The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Paving Fourth Street.

Public notice is hereby given that
until the hour of ten (i0) O'Clock, A.
| M. of Thursday. April 18th, A. d.
t913, at the City Council Chamber of
the City of Cairo. Illinois, at No.
III Commercial avenue, In said
City OF Cairo, the Board of Local
improvements OF the said city OF
Cairo will receive sealed. itemzed
bids or proposals for the improve
ment Of Fourth street, from the west
line of Ohio street to the east line
of Washington avenue. in said City
of Cairo, except the intersection Of
Commercial avenue with said Fourth
street which has already been i'm
proved. consisting OF the construction
upon the said Fourth street, In the
center thereof, from the west line of
Ohio street to the east line of Wash
ington avenue, In said City Of Cairo,
cial avenue with said Fourth street
which has already been improved, Of
a vitrified brick pavement, of the
width Of thirty-six 1881 feet from
the west line of Ohio street to the
east line of Commercial avenue, In
said City OF Cairo. and of the width
Of thirty 500 feet from the west
line OF Commercial avenue to the
east linerof Washington avenue, iii
said City Of Cairo, with a combina-
ton concrete curb and gutter on both
sides of said brick pavement, at the
] outside edges Of said brick pavement,
and with natural limestone margi-
nal curbs set on both sides of the
said Fourth street, at all unpayed
street intersections, at the outside
edges OF said brick pavement and
between the inside edges of the gut
ter flags of said curb and gutter as
extended around and out to the lot
line on both sides of said Fourth
street, at said unpaved street inter-
sections, and consisting of the con-
struction upon the said Fourth street
of brick catch-basins and supplying
cast-lron traps and cast-iron covers
therefor, and consisting of building
up and repairing the two CD brick
manholes now in the said Fourth
street and supplying cast-iron rings
md cast-iron covers therefor.
The above work is provided for
by and fully described in Ordinance
No. PIT of said City OF Cairo, adopted
August 29th, A. D. 1919, and ap-
proved August 30th, A. d. 1912, and
the said bids must be for the con-
| struction of the said local improve
ment as whole in strict accord
ance with the terms and provisions
OF the said ordinance, which isinow
of record in the office OF the City
Clerk of said City Of Cairo. No. iii
Commercial avenue, In said City OF
Cairo, where printed copies of the
said ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said City Clerk.
and in the office of the City EngI-
ueer of the said City of Cairo. No.
l113 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 examined.
| All bids or proposals must be &C
companied by cash, or by a. check.
4 payable to the order OF the President
Of the said Board of Local Improve
ments. in his official capacity, certi-
fled by a responsible bank, for an
amount equal to ten (10) per cen
tum of the amount of The bid or pro-
posal for tho construction of said
local improvement, and without
such cash or check, no bid or pro-
posal will be considered by the said
Board The bids shall be delivered to
the Board, at the time and place
above mentioned; and at said time
and place above mentioned the said
Board, In open session, will open
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals
. The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted for making said local i'm
movement shall enter Into con.
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the construction Of said local i'm
provement es whole in strict &C
cordance with the terms and require
ments of the said ordinance, anc
shall also enter into bond, payabl,
to the said City of Cairo, In the sun
of fifty t50) per centum of tn,
= amount of his bid, with security :,
be approved by the said Board, con
: ditioned for the faithful performance
in all respects, OF his said contrac
and for holding the said city harm
less. etc, and he shall also bin,
!. himself. In his said contrac
and bond, to guarantee his sal,
work and materials and the sal
local improvement for the period 0
two ca years from and after the &C
eIceptsnce of the same by the sal,