The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Paving Thirty-Fourth Street.

Public notice is hereby given thai
until two 90 O'Clock y. m. Of Mon
day, April 18th. 1909, at the city
council chamber of the City of Cairo,
Illinois, No iii Commercial Avenue,
in the said City of Cairo, the Board of
Local improvements Of the said City
OF Cairo will receive sealed, itemiz ed
bids or proposals for eXcavating and
grading Thirty-Fourth street, from
the west line of Commercial Avenue
nue., in the City of Cairo, Illinois, and
for the construction of a vitrified
/ brick pavement with combination
concrete curb and gutter on each
side thereof. and brick catch basins,
on the said Thirty-Fourth street, from
the west line of Commercial Avenue
4 to the east line of Washington Ave
niue, in said City of Cairo.
The above work Is provided for and
/ fully described in Ordinance No. III
of said City of Cairo, adopted Nov
ember 10th, A. d. 1908, and approved
November 18th, A, d, 1908, 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 the said ordi-
tnance, which is sn9w of record in the
ioffice CT the City Clerk of said City
ICf Cairo, No. I'LL Commercial Ave
nGe, in said City of Cairo, where
printed copies Of ghe said ordinance
may lie obtained on application to
said City Clerk, and in the office of
/ the City Engineer e tic said City of
Cairo, No 1113 Commercial Avenue.
in sail City of Cairo, which is just
across the hall from the said City
I Clerks office, tho specifications of
and for the said local Improvement
can be found and may be there eX,
iamined.
All bids or proposals must he ac-
companied by cash. or by check, pay
able to the order of the President of
! the said Board of Local Improve
mcnts, in his official capacity, certi.
/ fled by a responsible bank for an
amount equal TO ten 40, per centum
Iof the amount of the bid or proposal
for the construction Of said loca! i'm
Iproyemant. 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 acove
mentioned the said Board, in open
session, will open, examine and pub
lcly declare said bills or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted for making said local i'm
lprovcment shall ontar into a con-
/ tract with the said City of Cairo for
the constructicp Of the said local i'm,
provement rs w19'a IN strict ac
cordance with the terms and require
ments of the said ordinance, and
shall also enter into z bond payable
to the said City Of Cairo. in the sum
OF fifty 500 Der centum of the amount
of his bid. with security to be ap-
proved by the said Board, conditioned
Tor 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
said contract and bond, TO guarantee
bis said work for the period of two
(2) years from and after the accept
ance 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 10
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.
Tho Board reserves the right TO re-
icct any aud all bids.
Dated al Cairo. Illinois, this 30th
day of March. a. y. 1909.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board of Local
Improvements of the City OF
Cairo, Illinois.
Attest WORKMAN.