The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Paving Elm Street.

until two (2) O'Clock, p. m, on Mon
day, September goth, A. d. 1909, at
| the city council chamber Of the City
of Cairo, Illinois. at No. iii CONNER
cial avenue, in said city of Cairo, the
Board Of Local improvements of the
said City of Cairo. will receive seal
ed, itemi2ed bids or proposals for the
filling with earth of the untitled pof-
tions of Elm street, from lot line to lot
| line, and to the grade OF said street as
now established by ordinance, from
the north line of Thirtieth street to
the east line of Washington avenue,
in said City of Cairo, and for excava-
ting and grading the said Elm street
for the width of thirty &c; feet, in the
center thereof, that is to say, for tho
width of fifteen U5) feet on each side
of the center line of said street, from
the said north line of Thirtieth street
to the said east line of Washington
Iavenue, and for the construction upon
the said Elm street. in the center
thereof, of vitrified brick pave
ment, with combination concrete
Icurb and gutter on both sides of said
brick pavement, of the width, incmd-
ling said combination curb and gutter,
of thirty 500 feet, being of the width
of fifteen Q5) feet on each side of the
center line of said street. from the
said north line of Thirteth street,
to the said east line OF Washington
lavenue, and for the construction upon
the said Elm street of natural lime
stone marginal curbs, at all unpaed
Istreet intersections, at the outside
lodges of said brick pavement and
combination concrete curb and gutter
as extended out to the lot line on
both sides OF said street, and for the
lconstruction upon the said Elm street
of brick catch-basins, from the said
north line of Thirtieth street to the
said east line of Washington avenue.
in said City of Cairo,
The above work is provided for by
land fully described in Ordinance No.
1893 Of said City of Cairo. adopted Jnlv
18th. A. D. 1909, and approved
July 10th, A. d. 1909, and the
said bids must be for the construct.
ion of the said local improvement as
a whole in strict conformity to the
terms and provisions Of said ordi-
nance, which is now of record in the
office of the City Clerk of said City
of Cairo, No. iii Commercial Ave
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, the specifications OF
and for the said local improvement
can be found and may be there ex-
amined.
All bids or proposals must be &C
companied by cash, or by check, pay
able to the order of the President or
the said Board of Local Improve
ments, in his official capacity, certi-
fled by responsible bank, for an
amount equal to ten (l0) per centum
of the amount of the bid or proposal
for the construction of said local inn
provement, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con-
sidered by said Board. The bids
shall be delivered to the Board at the
time and place first above mention
ed; and at said time and place above
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 inn
provement shall enter into con-
tract with the said City of Cairo for
the construction of the said local i'm
Iprovement as a whole in strict &C.
lcordance with the terms and require
ments of the said ordinance, and
shall also enter into bond payable
to the said City of Cairo, in the sum
CT fifty (50) per centum of the amount
of his bid with security to be ap-
Iproved 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
Isaid contract and bond, to guarantee
his said work and materials and the
said local Improvement for the period
of two (2) years from and after the
acceptance 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 To-
cal improvement and who shall con-
struct said local improvement will
be paid in bonds of the said City of
Cairo bearing interest at the rate Of
five 60 per cent. per annum from
their respective dates.
Blank forms for bids or proposals
will be furnished on application to
the said City Engineer at his office
aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids.
/ Dated at Cairo, Illinois, this Sth day