The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-08
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Paving and Sewering Holbrook
Avenue.


Public notice Is hereby given that
until the hour of ten tl0) o'clock, A.
NJ Of Thursday. April l7th. A. ID
l1a1s. at the CITY Council Chamber OF
the city OF Cairo. Illinois. al No
l1lll Commercial avenue. In said
| CITY of Cairo. the Board OF Local Inn
provements of the said City OF Cairo
will receive sealed. itemized bids or
| proposals for the improvement OF
IIolbrook avenue, from the north line
of Twenty-first street TO the north
line of Charles street, In said City OF
Cairo, consisting OF the construction
the center thereof. from the north
line Of Twenty-first street to the
north lire OF Charles street, In said
| City of Cairo, OF a vitrified brick
pavement of the width OF forty f40l
faHt, with combination concrete
curb and gutter on both sides of said
brick pavement, at the outside edges
OF said brick pavement. and with
natural limestone marginal curbs
set on both sides of said Holbrook
avenue, at all unpaved street inter-
sections. at the outside edges of said
brick pavement and between the In
side edges of the gutter-flags of said
curb and gutter as extended around
aud out to the lot line ON both sides
of said Holbrook avenue, at said un-
paved street intersections, and con.
sistng of the construction upon the
said Holbrook avenue OF brick catch
basins and supplying east-iron traps
and cast-iron covers therefor, and
consisting Of building up and repair.
ing the seven (7) brick manholes
now In the said Holbrook avenue and
supplying cast-iron rings and cast
iron covers therefor, and consisting
OF the construction In the said Hol-
brook avenue, from the brick man
hole, located at the intersection OF
Holbrook avenue and Twenty-firat
street. In the Twenty-first street
sewer to the brick manhole, located
at the intersection OF Holbrook ave-
nue. and Charles street, in the Char
les street sewer. OF a vitrified tile
pipe sewer, with vitrIfied tile pipe
Icy" branch house connections placed
In the said sewer on both sides there
Of at distances twenty-five 1851 feet
apart, between street crossings, and
with vitrified tile sewer pipe laid
from each "Y'' branch house connee.
ton, on each side Of said sewer, to a
Ipoint ten C10) feet from the street
line on each side Of the said Hol-
brook avenue.
The above work is provided Tor
by and fully described In Ordinance
No. 27G of said City Of Cairo, adopted
August goth. A. ID. 1912, and ap.
lproved August 30th, A. ID. 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
lof the said ordinance, which Is nov
OF record In the office OF the Cit,
CLERK OF said City of Cairo, No. Ill
Commercial avenue, In said City o.
Cairo, where printed copies of thu
said ordinance may be obtained OF
application to the said City Clerk
land In the office OF the City Engi
lneer Of the said City OF Cairo, No
i1113 Commercial avenue. In SAID
ICity of Cairo, which Is just across
the hall from the said city clerks
Iofficc, the specifications OF and fol
the said local improvement can b.
found and may be there examined.
All bids or proposals must be &C
companied by cash, or by check
payable to the order Of the Presiden
of the said Board of Local Improve
lments in HE official capacity. certi
fled by a responsible bank, for al
Iamount equal to ten t10) per cen
Itum Of the amount OF the bid or pro
posal for the construction OF sait
local improvement, and withou
such cash or check, no bid or pro
lposal viii be considered by the sat
, Board. The BIDS shall be delivered T.
the Board, at the time and plac
above mentioned; and at said tim
! and place above mentioned the sal,
BOARD. IN open session, will open
/ examine and publicly declare salt
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall b
accepted for making said local i'm
= provement shall enter into a con
7 tract with the said City OF Cairo To-
= the construction OF said local I'm
: lprovement as a whole In strict &C
: lcordance with the terms and require
A ments of the said ordinance. ant
e Ishall also enter into a bond, payable
n to the said City of Cairo. in the sun
> OF fifty (50) per centum OF th'
n amount of his bid. with security L
!. be approved by the said Board, con
, lditioned for the faithful performance
4 in all respects. OF bis said contrac
and for holding the said city harm
A less. etc. and he shall also bint
4 himself, in his said contrac
a land bond, TO guarantee his SAT-
A work and materials and the sal
4 local Improvement for the period o
!. two (2l years from and after the &C
a lceptance OF the same by the sal