The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
pavinn Elm Street.

Public notice is hereby given that
until two (2) o'c'ock, 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, itemized bids or proposals for the
filling with earth of the untitled por-
lions 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 Thrtieth street to
the east line of Washington avenue,
in said City of Cairo. and for excaya-
ting and grading the said Elm street
for the width CT thirty (3G1 feet, In the
center thereof that Is to say, for the
width of fifteen (15) 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
avenue. and for the construction upon
the said Elm street. in the center
thereof, of a yitrified brick pave
Iment, with combination concrete
curb and gutter on both sides of said
brick pavement, of the width includ-
ing said combination curb and gutter,
of thirty 600 feet, being of the wldta
OF fifteen (l5) feet on each side Of the
center line of said street, from the
said north line of Thrtieth street,
to the said east line of Washington
avenue, and for the construction upon
the said Elm street of natural limo
stone marginal curbs, at all unpayei
street intersections at the outside
edges 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
construction upon the said Elm street
of brick catch-basns, 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
and fully described in Ordinance No.
1893 of said City of Cairo, adopted July
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 "a
a whole in strict conformity to the
terms and pI DIVISIONS 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 ll13 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 salust be ac-
companied by cash. or byseheek, pa3-
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 Q0) per eentum
of the amount of the bid or proposal
for the construction of said local i'm
provement, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be CON
sdered 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 i'm
provement shall enter into a con-
tract with the said City of Cairo for
the construction of the said local inn
provement as a whole in strict ac-
cordance with the terms and require
ments Of the said ordinance, and
shall also enter into a bond payable
to the said City of Cairo, in the sum
Of fifty (50) per centum of the amount
of his bid, with security to he an-
proved by the said Board, conditioned
for the faithful performance, in all
respects, of his said contract and for
holding the said city harmless, etc.
i and he shall also bind himself, In his
said contract and bond. to guarantee
his said work and materials and the
d said local Improvement for the period
q Of two (2) years from and after the
! acceptance of the same by the said
!. Board and it's confirmation by the
q court.
!. The contractor to whom the con-
= tract is awarded for making said To-
cal Improvement and who shall con
O struct said local Improvement. Will
n be paid in bonds of the said City OF
g Cairo bearing interest at the rate Of
FIVE 80 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.