The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-10
Ordinance 30. III.

ton and reconstruction of certain sidewalks ~
| the city of CAIRO.
BE it ordained 10y the city council of the city OF
Cairo:
StcItUN !. That the following named side
walks be reconstructed OF wool IN the manner
| hereinafter provided, viz Dn the south sid,
OF second street, between ieyec street and COM
mefcdl avenue; ON the north side "a SECOND
| street between Lcvcc street amt ,ommeI cia
avenue; on the south side of Fourth street, be-
| tween icNtp street and Commercial a, ,utI. ON
the north side of Fourth street, between LC,ec
street anu Commercial avenue: ON the south
side of Eighth street, between l.cvee street amt
! Commercial avenue, on the south side of IWcillh
{ street, between LcNer sheet and " ashiugtOh
aNcHuc; on me south side OF Fourteenth street, ,
between commercial ai enue and Walnut street;
! on Ia nuItti side OF Fourteenth street, between
| Washington avenue and NalHut street; OIL
/ the wet SIDE Of Poplar street, between ihir-
/ teenth and Four, cntn streets, amt between tif-
| tenth ant Eighteenth streets; ON the
| west side OF Cedar street, between
| Fifteenth and SiNtocntn streets; ON the north
side Oi Lighieeuth street, between LcNcc street
/ anu Commercial avenue, aud between - ashlng-
ton avenue aud N ainut street; on the south SHE
oI twentieth street, between Lcyce street aud
Commercial avenue; on the norm side OF iwcn-
tleth street, between Icvcc street ana { MINER
cinl avenue; on the west side Of Washington
avenue, between Tenth and twelfth streets, aud
on the south size Of ihrty-iourth street, be-
| tween Lcrec street and Commercial avenue.
| sec. That the following sidewalks he con-
! structcd Of wood IN Inc IN inner hereinafter pro
vided, VIZ: On the west side of Poplar street,
i
side OF Eleventh street between Washington
and Commercial avenues; on the
mo- north SIG OF Eighteenth Street,
and on the south eide of iwenty-eishlh street,
between Leyee -trect and Lommcrc al avenue
sec j; SAID walks enumerated in sections
and - snail be constructed and recon- tructed as
lollows, VIZ: they shall he six feet wide on
top, excepting on Washington avenuc winch
shall be .eyen feet. Tn; head or top covering
shall be Two inches thick, and not to exceed
eight inches in width; the inside line 10 De four
lect distant from the 'front.' line of the lots, cN-
cept ON Washington avenue, which shah be five |
feet ifon the 'front.' line ui the LOTS said boards /
or plunks 10 be laid cTOsswisc with the /
sidewalk, and firmly set and well spiked on 10
three -irinscrs, win not les than s.N twenty
penny mails 10 each bOUrt or plank The string |
els shall not he less than three inches thick by |
six inches wide, aud firmly set on edge and well |
splkci on 10 tue piles or cro=s-tics not less than
three Inches THINK by Xix inches wide, placed |
cros-wisc to SAID walk, ~ intervals OF not more |
than SlN feet; when the sidewalks are elevated |
above the natural grouni the posts of the trestle
work shall be four inches square and the sill. or
cruss-tics shall be placed on edge ,and gained
or mOriiced into the posts and well spiked, and
the stringer shall be nutched tightly 10 said stills
or crOss-ilcs; ana III all cases blocks of wood
no, less than one foot long, three inches thick by
>lN inches wide shall be placed under the ends
OF each sill or crO,.-lie Whcu the walk j. laid on
the natural ground, ana under the ends Of each
post when the walk 10 elevated by irestle-wOrk;
If the trcslic-wUrk is over three feet high the
same shall be llrmly braced and the posts eN-
W
10 which handwriting or strip OF white oak
plank, one inch thick by four inches wide shall
be securely nailed; the lumber To lie used shall
be the best qualify of white or burr oak; said
walk shall he so constructed and recon, tIuctcd
~ TO conform to the grade established by ordi-
nance No. i3.
sec. l. That the following walks b; CON
struclcd of brick in The manner hereinafter pro-
Nidcl, VIZ: on the south side OF Eighth street,
between Washington avenue and walnut street;
on the south side OF seventh street, between
Commercial and Washington avenues; on the
north side of seventh street, between CONNER
clnl and Washington avenues, and on the west
side of Washington avenue, between seventh
sec ;. said brick Sidewalk. on the cross
streets shall be ten feet wide, and said brick
sidewalk on Washington avenue shall be twelve
feet wide; they shall be constructed of hard,
we'll burnei brick, cOmpactly and properly
laid in clearinghouse mtnner, IN Il bed of cuarre
sand, not less than four inches thick, placed on
firm and subs tantial bed oil coal cinders orearh
earth; and shall be 30 laid TO the grade cstab-
lished by prov isons of Ordinance No, -: said
walk shall he laid with "a slope downward to-
ward the curb ofone-third ofau inch 10 the foot;
a curbng OF sound white or burr oak plank three
Inches thick, and not less than fourteen inches
wide, To be spiked on with iorly-pcnny nails 10
SOUND white or burr oak stakes, twO and one
half ieet long and three inches square, placed on
! Wrou,-ide Of said curbing not more than five
| feet apart.
sec, o. The local improvements herein pro
| Nlurl ior shall be made 10y special assessment
anu luaccOrdancc with the provisions OF sec
tlons eighteen 10 iily-One inclusive, Of Article
nine Oi the Act of the General Assembly OF the
Nh'e OF Illinois, approved April 10. \ ID Isl2;
| and entitled IAN Act OlroNidc Tor the incOrpor-
Mon oi cities ami Villages - and the costs and
| "Opens "l ne construction aud reconstruction
OF aalu sidewalks shall Nc paid uut of the funds
+ arising from said special assessment
: | ct' me owner Oi any lot fronting ON any
oi ihe sidewalks, PROV isions for the building or
: iccphaVui uon OF which j. made by hi, ouIi.
name snail be allowed thirty DAYS after The
lihe az winch this ordinance Shall take effect in
Nhi'' To bullh or reconstruct said sidewalk
~ 'n' case may he. opposite his lot, aud thereby
,n.''no we same from assessment; Provided
.hal Tue work shall in all respects conform H.
q. tht requirement, of This ordinance and he dan,
10 'hr satisfaction amt approval of TIE Commit.
Tee OF streets
I sec Upon the expiration of the said u,ir,,
oal7 NE city clerk shall publish II notice Tor "a;
uSS : III tuchoWhpaper publishing the ord nance
Of me city, setting iorih that sealed lids fnr IN,
nonihS TIE material or doing The work or buth
Tor the construction or reconA t1lction or sni,
alNMuhn alIeclel To the city council, will /.
mo ~, ~, ,ta ~ once up to the time Of the meet
XXI 81 uie Guy council for the opening of sal,
I niusi Whlch meeting shall not DE eulicr ma,
n",Ns nor more than eighteen DAYS from III
,tAh VI sala notice, which notice shall stui, In
ume 9i shid meeting and de-cribe he tvo,l =, y,
uVmv ny referring To this ordinance; giving il
q d Tf'.ei UNI nhl" "l approval and thai aid or
his Office az any hihc u
sald Dds shall be opened by the clerk IN II,
H., ~ va luz cpuhol ana the contract for do
ihg the Wofh on iurni hing the material ar hotb
Tor the construction and i,consiructi"r 90 VI
HrltWhlks snail De AWARDED 10 the Lowest re.n"n
sible bidder, who shall sufficiently puarao,p oi
the satisfaction Of The city council the fnrn,shi,'
81 said material and the performance of sni
N. WORK OF Dnth, under the superintendent of ia
W Committee on treets within such time or Inn,
~ may he hAed hy contIact ii said bids an, N,
satisfactory 10 the city council they may reic
any on all Of them and may then on thercaiI
authorize said walks 10 bee constructed and n
cE constructed by such agents ~ ihov NAV min
proper ' "''
Approved Sept. 9Th. ls7j
All, A., HENRY ,WINIER Mayor