The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewers Thrty.Fourth Street Sewer
District

District.
Public notice Is hereby given tha
until ten o'clock a. m. Wednesday
January 20, A. d. 1909 at the City
Council Chamber of the City of Cairo
| Illinois, No. iii Commercial Avenue
the Board of Local improvements OF
the City of Cairo will receive itemizel
sealed bids or proposals for the con
struction of vitriied tile pipe sewers
house connections and inlets and
brick manholes in Thirty-Fourth and
West Tmrty-Fourth Streets, Thirty
Fifth and West Thirty.Fifth Streets,
Thirty-SiXth and West Thirty-Sixth
Streets Sycamore Street, Elm Street,
Washington Avenue and Highland
Avenue, in the City of Cairo, under
Ordinance No. 40, approved Septem'
Der >, 1908, which said ordinance pro.
vides for and establishes a sewer dis,
trict named and called therein the
Thirty-fourth Street Sewer District,
the boundaries whereof are given in
the said ordinance.
The said sewers. house connections
and inlets and brick manhoes are 10
be constructed and made III accord.
ance with the terms and provisions
Of the said ordinance. now of record
in the office of the City Clerk of the
said City at No iii Commercial
Avenue aforesaid, where printed cop
les of the said ordinance may be OBJ
tanned on application to the said
Clerk; and in the office of the City
Engineer of the said City, in the said
building, the specifications of and for
the said work will be found and may
be there examined, The said local
as whole and in all its
parts is fully described in the said
ordinance and bids must be for the
of the improvement as a
whole and 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 to ten per centum |
Of the amount of the bid or proposal |
and without such cash or check no |
bid or proposal will be considered |
The bids may be delivered to the
Board at the time and place first
above mentioned at the said City
Council chamber, No. I'LL CONNER
,ial Avenue aforesaid; and at the said
ime and place the said Board. in open
session, will open, examine and pub.
icly declare the said bids or pro
)osals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into contract
With the said City of Cairo for the |
of the said improvement |
n strict accordance with the terms
md requirements of the said ordi
lance and shall also enter into q bond |
ayable to the said City of Cairo In
he sum of fifty per centum of the
mount of his bid, with security to be
pproved by the said Board. condi.
oned for the faithful performance, in
II respects, of his said contract ana
lr holding the city harmless. etc;
nd he shall bind himself, in his said
ontract and bond, to guarantee his
aid work for the period of two years
ON and after the acceptance of the
anne by the said Board and its con
rmatiOn by the court. IL
The contractor TO whom the con.
act for the construction of the i'm. {
rovement is awarded and who shall
o the work will be paid In bonds
( the city bearing interest at the rate
{ five per centum from their respec.
We dates. Blanks for bids or propos-
IS will be furnished on application to
ne said City Engineer at his office {
foresaid The Board reserves the
ght to reject any aud all bids. d
GEORGE PARSONS,
resident OF the Board OF Local I'm
proyements Of the City Of Cairo. I'LL i,
nois. ,
ttest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary. |