The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers: ThirtyFourth Street Sewer
District,

District.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten o'clock a M Wednesday
January 20, A, y. 1909, at the cry
Council Chamber of the city of Cairo.
Illinois, No. l1ll Commercial Avenue
the Board Of Local Improvements of
The City Of Cairo viii receive itemizel
sealed bids or proposals for the con.
struction of ytriAed tile pipe sewers,
house connections and inlets and
brick manho!es in ThirtyFourth and
West Thicty.Fourh Streets, Thirty
Fifth and West Thrty-Fifh Streets,
ThirtySiNth aud West Thirty Sixth
Streets, Sycamore street, Elm street
Washington Avenue and Highland
Avenue, in the CITY of cairo, under
Ordinance No. 40, approved Septom.
Der , 1908, which said ordinance pro.
yides for and establishes a sewer dis.
trict named and called therein the
Thirtyfourth street Sewer District.
the boundaries whereof are given in
the said ordinance
The said sewers, house connections
and inlets aud brick manhoes are TO
be constructed aud made in accord
ance with the terms and provisions
of the said ordinance, now Of record
i'm the office of the city Clerk Of the
said City. al No. iii Commercial
Avenue aforesaid, whore printed COP
les of the said ordinance may be OBJ
tanned on application 10 the said
Clerk and in the office of the City
Engineer Of the said City. in the said
building. tae specifications Of and for
the said work viii he found and may
be there examined The said local
improvement as a whole and in all its
parts is fully described in the sail
ordinance and bids must be for the
Of the improvement as q
whole aud in strict conformity to its
terms and provisions,
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 a responsible bank
for an amount equal 10 ten per centum
Of Che amount Of the bid or proposal
and without such cash or check no
bid or proposal viii be considered.
The bids may be delivered to the
Board at the time and place first
above mentioned ut the said City
Council chamber, No iii CONNER
cial Avenue aforesaid; and at the said
time and place the said Board in open
session will open, examine and pub
lcly declare the said bids or pro
posals
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City Of Cairo for the
of the said Improvement
IN strict accordance with the terms
and requirements Of the said ordi.
nance and shall also enter into a bond
payable to the said City of Cairo IN
HE sum Of fifty per centum of the
amount Of his bid with security to be
by the said Board, condi
Toned fer the faithful performance, in
lll respects, of his said contract and
Tor holding the city harmless, ctct
and he shall bind himself, in his SAID
contract and bond, to guarantee his
said work for the period Of two years
rom aA1 after the acceptance of the
same by the said Board and its con
irmation by the court
The contractor to whom the con
tract for the construction of the inn
is awarded and who shat.
Io the work will be paid in bond 3
1f The city bearing interest at the rae
Of five per centum from their respea-
tive dates. BLANKS for bids or propos
ais viii be furnished on application to
HE said City Engineer at his offic"
The Board reserves the
right TO reject any and an bids.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President of the Board of Local I'm
proyemeuts of the city of Cairo, I'LL
nois.
Attest ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary