Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-23
PAVING MADISON STREET.
The legislative Council Adopts an
Ordinance to Pave Madison street
from Main to the Charleston
Railroad Dep0t-The
Specifications.

The legislative council of Memphis met
Yesterday and transacted business. The
principal matter of public interest consider
ed and disposed of was the paving of Madi-
son street from the Charleston railroad depot
to Main street, and adopting an ordinance
forty-six feet wide between the curbing. The
distance to be paved is three thousand two
hundred feet, and the approximate number
of square yards of paving is between fifteen
and sixteen thousand. The council instructed
Eugineer Meriwether to advertise for bids in
the following papers outside OF Memphis:
st. Louis Republican, Louisville Courier
Journal and Little Rock Gazette. The bids
are to be made on the following synopsis of
SPECIFICATIONS.
Pyeparation of ROad-bed-All material now
on the streets must be removed, etc. The
roadway to be graded in conformity with the
instructions of the engineer.
Stone Curling for Sidesoalks-To be BET as
directed by the engineer.
GHtters-To be laid of stone; the stones to
have a depth of ten inches. length of eight to
fifteen inches, equal top and bottom faces,
not less than four inches wide, and set in a
bed of sand and gravel five inches deep,
framework courses forming broken joints.
The width of cutters shall be FIVE feet on
each side of the street. The gutter stones
shall be carefully set and thoroughly rammed,
ETC., and the whole covered with two inches
of sand swept into the joints.
Foundation of Road-bed-Upon bed thus
formed course or layer of stones
of depth of eight inches, not less than
eight inches long, with equal top and
bottom pieces not less than four nor greater
than seven inches WIDE shall be set In range
work courses, forming close broken joints.
The stones to be rammed or settled with
sledge-hammers and interstices wedged with
IF or nrouol Than binding
composed of clear gravel, containing sutfi-
cient quantity of oxide of iron to form per-
feet cement, shall be spread evenly to a
depth of one inch. The stone and gravel
when finished shall be uniform, not less than
twelve inches deep and grade and cross Sec
tons perfect when consolidated.
Stone uSed-All stone used shall be of
the hardest limestone suitable for
paving, silicate of iron or of con-
glcmerate flint and sandstone, or granite
not inferior In hardness to the specimens In
the engineer office, etc. All the gravel used
in the work shall be entirely free from earthly,
alluvial or alluninous matter, and must be
accepted by the engineer before 1t is used.
The specifications for paving cutters with
stone cover all material and labor, including
removal and separation of old material, grad
ing gutter, and the specifications for paving
between cutters covers all material and labor,
including the removal and separation of cd
material. grading, rolling and sweeping and
removal of surplus material.
The gradients. manner OF construction and
materials employed may be changed if the
engineer shall consider such change necessary
| or expedient, etc.
All damage or injury to the work from
food or other Cause shall be sustained by the
contractor till finished and received by the
engineer. The above specifications. if mis-
understood. will be fully explained by Engl-
neer Niles Meriwether.