The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
'aving Twenty-First and West Tween
tY-First Streets.

day, September goth. a. ID. lSUS. at
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 Cairo will receive seal
ed. itemized bids or proposals Tor the
Improvement of Twcnty.first and
West Twentyfirst streets. in said
City of Cairo, from the Yves, line OF
Commercial avenue TO the east line
of the Mississippi leyee. by filling
| the untitled portions of the sad
lTwenty-fifst and West Twenty-frst
| streets with earth. from LOT line TO
| lot line. and TO such depth or height
as will make the grades thereof con
form to 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 10Th, A. d. 1909, from the west
| line of Commercial avenue TO the east
line of the Mississippi levee, and by
excayating and grading the said
tTwenty.frst and West Twenty-tirst
streets for the width of twentS-four
i (2i) feet in the center thereof, that
is to say. for the width of twelve (l9
| feet on each side 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
, DIV the construction upon the said
iTwenty-ffrst and West Twenty-first
streets. in the center thereof of a
vtrified brick pavement, with com
/. bination concrete curb and gutter on
| 10th sides of said brick pavement. of
the width, including said combination
curb and gutter, of twenty-tonr (24)
| feet being of the width of twelve (l2l
feet ON each side of the center line
of said streets, from the said west
| line of Commercial avenue to the said
east line of the Mississippi ievee and
by setting upon the said Twenty-tirst
and West Twenty.first streets of nat
/ ural limestone marginal curbs, at al
unpaved street intersections, at ithe
outside edges of said brick pavement
land between the inside edges of the
gut ter-flaes of said combined curb
land gutter as extended around and
out to the lot line on both sides of
the said Twenty-tlrst and West TWEEN
ty-irst streets. at said unpaved street
| intersections, from the said west line
lof Commercial avenue to the said east
iline of the Mississippi lepee, and by
the coEstrrc elton upon the said TWEEN
ty-first and West Twenty-drst 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 levee, and by the con
struction in the said West Twenty
first street of yitrified tile pipe sew
err. of twelve 02l inches inside diane
ter from the brick manhole in the pres
ent Twenty-frst street sewer, said
Imanhole being located thirty 600 feet
west of the east line of HolbrooF
avenue, to a point thirteen hundred
! f1300) feet west of the east line o.
Holbrook avenue, and by the con
struction in the said sewer, in the
said West Twentyffrst street, of five
90 brick manholes and supplying
Icast-iron rings and .cast,iron perfor
ated covers therefor
The above work is provided for by
land fully described in Ordinance No
200 of said City of Cairo, adopted
lJuiy 18th, A. D. 1909, and approved
lJuly goth, A. d. 1909, and the
said bids must be for the construct
lion of the said local Improvement At
La whole In strict conformity to tn,
terms and provisions OF said ordl
nance, which is now OF record in the
ioffice of the City Clerk OF said Citl
Iof Cairo, No. iii Commercial Ave
Inue, in said City of Cairo, where
iprinted copies of the said ordinance
lmay be obtained on application C
Esaid City Clerk. and in the office o.
the City Engineer of the said City o
ECairo, No. 1113 Commercial Avenue
lin said City of Cairo, which is jus
across the hall from the said Cit!
tClerk's office. the specifications o
land for the said local improvement
, lean be found and may be. there es
: lamined. "|
All bids or proposals NEST be az
!companied by cash or by check. pay
I liable to the order Of the President O
1.-THE said Board of Local Improve
!; Iments, in his official capacity, cert
| Efied by a responsible bank, for a
!, lamount equal to ten (l0) per oentur
/ Iof the amount of the bid or propose
,lfor the construction OF said local In
and without such cash O
tcheck, no bid or proposal will be COZ
t sidered by said Board. The bid
| lshall be delivered to the Board at III
Itime and place first above mention
led: and at said time and place abov
mentioned the said Board, In ope
session. Will open, examine and pul
DJ licly declare said bids or proposal
:; The contractor whose bid shall b
= accepted for making said local in
provement shall enter into col
;. tract with the said City of Cairo fc
i 1.-The construction of the said local In