The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-24
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Public notice is hereby given th1I
until two (2) O'Clock, p. M. on Mon.
day, September 26th, A. d. 1910, at
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 for
the improvement of Commercial ave-
nue., In said City Of Cairo, Illinois,
from the north line of Second stree.
1 to the south line of Thirty-fourth
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 brick pave,
ment to be constructed on said Com.
mercial avenue to the grade
specified for the top surface
OF said completed brick pave.
ment provided for by Ordinance
No. 224 of said City OF Cairo, adopted
April l4th, A. D. 1910, and approved
April 18th, A. ID. 1910, anu by excavat-
ling and grading the said Commercial
avenue for the width of sixty-eight
| (6S) feet, in the center thereof, that
lis to say, for the width of thirty-four
| (SD feet on each side of the center
line of said avenue, from the said
north line of Second street to the said
south line of Thirty-fourth street
and by the construction upon the said
Commercial avenue, in the center
thereof, of vitirified brick pave.
ment, with 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 south line of Thirty
fourth street. and by the setting upon
the said Commercial avenue of natur,
al limestone marginal curbs at all
unpaved street intersections, except
the Eighth street intersection, at the
outside edges of said brick pavement
and between the inside edges of the
Igutter-fags of said curb and gutter as
extended around and out to the lot
lline on both sides Of said Commercial
avenue, at said unpaved street inter.
sections, except the said Eighth street
intersection, from the said north line
Of Second street to the said south
line Of Thirty-fourth street.
The above work is provided for
by and fully described in Ordinance
No. ga of said City or Cairo, adopted
April 18th, A. d. 1910, 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. iii Commercial avenue, in said
City of Cairo, and the said bids must
be for the construction of the said
local improvement as a whole i'll
strict conformity to the terms and
provisions of said ordinance, which
Ia now of record in the office Of the
City Clerk of said City of Cairo, at
No. iii Commercial avenue, 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 Engi-
neer of said City of Cairo, at No.
1113 Commercial avenue, In said City
Of Cairo, which Is just across the hall
from the said City Clerks Office, tire
specifications of and for the said local
Improvement can be found and may
be there examined.
All bids or proposals must be &C
companied by cash, or by check, pay
able to the order of the President OF
the said Board of Local improvements,
in his official capacity, certified by a
to ten (10) per centum OF the amount
of the bid or proposal for the cor
struction Of said local Improvement,
and without such cash or check. no
bid or proposal will be considered by
said Board The bids shall be deliv
cred to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned; and at
said time and place first above men
toned the said Board, In open sess-
ion, will open, examine and publicly
declare said bids or proposals. =
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted for making said local I'm
provement shall enter into a cor
tract with the said City OF Cairo for
the construction OF the said local I'm
lprovement as q whole In strict ac'
lcordance with the terms and require
ments of the said ordinance, and shall
lalso enter into bond, payable 10
the said City of Cairo, In the sum OF
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 Al
Prospects, of his said contract and fol-