The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-23
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Public notice is hereby given that
until two t2) o'clock, p. M, on Mon
day, September Goth, 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 street
to the south line OF ThirtF-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 14th, A. d. 1910, and approved
April 18th, A. D. 1910, ana by excavat-
ing and grading the said Commercial
avenue for the width of sixty-eight
(6S) feet, in the center thereof, that
Is to say, for the width of thirty-four
CAD feet on each side Of the center
lime 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 a combination concrete
curb and gutter on both sides OF said
brick pavement, of the width, includ
ling said combination curb and gutter
Of sixty-eight 1857 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 upor
the said Commercial avenue Of natur
al limestone marginal curbs at al
iunpaved street intersections, excep
the Eighth street intersection, at TIL,
outside edges of said brick pavemen
and between the inside edges of thu
gutter-flags of said curb and gutter a!
extended around and out to the 10
| line on both sides of said Commercial
avenue, at said unpaved street inter
sections, except the said Eighth stree
intersection, from the said north linz
OF Second street to the said soutf
line Of Thirty.fourth street.
The above work Is provided 10
by and fully described in Ordinance
No. 224 of said City or Cairo, adopteI
April 14th. A. d. 1910, and approve,
April 18th, A. d. 1910, now on fill
and of record in the office of tn
City Clerk of said City OF Cairo. a
No. iii Commercial avenue, in sal
City of Cairo, and the said bids mus
be for the construction of the sal
local improvement as whole IL
strict conformity to the terms an
provisions of said ordinance, whic
is now of record in the office of th
lCity Clerk of said City of Cairo, d
No. iii Commercial avenue, in sal
City OF Cairo, where printed copies G
the said ordinance may be obtaine
on application to said City Clerl
and in the office OF the City Eng
neer OF said City Of Cairo, at NJ
lib Commercial avenue, In said CIT
of Cairo, which is just across the ha
from the said City Clerks Office, t.
specifications OF and for the said loci
improvement can be found and ma
be there examined
All bids or proposals must be a.
companied by cash, or by check, pa.
able to the order OF the President {
the said Board of Local Improvement
in his official capacity, certified by
responsible bank, for an amount ecu;
to ten (10) per centum Of the amour
of the bid or proposal for the col
struction Of said local improvement
and without such cash or check. II
bid or proposal will be considered b
, said Board. The bids shall be deli
cred to the Board at the time an
place first above mentioned and l
said time and place first above me-
toned the said Board, In open ses
ion, will open, examine and publicl
declare said bids or proposals.