The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-11
Ordinance No. III.

| AN ORDINANCE TO provide for the couStruc-
ton and reconstruction of certain sidewalks in
| the city of Cairo.
he it ordained by the city council of the city of
| Cairo;
| SkCItox l. That the following named side
| walks he reconstructed OF wood in III. manner
| hereinafter provided, viz TN the south SIDE
! Of second street, between levec street and com
| mcrcial avenue; ON the north side ui second
| street, between i.csec street and Commercial
| avenue; on the south side of Fourth street, be-
tween Levec street aud Commercial avenue on
| the north side of Fourth street, between Lpv-c
| street and Commercial avenue; on the south
| side Of Eighth street, between Leycc street and
Commercial avenue, on the south side Of wcith
street, between leycc street and Washington
avenue; on the south side of Fourteenth street,
| between Commercial avenue and Walnut sire.i
| on IN. north side Of Fourteenth street, between
| Washington ayc1ue aud Walnut street; on
| the west side oil Poplar street, between 1hir-
| teenih and Fourteenth streets, and between Fiji
| tenth AMI Eighteenth streets; on the
Fifteenth and sixteenth streets; on tho north
side OF Eighteenth street, between Lcvcc street
and Commercial avenue, aud between Washing
ton avenue and anut street; on the south side
| OF Twentieth street between Levec street aud
commercial avenue; on the north side of iwcn-
| tieth street. between Lcvce street and G. MINER
| cial avenue; on the west side of Washington
| avenue, between Tenth and Twelfth streets and
| on the south SIDE Of 1hr'y-iOurth street, be-
| tween Lcvcc street and Commercial avenue.
sec. That the following sidewalks be- con-
! stfuctcd OF wood In the III inner hereinafter pru-
| Nidel. VIZ: On the west side of Poplar street
| between Tenth and Twelfth streets; ON the north
sid. OF Eleventh street between Washington
end Commercial avenues; on the
north side Of Eighteenth street,
and on the south side Of Twenty-eighh street
between Leyec street and Commcrc al avenue.
sec 5; said walks enumerated in sections |
and 2, shall be constructed and recon sr,lc,ed as
follows, viz: They shall bc sin feet wide on |
top, excepting on Washington avenue, which
rhall be seven feet. The head or top covering !
shall he two inches thick aud not TO exceed 7,
eight inches IN widths the inside line to he four
feet distant from tho 'front.' line of the lots, sx-
cept ON Washington avenue, which shall be five |
feet from the front line OF the lots; said boards
or plank5 TO be laid crosswisc with The I
sidewalk and nnn'y set and well spiked on 10
three stringers, with not less than sly twenty
penny nails TO each board or plank The string
ers shall not be less than three inches thick by
six inches wide, and firmly set on edge and wei
spiked on to me piles or cro7s-te-, not less than
three inches think by six inche. wide, placed
crosswise 10 said walk al intervals OF not more
than six feet; when the sidewalks are elevated
above the natural ground the posts OF the tresrc-
work shall be- four inChe, square and the sils or
cross-ties shall be placed ON edge and gained
or rnorticed into the posts and we'll spiked, and
The strinSers shall DC notched tightly to said stills
or cross-,les; and in I'LL cases block, oi wood
not less than one foot long, three inches thick by
siA inches wide shall We placed under the ends
OF each sill OF cross-tic when the walk is laid on
the natural ground. and under the ends Of each
post when the walk is elevated by trestlc- work;
ifthe tre,tie-work is over three feet high the
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tended two and one-haf feet above the sidewalk,
10 which hand-ralling or strip oil white oak
plank, one inch thick by four inches wide shall
be securely nailed; the lumber 10 be used shall
be the best qualify Of white or burr oak: said
walks shall he so constructed and recons truc,cd
a, to conform 10 the grade established by Ordi-
sec. {. That the following walks be con-
siructed Of brick in the manner hereinafter pro-
yided, VIZ ON the south side OF Eighth street,
between Washington avenue and Walnut street;
ON the south side Of seventh street, between
and Washington avenues; on the
north side OF seventh street, between CONNER
cal and Washington avenues, and on the west
side OF Washington avenue, between seventh
and Eighth streets
sec .. said brick sidewalks on the cross
streets shall be ten feet wide, and said brick
sidewalk on Washington avenue shall he twelve
feet " ide; they shall lie constructed of hard,
wei. bnrne, brick, compactly and properly
LAID III herring bone manner, IN "a bed Of coar,c
sand, not less than four inches thick, placed on
n firm and substantial be OF coal cluders OF earth
earth; and shall be 20 laid 10 the grade estab-
lished by provisions Of Ordinance No, -; said
walk shall he laid with u slope downward to-
ward the curb ofone-thrd ofan inch 10 the foot;
a curbing OF sound white or burr oak pla three
wide, to he spiked on With forty-penny nails To
sound white or burr oak stakes, two and one
half ieet long and three inches square, placed ON
the outside OF said curbing not more than Ave
feet apart.
sec .. The local improvements herein pro
vided Tor, shall he made by special assessment
tlons eighteen TO niiy-one inclusive, of Article
nine OF the Acts of The General Assembly OF the
STATE OF Illinois, approved April 10. A. d. ls7.;
and entitled ian Act 10 prov Idle for the incOrpor-
alton Of cities and Villages, " and the costs and
expense OF the construction and reconstruction
OF said sidewalks shall be paid ont Of the funds
arising from said special Assessment.
rec The owner Oh any lot fronting on any
OF ule hldewalks, provisions for the building or
rouonsttas,ion OF which Is made by this ord.
nance shall he allowed thirty DAYS after the
,ihe AZ which this ordnance shall lake effect in
Wn,eh 10 build or reconstruct saJ sidewalks,
peisys an ~ may be opposite his lot and thereby
mat the work shall in all respects conform to |
thc requirements of this ordinance, and be done |
, ~ 'ils Sa.lsiacuon and approval Of the Commit
| sec Upon the expiration Of the said thirty
~ ine slly clerk shall publ,h notice for ten
Of Inc -. c ,ne newspaper publishing the ordinances
! ~ ~ Getting forth that scaled bids for fur.
nv 1he material or doing the work BOTH
| ~ W. iu,htruc'lon or reconstruction OF said
| elueWhlks uirected to the citv council will he
received at his Office up 10 the time of The meet
M OF the city council for the opening of said
n,us, whlch meeting shall not be earlier than
. WE'VE nor more than eighteen dave from The
| ua'e oi said notice, which motto. sLall s,a,. the
tine 81 sad meeting and describe the work ~ bc
nnmhos snH n 70 mis- ordinance; giving It's
aI Hnl uhle ~ approval, and that snid or
finance 10 subject 10 examination at my lime NJ
said bids shall he opened by the clerk IN a..
presence OF the council and the c"n, nnrk IN me
Ing the work or furnishing the material or ~, o,p
for the construction and r,construction of soj
sidewalks shall be awarded TO the lowest r.sn"n'
sible bidder, who shall sufficiently guaran,,. ~
the satisfaction ofthe city council the fnrnisbin
Of said material and the performance of sai5
| work or both, under the superintendent OF the
| Committee on -treets. within such time OF times
NJ may he fixed by contract; il said bid are moi
| satisfactory to the city council they may reject
| any or all OF them and may then or Thereafter
| authorize snid walks TO be constructed and re-
constructed by such agents as they may think
proper.
Approved sept. 9Th. 1875
| HENRY WINTER, Mayor