The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

fuDHc HOIlce Ii HefenS given ia
until two (2) 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. iii 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.
street, by filling the untitled portions
| of said Commercial avenue with eartn
| for the entire width of said avenue,
| from lot line to lot line, anas 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, adbpteG
April l4th. A. d. 1910, and approved
April 18th, A. ID. 1910, and by excavat-
| ing and grading the said Commercial
avenue for the width of sixty-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 street to the SAID
south line of Thirty-fourth street
and by the construction upon the said
Commercial avenue, In the center
thereof of yitirified 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 (GS) feet, being of the
width OF thrty-four (54l 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
gutter-flags 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
intersection, from the said nrorth line
Iof Second street to the said south
line of Thirtyfourth street,
The above work is provided for
| by and fully described in Ordinance
No. ga OF said City OF Cairo, adopted
April 14th, 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. I'LL Commercial avenue, in said
! City of Cairo, and the said bids must
be for the construction OF the said
local Improvement as whole IN
strict conformity to the terms aud
provisions of said ordinance, which
lis now of record in the office OF the
City Clerk OF said City of Cairo, at
No. I'LL 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.
lib Commercial avenue, In said City
of Cairo, which is just across the hall
from the said City Clerks Office, TIE
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
responsible bank, for an amount equal
to ten C0) per centum Of the amount
OF the bid or proposal for the cor
struction of said local improvement
and without such cash or check, nc
bid or proposal will be considered by
said Board. The bids shall be deliy
cred to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioneds and al
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 bs
accepted for making said local I'M
| provement shall enter into con
tract with the said City Of Cairo fol-
the construction Of the said local i'm
provement as whole in strict &C
cordance with the terms and require
ments of the said ordinance, and shal
also enter into a bond, payable L
the said City OF Cairo, In the sum o
| fifty (50) per centum of the amour
of his bid, with security to be ap
proved by the said Board, conditione,
for the faithful performance. In nj
respects, Of his said contract and TO
holding the said city harmless, etc.
and shall also bind himself, in hi
said contract and bond, to guarantee
| hiq said work ana y,otariaf, ocl ~,