The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Paving Thirty-Fourth Street.

Paving Thirty-Fcurth Street.
Public notice is hereby given tha
until two CD o'clock y. m. Of Mol
day, April l2th 1909, at the city
council chamber of the City of Cairo
Illinois, No. I'LL Commercial Avenue
in the said City of Cairo, the Board of
Local improvements of the said City
of Cairo, will receive sealed, itemiz d
! bids or proposals for eXcavating and
grading Thirty.Fourh street, from
| the west line of Commercial Avenue
to the east line of Washington Ave
niue, in the City of Cairo, Illinois, and
| for the construction of vitrifed
brick pavement, with combination
concrete curb and gutter on each
side thereof, anI brick catch basins
on the said Thirty Fourth street, from
the west line of Commercial Ayenu2
to the east line of Washington Ave
nue., in said City of Cairo.
The above work Is provided for and
Il fully described in Ordinance No. III
of said City of Cairo, adopted Nov
ember 10th, A. d. 1908, and approved
| November 18th, A. d. 1898, and the
said bids must he for the construct
ion of the said local Improvement as
whole in strict conformity to the
terms and provisions of the said ordi-
nance which is now of record in the
office of tho City Clerk of said City
of Cairo, No. iii Commemorative
nue., In said City of Cairo. where
printed copies Of the said ordinance
may be obtained on application to
said City Clerk, and in the office OF
| the City Engineer of the said City OF
Cairo. No. 1113 Commercial Avenue,
in said City of Cairo. which is Just
across the hall from the said City
Clerks office, tho specifications OF
and for the said local improvement
can be found and may be there ex'
AHMED
All bids or proposals must be ac
companied by cash, or by check, pay
| able to the order of the President OF
| the said Board of Local Improve
ments, in his official capacity. certi
fled by responsible bank, for an
amount equal to ten tl0j per ccntum
of the amount of the bid or proposal
for the construction Of said loca! i'm
lprovement, and without such cash OF
check, no bill or proposal will be con
sidered by said Board, The bills
shall be delivered to the Board at the
time and place first above mention
ed; and at said time and place aH"ve
mentioned the said Board, in open
session, will open. examine and pub
licly declare said bids or proposals
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted for making said local i'm
provement shall enter into a con
tract with the said City of Cairo for
the construction of the said local i'm
proyement rs wapis IN strict &C
cordance with the terms and require.
ments of the said ordinance. and
shall also enter into G bond payable
to the said City of Cairo. in the sum
of fifty (55l per centum of the amount
of his bid, with security to he ap.
proved by the said Board. conditioned
for the faithful performance, in all
respects. of his said contract and for
holding the said city harmless. etc
and he shall also bind himself in his
said contract and bond TO guarantee
bis said work for the period of two
(2l years from and after the accept
ance of the same by the said Board
and its confirmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con
tract is awarded for making said 10
cal Improvement and who shall con
struct said local improvement. vii
be paid in bonds of The said City OF
Cairo bearing interest at the rate OF
five (5l per cent. per annum from
their respective dates.
Blank forms for bids or proposals
will he furnished on application e
the said City Engineer at his office
aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Dated a. Cairo. Illinois, this 20tl
| day of March. A. u. l1d9.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President OF the Board of Local
improvements of the City 81
Cairo. Illinois.
Attest.-ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary OF said Beard.