The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-09

The city council chamber of the City
of Cairo, Illinois, at No. I'LL CONNER
cial avenue, in said city OF Cairo. the
Board of Local improvements of the
said City of Caro-, viii receive seal
ed. itemized bids or proposals for the
Improvement OF 1wenty-first and
West Twenty-lirst streets, In said
City of Cairo. from the west line OF
Commercial avenue TO the east line
of the Mississippi leyee, by filling
the untitled portions of the said
and West Twenty-trst
streets with earth, from lot line to
lot line. and to such depth or height
as will make the grades thereof con-
form 10 the grades provided for the
said streets in and by Ordinance No.
200 OF said City of Cairo, adopted
July 18th. A. d. 1909, and approved
July goth. A. d. 1909 from the west
line OF Commercial avenue to the east
lime of the Mississippi levee, and by
excavating and grading the said
Twenty first and West Twenty-hfst
streets for the width of twenty-four
len feet. in the center thereof. that
| is to say. for the width of twelve 12)
feet on each side of the center line OF
said streets. from the said west line
Iof Commercial avenue to the said
east line of the Mississippi levee, and
by the construction upon the said
jTwenty.first and West Twenty-tirst
streets. in the center thereof, OLA
vitrified brick pavement, with COM
bination concrete Curb and gutter on
both sides of said brick pavement, OF
tho width, including said combination
curb and gutter, of twenty-four' CAD
feet. being of the width of twelve az
feet on each sile OF the center line
OF said streets, from the said west
line of Commercial avenue TO the said
east line OF the Mississippi leyee and
by setting upon the said Twenty-tirst
and West Twenty-first streets OF nat
ural limestone marginal curbs, at all
|unpaved street intersections, at the
outside edges of said brick pavement
and between the inside edges OF the
gutterfags OF said combined curb
and gutter as extended around ami
out to the lot line on both sides OF
the said Twenty-first and West TWEEN
lty-first streets, at said unpaved street
intersections. from the said west line
of Commercial avenue to the said east
line of the Mississippi levee, and by
the construction upon the said TWEEN
ltyfirst and West 'Twenty-tirst streets
Of brick catch-basins and supplying
cast iron traps and castiron covers
therefor, from the said west line OF
Commercial avenue to the east line OF
the Mississippi leyee, and by the con
struction in the said West Twenty.
first street of a vitrified tile pipe sew.
| er. OF twelve (12) inches inside diane
ter. from the brick manhole in the pres
ent 1swenty,first street sewer said
manhole being located thirty 600 feet
| west Of the east line Of Holbrook
avenue, to point thirteen hundred
| (,3n0l feet west of the east line OF
lTolbrook avenue. and by the con
tstruct,on In the said sewer. in the
Esaid West Twenty-frst street, of five
60 brick manholes and supplying
cast.iron rings and cast-iron perfor
ated covers therefor.
The above work ia provided for by
and fully described in Ordinance No
200 of said City of Cairo, adopted
July 18th, A. d. 1909. and approved
July 2ath, A. d. 1909, and the
said bids must be for the construct
ion of the said local Improvement as
u whole In strict conformity to tht
terms and provisions OF said ordi
nance which is now of record in the
office OF the City Clerk Of said CitS
lof Cairo, No. I'LL Commercial Ave
nue., in said City OF Cairo where
printed copies of the said ordinance
lmay be obtained on application to
said City Clerk, and in the office OF
| the City Engineer of the said City o.
Cairo. No. 1113 Commercial Avenue
| in said City of Cairo, which is just
Iacross the hall from the said City
| CLERKS office, the specifications oil
and for the said local Improvement
can be found and may be there ex
amined. |r
All bids or proposals must be &C
companied by cash or by check pay
able to the order OF the President OF
| the said Board Of Local Improve
Iments, in his official capacity, certi
fled by responsible bank, for an
iamount equal to ten t10) per centun
of the amount of the bid or propose
for the construction OF said local i'm
Iprovement and without such cash o.
Icheck, no bid or proposal will be con
sidered by said Board. The bid'
shall be delivered TO the Board at thu
Itime and place first above mention
led; and at said time and place above
mentioned the said Board In opel
Isession. will open, examine and pub
|licly declare said bids or proposals
The contractor whose bid shall b,
accepted for making said local i'm
lprovement shall enter into a con
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