The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-10

Central Railroad Company the sum of
three thousand dollars ($3, OO0) in consid.
GRAFTON of the removal by it of its tracks
on Levee street, between 4th and l4th
streets, TO the easterly side of said Levee
street so that there shall be the distance of
at lssst thirty feet 1907 feet between the
outside line or edge Of tho sidewalk on
said Lcvee street aud the nearest rail of
said tracks. The tops of the cross-ties of
the inside track shall be level with the
surface of the street between il and the
said sidewalk, and tho cross.ties Of the out
side track shsll be from two to three
inches lower than those of the other track
so that the drainage shall be towards the
Ohio river; and the city Of Cairo shall have
the privilege of draining the said thirty
feet space under the tracks of said COM
pany at convenient intervals along said
tracks.
SIC. 2. The committee on streets Is
hereby authorized to procure a
sufficient amount Of suitable gravel
and to have the same properly
laid or placed on said Leves
| street between said sidewalk and the in
| side track aforesaid, whenever said tracks
are removed, so as to put the said Levee
street in good condition for use this Fall
| and Winter.
SEC. 8. Whenever the work provided
for in either of the preceding sections has
been completed in conformity with the
provisions thereof, it shall be the
duty Of the street committee to
report the fact and the matters
connected herewith, to the city
council, preparatory to the drawing OF
orders on the city treasury for the doing
of said work or any part thereof
Councilman Hurd moved that the street
committee be authorized to notify the 1.
g. X. r. Co., that the city council accepts
its proposition, SO that the company may
proceed at once with the work. After
discussion the motion was withdrawn.
An ordinance regulating the hight of
chimneys, &c.
Be it ordained by the city council of the
city of Cairo:
SECTION |. That hereafter in the con-
struction of chimneys for shops, mills,
factories, or other establishments where
steam is used, the same shall be not less
than fifty feet in hight from the present
established grade Of the streets or side
walks.
SEC. 2. Every person who shall here
after erect and maintain any chimney
contrary to the provisions of the preced-
ing section, and every person who shall
hereafter use or maintain any chimney in
such manner as to be offensive to, or
likely to be injurious to the health and
comfort Of any portion Of the inhabitants
of the city Of Cairo, shall forfeit and pay
for the use Of the city of Cairo, the sum of
five dollars for every day such person SO
maintains or uses such chimney after
written notice served by any one of the
police officers Of the said city of Cairo.
An ordinance providing for the coIstruc-
tion of certain sidewalks therein men,
toned.
BE it ordained by the citv council of the
city of Cairo
SECTION l. That sidewalks be constructed
on the following named streats, to-wit
On the northerly side Of Twelfth street
from the terminus of the present sidewalk
on said street, between Walnut and Cedar
streets, to Locust street; on the southerly
side of Thirteenth street from Commercial
avenue to Washington avenue; on the
east side of Holbrook avenue from West
Twenty.third street to West Twenty
fourth street; on the south side of West
Twenty-fourth street from Holbrook
avenue, to Park avenue.
SECTION 2. Said sidewalk, except that on
Thirteenth street, shall be laid on the
natural ground, and the sidewalk on
Thirteenth street shall be laid to the grade
to which the street is filled.
SECTION 3. Said side walks shall be con-
structed as follows, to-wit: They shall be
six feet wide upon the top except on said
avenue where it shall be seven feet WIDE
the head or top covering to be of white
oak boards or plsnks two inches thick and
not more than eight inches wide, the in
side line Of the covering to be four feet
distant from the front line of the lots, ex-
cept on said avenue where it shall be FIVE
feet distant, said boards or planks to be
laid crosswise with the sidewalk, and
firmly set and we'll spiked on with at least
six twenty-penny nails in each board or
plank, TO three stringers of not less than
three inches thick by six inches wide
firmly set on edge and we'll spiked on to
sills or crossties not less than three inches
wide by six inches thick,
placed crosswise to said sidewalk at
intervals of six feet, these sidewalks at
street crossings to be extended into the
streets till they meet the crosswalks
The posts of the trestlework of the side
walks on Thirteenth street shall be four
inches square and the stills or cross-ties
shall be placed on edge and gained or
tnortced into the posts and well spiked on,
and the stringers shall be notched tight to
said sil's or cross-ties and in all
cases blocks of wood not less than one foo,
long and three inches thick BY six inches
wide shall be placed under the ends of
each sill or cross-tie where the walk is laid
on the natural ground, and under the ends
OF each post where the walk is elevated by
trestlework. II the trestework Is over
three feet high the same shall be firmly
braced and the inside pests extended two
and half feet above the sidewalk. TO
which hand-railing or strip of white oak
plank one inch thick by four inches wide
shall be securely nailed Said s,ringers
sllls, cross ties, posts and ground blocks
shall be OF white or burr oak, red cedar.
black locust or mulberry.
SECTION 4. 1t shall be lawful for ANY
owner or occupant of property fronting Oh
any Of said sidewalks to be constructed at
any time within fifteen (l5) days from the
time this ordinance goes into force, to con-
struct the sidewalk in front of his or her
property in conformity with tho require
ments of the ordinances already in force
concerning the building or construction CT
brick sidewalks, the grade not to vary
from that herein prescribed.
SECTION D. Upon the expiration Of said
fifteen (l5) days the city clerk shall pub
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