The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-16

7 Az ORDINANCE - lrov idc f,f ~, cou~frur-
zion an r-rpusif7',i'ou oi 'ffsin >id"sFHss it
/ Ute cift ui Cairo.
I Re it orluir~i bv thr Cit rpuncI 90. me cif. ~.
I cairo
/ S,rrI-vl. That thr following nRusl side
] walk Be- rcc1u-fflrf-i of vpul t'v uguntf
I hereiuai'fT 1fug idp4. viz tfu fht south sfrf
of ~er.pd -frr.t. hotwctE 'vcr sfrt-r' sn, ON
merriul rvenut' ou tn nor1L ~ids uI ~cron,.
] street htfwCtu i-tyrt -frr.f 'rsl tununcI rIr.
I avenue. nu the snutt side ol fnurTh stirred hs--
: tween i.rvt4 .trs.f and tammercia q yeBn, oI.
the NORTH side o. Fnurth stfs-i hrfyrrssl Isvve,
street and tnmnercisi avcnna; or thc souil
SIDE Of Eighth street. between ievet street arc
commercial uveuu'. or thr south siuC pl WclitS
street, between Letcu street and " a.hip-i
avenue; uL Inc sonif 10" ai Fourteenth street"
between commercial ay enue and Nalnuf -irt.'t.
on N, north side o. tourtcsnih strrc.. h-:wrrti
Washington aye"u, snG " alnui >iisJ- "a
tire We side al Poplar str-eis friw--ai 4hr~
,rentn anu Fourteenth streets, nnC between ii-
ieeuit AMI tirnteenil street,. on tn
west sidt o. cedar strsr;. I've v-reE
Fifteenth and sivteeniL -treats; al thr north
side % l-lgHtccniil -tftst. iiriWeeI IrTe' street
ano Commercial Hvenuc, uhn b-'verI " aSilin.-
ton avenue ana alnuf street. IA Ia, south -iiu
81 Twentieth street. between L"vt- street hnU
Commercial avenue, urfn, north 5iu' a. 4 wen
tieth susri, between Love- slre'r ant nIili"i-
cial avenue. ~ fnf Vcsf SIM oi " gstIiu.'iuf
aVsnu. between Tenth auC Welt,t Htr-pi-. YnC
on ~, south -icf ui 1nlrty fourth street he-
tween Love sirea, amt Oommcrcm. avenue.
4. That nv following slu'N a4ht hs ruii-
strurteG ri wood n tic II Inncr hereuIitef iirt-
vICed, VIZ On tnt ve-t siau ui fUl,isi stree.
herveen Jenthand Twelfth streei' gn the nuiTl
side al Eleventh street ls-weel Washington
and Commercial HVenue- o. HE
north rd, Oi ticiu"euth srr-.l,
berve.n NElnu' ana Cedar st-ceis,
anu ~ the south SIDE ~ lweuiy-sITuth -tr.ss;.
{ between l.syet stree; an CONNER a. avenue.
SEE .. -aic walks enumerated ~ >eCtgOn.
ana :, sinai be constructed ana reconstructed 4.
/ follow, III lhsy email he siX feet Wlde on
| top, .XCepin. On Washington avenue. which
| shall be .eyen feet. The bend OF top covering
/ shall h, TWO inches thick, and not % exceed
| eight inches Ia width; the inside line 10 lie four
feet distant from the lruut line ui the lots, eX-
! ccpt on Washington avenue, which shall IL nye
feet from the front line OF the lott; said board-
| or plank. TO he laid crosswisc with the
sidewalk, and firmly sci and well spiked on 10
| three stringef-, with not les inan slN twenty
| penny uGils TO each board or plank The string
err shall not he less than thr,s inches thick by
-lN inches wide, and iirInly set on edge and well
spiked on TO the piles or crU-s-tics, not less than
three inchc, think by tx inches wide, placed
crosswisc To said walk, at intervals VI not NOR.
/ than six feet: when The sidewalks are elevated
above The natural ground the posts of the irest.-
work shall be four inche- square and the sills or
| cross-iie. shall be placed on edge .and gained
! or mOriiced into the post. and wlll spiked, and
the strnser- shall be notched tightly 10 said ill.
or cros--tes, and in all cases block, Of wood
not less than one foot long, three inche- thick by
,lA inches wide shall he placed under the end
OF each sill or cross-tic when the walk il laid on
the natural ground, and under the ends Of each
post when the walk II elevated by trcstle- work;
1.-THE tIesue-work l. over three feet high tn.
same shall lie firmly braced and the posts eN-
tended two and one-half feet above the sidewalk,
To which 4 handwriting or strip of white oak
plank, one inch thick by four inches wide -hall
be securely nailed; the lumber to he usc't shall
be the best qualify of white OF burr oak; said
walks shall Nv 80 Constructed and reconstructed
as TO conform TO the grade established by Ordi-
sec. {. That ia. following walks he con
strlIcted of brick in the manner hereinafter pro-
yided, W.: ON the south side OF Eighth street
between Washington avenue and Walnut street I;
on the south side Of seventh street, between
Commercial and Washington avenues; ON the
north side Of seventh street between CONNER
cial and Washington avenues, and on the We.t
SIDE OF Washington avenue, between seventh
and Eighth streets
sec D. said brick sidewalks on the cross
| streets shall be ten feet wide, and said brick
sidewalk ON Washington avenue shall lie twelve
feet wide; they shall be constructed of hard
we'll burnei brick. cOinpactly and properly
laid IN hcrling,bone manner, IN bed fcoarse
sand. not less than four inches thick, placed on
II firm and substantial BET OF coal cnderr or earth
earth; and shall be So laid to the grade estab-
lished by provisions of Ordinance No. 81; said
walk shall he laid with a slope downward to-
CURLING OF sound white OF burr oak pla L three
inches thick, and not less than fourteen inches
wide, to be spiked on with forty penny nails Ia
| sound white or burr oak stakes, two and one
half feet long and three inches square, placed on
the outside of said curbing not more than Nv,
| feet apart.
See. D. The local improvements herein pro
| vided tor shall he made by special assessment
and in accordance with the provisions of sec
| tions eighteen to iifty-one inclusive, of Artic
nine OF the Act, of the General Assembly of tn
| State Of Illinois, approved April 10. \. ID. 1872
| and entitled ian Act TO proyiilc for the incOrpOr
alton of cities and Villages" and the costs AM
expense OF tie construction and reconstruction
of said idewalks shall he paid out of the fund
arising from said special a SEQ ment.
| sec ] The owner u any lot fronting on an,
ofthe aidcwalks provisions for the building 0
| us pi " il h,y ia al,
| nance HAL be- allowed thirty du,s after IN
time az which this ordinance shall take effect, il
which TO build or reconstruct said sidewalks
Us The case may be-. opposite his lot, and tbereb!
relieve the same from assessment; Provided
| that the work shall IN all RESPECTS conform I,
the requirements Of lhs ordinance, and bc dom
TO the satisfaction and approval of the Commit
sec Upon the expiration of the said thirt,
ny imt cry clerk shall publish notice for tel
aays III Tue newspaper publishing the ord nance
OF the city, setting iorh that sealed bids for fin,
n'sn,ng Tue material or doing the work or both
~ .ne construction or reconstruction Of sait
anteMhIhs directed to the city council will IL
recelleiM his Office up to the time of IA. NEE,
,nS oi lht city council Tor the opening of soi,
j. n,a,, which Inee'ins hall not be earlier thai
date vi sail notice, which motto, hall ,i,,. "a
,iihe 9i said meeting aud describe the work IN il
y uont by referring To this ordinance; giving il
D. auhn.i ahh Iats ~ approval, and that said or
n his Oi'ic. '' ''''''
sa .snc sid; q, hall be opened BY the CLERK in 4,
me- INV OF ,hr council, and the contract TOR do
n ihs ,he work or furnishing the material or both
ioi lhe Construction and reconstruction OF sai
- sn'.Walks shall bc awarded to the lowest rrspon
, ,ho oiaaer, who shall sufficiently guarantee
Wy sniishction ofthe city council the fiirnIshin
~ a Sou material and the performance OF sai
re con h ., no'h under the superintendent OF III
n a. on ,treeta within such time or tim,
aa , nay ne hAed by contnct; ii said bid urc n,
n .nv , ~, 70 The city council they may reje
., smiiho ", ~, OF ,hen aud may then or thereaft,
~ a"u.,, sad walks To be constructed and r,
~ proper. "0'"" ~ 'h'! h"y t'iii
=, Approved sent sih Is-.