The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-18
ORDINANCE No AZ

An ordinance providing for the copstr,,c
ton OF sidewalk on Sixth street. and the
| reconstruction or renewal of other sids.
| walks therein mentioned.
be It ordained by the City Council Of the
! sECTioNl: That side W ak be coustr,,c,ss
on Tue northerly side Of Sixth street from,
washington avenue to Jefferson avenue
| the same TO be laid three feet below The
grade Of the sidewalks on Washington ave.
nus anu walnut street, and where the nat.
ursi ground Is less than three feet bcIow
sAid grade 1t shall be laid on the vro,in,i
| without excavation. s"
| SECTION 2. That the following n,m.a
sidewalks be reconstructed and renewed
the same 10 be laid upon the natural grou nj
a anI nos upon trestlework, to-wlt: Oa both
| SIDES OF Nineteenth street from Poplnr ar. n,
10 commercial avenue; on the north side Of
twentieth street from Ohio levee to Wal.
nut street; on the south side Of Twentiet IN
,treet from Ohio levee to Wash.
,,,nston avenue; on both sides of
- Ri.;. street from Eighteenth street
10 DIVISION street; on the south side of iii.
vision street aud on the north side of Centre
street anu on the south side OF Thirty.
, ,n street from Commercial syenIs -
WashIhgton avenue. and on the we,t.,ide nr
ty-hfth street. A"eH-
SECTION 8. Said sidewalks shall no oo,
s!rueted az follows, to-wit They sb,,i ~.
SIX feet wide upon the top, the h.,j "" nr oe
covering 10 he OF white oak boards mr. Ui.uSp
Two wv; Inches thick and not more than elm,
Inches wide, the inside line of the coy.,.Ins
to he four feet distant from the front H.
.ne iots, SAID boards or planks TO be- iaii
crosswi.e with the sidewalk and nr,.jv ..
anu Wen spiked on with ut least six ,,y,:,,v'
p.nny nalls III each boaid or plank. 10 thr:.
~ OF not less than three inches thicI
ny NIX inches wide, firmly set on edys and
well spiked on to sils or cross ties n., n 1a.
tnAn threc inehes wide by six inches thicr
Piaceu cr"sswlse to said sidewalks M ,nt.r'
aa,s OF nx feet, these side walks ut street
.,n 10 be extended into the Streets
III! they meet the crOsswalks. ''ss"
Where the sidewalk il elevated ahov. a..
natural ground, tho posts Of the tre,tlcwars
snaii De Tour inches square, and the Iii. -.
cross Ties shall be placed on edge ANA wai,s,,
or mortieed into the posts and well sniEed
on' und tns stringers shall be notched tivht
biscas Of wood not less than one TOO, ' t
ana three inches thick by six inches ,y MI.
shall be placed under the ends of each III w
cross Tie, where the walk is laid ON The nat.
urai ground, aud under the end, of each
p wnrL where tue walk Is elevated by trsstie-
II the trcsilework is over three fee, HAL,
the same shall be firmly braced and ths LIZ, as
extended Two and u half feet above the rTJa
WAX, 10 which u hand-railing or strin or
mnne oak plank one Inch thick by four
meme. wide shall be securely nailed ''"'
said stringers, sills, cross ties. no.,s .,d
ground blocks shall he VI white or burr our
req cedar, ack locust or malberry
SkcIION 4. The costs and EXPENSES nth.
'ohstrnrtion, reconstruction or renewal Of
'aiu sidewalks shall be paid out of y,nSs
'aised ny special assessment, as provided cnr
Article No nine 90 Of the present civ
SECTION 5. That so much Of ordi,..o.
No. 32,approyed September 10th, A. d. Nd
- relates to the sidewalks herei In inc ntion.d
. hereby repealed. o"'"'
SECTION d. That section, thre. IN a.
nlended and five (5) and eight (sl of ordi'
lance No. fourteen (li), lot the last revis,nn
u orlinanees), approved November ~
,. 1871, 50 far as he same are nnnlicshia
hall he observed and followed In caryyim,
W the objects sought by this Ordinance. "e
SECTION I. That the committee ON street,
g, aud they hereby are authorized. To con-
TACT Tor the construction and reconstrnc.
on OF the sidewalks named herein. WIN
ne parties 10 whom said worL
~ been heretofore awarded hv
~ city council, and AZ the same nric:
M such work included herein as has nof
cen heretofore awarded TO any person. thai
le committee on streets be authorized 10
we done by the city work men orotherwi.e
they may deem eXpedient, the cost thsrsofI
pc assessed upon the property Benefited
IN other cases.
Approved, Feb. II. 1879.
JOHN NJ. LANSpEN, Mayor.
Attest: NJ. j. HOwLHY, City Clerk. ,