The Cairo bulletin., 1913-03-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Paving Tenth Street.

NJ. of Monday. March s1st. A. D.
1913. at the City Council Chamber
4 the City of Cairo, Illinois, at No.
III Commercial avenue. In said
,ity of Cairo, the Board OF Local I'm
movements of the said City of Cairo
wiz receive sealed. itemized bids or
proposals for the Improvement OF
| Tenth Street, from the west line o.
Ohio street to the east line of Poplar
,treet. in said City Of Cairo. except
the intersection of Commercial ave-
1ue with said Tenth street which
has already been improved. consist
| ing Of the construction upon the said
Tenth street. in the center thereof,
| from the west line of Ohio street 10
the east line of Poplar street, in
| aid City of Cairo. except the inter-
section OF Commercial avenue with
| said Tenth street which has already
been improved. of yitrified brick
pavement, of the width OF thirty-six
(a6l feet from the west line OF Ohio
street to the east lire OF Commercial
,yenue. in said City of Cairo. and Of
he width of thirty (3o) feet from
the west line of Commercial avenue
to the east line of Poplar street, in
aid City of Cairo, with combina-
!,ion concrete curb and gutter on
10th sides of said brick pavement,
1T the outside edges Of said brick
pavement, and with natural lime.
stone marginal --,rhN set on both
sides OF the sa' d Tenth street, al all
,nnaved street intersections. at the
mtsde edges of said brick pavement
md between the inside edges of the
| gutter-flses OF said curb ana gutter
/ as extended around and out to the
| trest, at said unpaved street inter
sections. and consisting of the con-
stiatctlon uron the said Tenth street
Of brick cateh-basins and supplying
cast-iron trays and east-iron covers
therefor. and consisting OF building
lup and repairing the one (1l brick
manhole now in the said Tenth street
land supplying a cast-iron ring and .
cast-iron cover therefor.
II The above work Is provided fol-
| by and fully described In Ordinanc.
No. 179 of said City of Cairo, adoptet
August 39sh. A. D. 1912, and ap
, proved August 30th. A. d. 1919, an,
the said. bids must be for the con
I. Istruetion of the said local improve
: tment as a whole in strict accord
lance with the terms and provision
r Of the said ordinance. which Is nov
. It record In the office of the Cit
4 clerk of said City of Cairo. No. III
!. Commercial avenue, in said City Q
a Cairo. where printed copies of tn
said ordinance may be obtained o.
! application to the said City Clerh
i land in the office of the City Engi
: lneer of the said City Of Cairo, Nc
A. If1i3 Commercial avenue. in sal
> City of Cairo, which Is just acros
! the hall from the said city clerk
II office. the specifications of and fo
! he said local improvement can b
n found ard may be there examined.
! All bids or proposals must be az
i tcompanied by cash, or by checl
/, nayable to the order OF the Presider
aI,f the said Board of Local Improv,
Z lments in his official capacity. cert
\. flied hy a responsible bank. for 6
i Iamount equal to ten t10) per Ger
,e Itum OF the amount Of the bid or prt
lnosal for the construction of sal
= llocal improvement, and withot
/ Isuch cash or check, no bid or pr,
y sosal will be considered by the sal
> BOARD. The bids shall be delivered
l. tine Roard, at the time and plat
n ebova mentioned; and at said tin
A. Iand place above mentioned the sal
o. Board, in open session. will ope,
and publicly declare sal
II bids or proposals.
nI The contractor whose bid shall
ID accepted fer making said local IN
tr tareveme1t shall enter into c,l
10 tract with the said City of Cairo I,
~ the construction of said local in
III nrovement as a whole In strict a
n tcordance with the terms and requir
Id luaents of the said ordinance, ar
shall also enter into bond, payab
he Ito the said City of Cairo, in the su
n IF fifty f5a) per eentum of IL
A. amount of his bid, with security
Or be approved by the said Board. col
n ditioned for the faithful performanc
G. I'm all respects, of his said contra
O. and for holding the said city harr
1d less, etc, and he shall also biz
lie himself. in his said contra
m and bond, to guarantee his sa
he work and materials and the sa
to local Improvement for the period
n two ca years from and after the a
,e, "eptance of the same by the sa
vet Board and its confirmation by Il
N. County Court,
nd The contractor to whom the co
.et 'ract is awarded for making said !
Id eal improvement and who shall co
i'd struct said local Improvement W
Of be paid In bonds of the said City
lc- Cairo, bearing interest at the rate
lid tive t5) per cent per annum frc
he their respective dates,
Blank forms for bids or proposs
IN will be furnished on application
To- he said City Engineer at his Off
m. aforesaid.
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