
done in accordance with the terms and
provisions of Ordinance No. 1871 of
said city, approved May IS, 1907 now
of record in the office Of the city
clerk of said city, No. iii Commercial
avenue, whore printed copies of the
ordinance may be obtained on appli,
caticn to the said city clerk. and in
the office of the city engineer of the
city, in the same building, the speci-
ficatons OF and for the said work will
be found and may be there examined
The said local improvement as a
whole and in all of its parts Is fully
described in the said ordinance, AMI
the bids must be for the construction
of the Improvement in strict con
formity with its terms and provisions
Bids will be received for the
making of the Improvement as a
whole and also for the construc-
ton of the sewer work without the
filing and for the filing without the
sewer work and also for the sewer
work and filing on the different
streets separately.
All bids or proposals must be &C
compained by cash, or by a check,
payable to the order of the president
OF the said Board in his official capa
city, and certified by n responsible
bank for an amount equal to ten (10)
per centum of the amount of the bid
or proposal, and. without such cash
or check no bid or proposal viii be
considered The bids shall be deliv-
cred 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 publicly declare said bids or pro
posals
The contractor whose bid shall be
with the said city of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement,
or for such part thereof as shall be
awarded to him in strict accordance
with the terms and requirements of
the said ordinance, and shall also en-
ter into bond payable to the said
city in the sum of fifty 600 per
centum of the amount or his bid with
security to be approved by the said
Board, conditioned for the faithful
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 (2) years
from and after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and it's con
frmation by the court.
The bond for the filling work shall
be in the sum of twenty (20) per
centum OF the amount Of the bid
which shall be accepted for the filling
work to be done and shall be condi-
toned for the faithful performance. in
all respects. of his said contract and
for holding the city harmless. etc.
The contractor to whom the con-
tract for the construction of the inn
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 60 per
centum per annum from their respec-
tive dates. Blanks FOR bids or pro-
pcsals will be furnished on appliea-
ton to the said City Engineer at his
Office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Dated. at Cairo. Illinois. this 23rd
day of March, A. d. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board of Local I'm