The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Public notice Is hereby given thar
until two ca o'clock, p. m, on Mon
day, September 26th A. ID. 1910, vt
the City Council Chamber of the City
of Cairo, Illinois, at No. I'LL Com
mercial avenue, in said City of Cairo,
the Board OF Local improvements Of
the said City of Cairo will receive
sealed itemized bids or proposals fof
the Improvement of Commercial ave
nue., in said City of Cairo, Illinois,
from the north line of Second street
to the south line of Thirtyfourth
street, by filling the untitled portions
Of said Commercial avenue with earth
for the entire width of said avenue.
from lot line to lot line, and to such
depth or height as may be necessary
to bring the completed prick pave
ment to be constructed on said Com.
mercial to the grade specified for enc,
top surface of said completed brick
pavement provided for by Ordinance
No. 224 Of said City of Cairo adopted
April l4th, A. d. 1910, and approved
April 18th, A. D. 1910. and by excava..
ing and grading the said Commercial
avenue for the width of sxty-eight
(GS) feet, in the center thereof, that
Is to say, for the width OF thirty-four
(34) feet on each side of the center
line of said avenue, from the said
north line of Second s,ree, to.the SAID
south line of Thirty-fourth street
and by the construct ion upon the said
Commercial avenue, in the centar
thereof, of vitirified brick pave
ment, with a combination concrete
curb and gutter on both sides of said
brick pavement. Of the width, includ-.
ing said combination curb and gutter,
of sixty-eight (6S) feet, being of the
width OF thirty-four (34) feet on each
side of the center line of said avenue,
from the said north line OF Second
street to the said soltn line Of Thirty.
fourth street, and by the setting upon
the said Commercial avenue of natur-
al limestone marginal curbs at all
street intersections. except
the Eighth street intersection, at the
outside edges of said brick pavement
and between the inside edges of the
of said curb and gutter as
extended around and Out to the lot
line on both sides OF said Commercial
avenue, at said unpaved street inter
sections, except the said Eighth street
from the said north line
Of Second street to the said south
line of Thirty-fourtn street.
The above work Is provided forl
by and fully described in Ordinance
No. 224 Of said City or Cairo adopted
April 14th, A. d. 1870 and approved
April 18th, A. D. 1910, now on file
and of record in the office of the
City Clerk OF said City of Cairo, at
No. I'LL ConYmerciaf avenue, in said
City OF Cairo, and the said bids must
be for the construction OF the sail
local improvement as a whole iii
strict conformity to the terms and
provisions of said ordinance, which
s now of record In the office of the
City Clerk of said City of Cairo. at !
No. iii Commercial avenue in sain |
City Of Cairo, where printed copies of |
he said ordinance may be obtained |
On application to said City Clerk !
and in the office of the City Engi.
leer of said City of Cairo, at M
lib Commercial avenue, in said City
If Cairo, which Is just across the hall
rom the said City Clerks Office, the
pecifieations of and for the said local
Improvement can be found and may
re there examined.
All bids or proposals must be ac
by cash, or by check, pay,
bile to the order of the President OF
he said Board of Local Improvements, /
n his official capacity, certified by
esponsible bank for an amount equal
o ten 00) per centum of the amount
OF the bid or proposal for the cor
Of said local Improvement.
md without such cash or check no
nd or proposal will be considered by |
laid Board The bids shall be. deliy [
red to the Board at the time and !
'lace first above mentioned; and at
aid time and place first above men
Toned the said Board, in open sess
on, will open, examine and publicly
Ieclare said bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted for making said local I'm.
shall enter into con-
ract with the said City Of Cairo for
he construction of the said local i'm
'rovement as whole In strict ac-
ordance with the terms and require.
nents OF the said ordinance, and shall
liso enter into a bond, payable TO
he said City of Cairo, In the sum of /
ifty (50) per centum of the amount
! his bid, with security to be ap-
'rovea by the said Board, conditioned
or the faithful performance, In nj;
aspects, of his said contract and for
gliding the said city harmless. etc:
nd shall also bind himself, in his
aid contract and bond, to guarantee
lis said work and materials and the
aid local Improvement for the period