The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-11-13

-ainc back, recommending that said walk
| bc constructed -, PRAYED for.
On motion Of Alderman McEwcn. the
recommendation of the committee was
roncurrpd in. and said petition referred to
ordinance committee. with Instructions
~ drait an ordinance ia accordance there
with.
REPORT oF COMMITTEE oN FIRE ~.
rAHrMENT.
The committee on fire department. 10
whom was referred the petition of IIibcr-
MAN fire company. requesting the coun
ell 70 allow them the sum of 5000 with
which TO repair their large engine, ~
ported the same back. recommending
i'at the lmc bc not allowed, rs the fund
! department wa. nearly exhausted.
uu 'r allowance to said company of
SOD prr year Wa-, ia thcir opinion sui-
iciunt to make al ordinary repairs to
heir engine. etc.
ErPOEr or CoNNuTrEE oN rohCE ANp
JAIL.
Tho committee ON police and Jail re-
ported that they had examined the city
jain aud found that the roof wa. in a
leaking condition. and recommended
ilat the same bc ropaircd a. soon "a pos
-ible.
On motion of Alderman Ncllis. said re-
port was received and the superintendent
Of street, instructed to have said roof IT,
paired. by the following vote:
Ayc--llalliday. Mathis. McEwcn. Me-
Gaulcy. Morris. Ncllis. Th-tlcwood and
wight.
Nays-O.
The ordinance committee reported the
following ordinance. which was read by
the clorl, and laid over for q second read
ing. viz:
An ordinance providing for the cor.'ruc-
ton and rCcOn~tructiOn of certain side
wa H..
BE i ordained by the City Council of the
SECTION |. That tho following named
-.dcwalk- be reconstructed Of wood, in
the manner hereinafter expressed, VIZ:
On the nOrthcrly side OF Seventeenth
street, between Commercial avenue and
Poplar street aud on the westerly tide OF
-
Seventeenth streets and that "A walk be
constructed also, OF wood, on the southerly
side OF Thirteenth street, between WASH
iDgton avenue and Walnut street.
srC. ,. Said walks shall be constructed
and reconstructed n follows:
- The said walks on Thirteenth street and
-Yenteenth street. shall be Fix icet Wide
on top and the said walk ON Commercial
nHenii" shall be seven ieet wide on top:
the head or top covering TO be of sound
white oak boards or planhs inches thick
and not more than inches wide. the in
side line 10 be four feet distant from the
front line Of the lots, on said Thirteenth
aud seventeenth streets, and live feet di..
tant from the front line OF the lots on Com
meIcial avenue said boards or plank. TO
be laid cTosswise with the sidewalk and
firmly set and well spiked on with, at least.
six, twenty-penny nails in each board or
plank 10 three stringers OF not less than 3
inches thick by inches wide, firmly set on
edge an well spiked on to crossties OF not
less than inches wide by o inches thick
pace 4 crosswi.c to said sidewalk, at inter-
walls of feet: these sidewalks at street
crossings 10 be extended into the street,
until they meet the crOsswalks. Where
the sidewalk, are elevated above the natu-
raj ground, the posts o. the trestic work
shall be four inches square, aud the ellis or
crosstirs shall Ice placed on edge and Joined
or mort Led into the posts and well spiked
on, and the stringers shall be notcbcd
tightly TO said sills or crosstcs, and In all
cases blocks OF wood, not less than one
foot long aud inches thick by u inches
wide, shall be pa ed under the ends Of
each cro.,iie, where the walk Is laid on the
natural ground, aud under the ends of each
post where the walk ], elevated 10y trestle
work. If the trc-tieWork H. over 3 feet
high the same shan be firmly braocd and
the posts extended >! feet above the side
walk, 10 which hand railing or sttip of
white oak plank, inch thick by 4 inches
wide. shall be securely nailed; said string
err, still, crOssties, posts and ground blocks
shall be Of white or burr OAK, red cedar,
locust or mulberry.
SEC. >. That the following described
walk be constructed Of brick VIZ:
ON the westerly SIDE Of Commercial ave,
nue., bctweed Seventeenth aud Eighteenth
streets.
SIC. /. said brick sidewalks shan be
twelve iOCt wide,
f. shall be constructed Of hard. well
burned brick, cOmpactly and properly laid
in herrlng-bone manner, in u bed of coarse
and. not less than four inches thick, placed
on nm and ,ubstnr tial bed OF coal cin.
ders or earth, and shall be 50 laid to the
grade by the pcoyl,iois Of Ordinance No,
SO.
| Said walk shall be laid with slopu down.
ward Of one.third of an inch to the foot
! . inches thick aud at least II inches wide
| to be spiked on with twenty penny nails Ia
| sound white or burr OAK stakes, two and
| one.h ~ feet long aud IN ,hcs square
| palred on the outside OF said ctirhing not
| more than live feet apart
SIC ,. The local Improvements herein
| provided for, SHALL be made by special as-
se .monts and in accordance with the pro
| visions OF sections i TO II inclusive, nj
| article . of the ac Of the general assembly
| OF the state of Illinois, approved April 10
| ls7a and entitled IAN act 10 provide fol
| the incorporation Oi cities and Villages
| and the cost aud expenses Of the cOnsiruc
ton and reconstruction of SAID sidewalks
shall be paid out OF funds arising from sal,
| special assessments.
SEC. @. The owner of any lot frontin:
on any of the sidewalks, provision, 70
tie building or recon~ lrllctlOn Of which |
made by ordinance, shall be allowed thIrt
days alter the time NJ which this ordinance
takes effect, in which to build or recon
struct said sidewalks ~ the case may be, op
po>itc his lot and thereby relieve tue sam,
from assessment; provided, that the Worl
shall, in all respect, conform 10 the require
ment, of th, ordinance and he done 10 tn
satisfaction and approval Of the commt,tc
on streets.
: SEC. 7. Upon the expiration of sal
thirty days, the city clerk shall publish n,
tce Tor ten days IN the ne wspaper publisl
: mg the ordinances OF the city, setting fort
that sealed bids for furnishing the materl
! or doing the work, or both Tor the col
struction or reconstruction of said sid
= wa h directed to the city council will /
4 received al hi Office up 10 the time OF IL
h. meeting of the city council for the openiu
: OF said bids, which meeting shall not
Il earlier than twelve days nor later thu
4, eighteen days from the date of said motto
which notice shall state the time of ~
/ meeting and describe The work to he dol
p by referring TO the ordinance, giving
number and date Of approval, and that "a