, 1880-04-25
THE SOUTH PARKS.
Adoption Of Specifications for the
Pavement OF Michigan
Avenue.
H-Presfdent Morgan Called upon
to Rise and Explain.
Certain Mysteries Attending the In.
vestment Of Park Moneys.
In Agreed Case to Test the Constitu.
tionality OF the Boulevard Law.

In Agreed Case to Test the Const1tu
tionality Of the Boulevard Law.
The South Park Board met yesterday afte1
noon, President Walsh III the chair, and pres
ent, Commissioners Sherman, Russell, Cor
nell and Price.
The President stated that, as the main oh
tect of the meeting was to consider the pave
ment of Michigan avenue, he had directed
the Engineer to draw up specifications de
ecribing the improvement proposed
These were taken up seriatim, and slight
" amended. being finally agreed upon as fol
lows:
MICHIGAN AVENUE
D.iveway-The driveway shall be OF tho uni.
form width OF fifty feel, the centre line q
which shall be the centre line Of the boulevard
The centre Of the driye to the width Of thirty
four feet shall he macada1n, seven feet on each
tide Of the macadam shall be what is known as
Belgian pavement, and one, foot on each side
adjoining the curbing shall Be stone-flag gutter
The macadam shall be constructed as fol-
j. i course Of broken limestone five inches In
thickness. the cubes not TO exceed three inches
= i course of broken grant OR trap-rock,
three inches in thickness, the cubes not to e1-
ceed three inches in diameter
q
three inches in thickness, the cubes not to ex-
ceed two inches in diameter.
course one inch In thickness Of screened
crushed grant or trap-rock, with sufficient
screened Joliet gravel mixed with it to make it
Each course to be; well net and rolled with a
The Belgian pavement shall consist Of grant
blocks four inches wide, eight inches deep, and
twelve inches long. placed cdgewse in lateral
dourseS, and laid upon StI inches Of Well-rOlted
Joliet gravel.
The cutters shall be grant flags SIX inches
thick, twelve inches vide, and not ! less than
Upon the top and sides, and laid lengthwise Of
the drive upon six inches Of well rolled or
rammed Joliet gravel.
Curbing-The curbstone shall be OF good
quality Of Lemont stone, not less than two and
half feet in hight, six feet In length, and five
4pctes in 1hlekncss: The top, The inner face for
one inch below the top, to be bush-hammered,
The top TO be uniformly FIVE inches in width.
MI, w Sofh edcs Of The bouIeYar shall be
eight feet in width of stone tagging sir inches
thick, each stone to be eight feet in length and
not less than four feet in width, laid crosswise,
the ton and sides of the stone to be plAnel,
saved, or bush-hammcrcd-
Planting spaccs-The spaces on each side Of
the sidewalks and the curb line shall be brought
to the proper grade with not less than twelve
inches Of black EARTH and sowcd with grass seed.
Trees-Elm trees, OF Ot1eSs than twelve inches
in diameter at a point two feet above their
roots shall be planted in the centre Of the plant
ing spaces on both sides, and shall be not TO ex-
COED forty feet apart
cRoss-wA1Ks.
Across all futersecting streets On either side OF
and across the driveway on each side OF inter-
Becting streets, shall be constructed cross walks
two feet apart, running from gutter to gutter,
the flags to be six inches thick, eighteen inches
vide, and not less than three feet IN length; and
shall rest upon six inches OF well rammed or
rolled Joliet gravel.
intersections intersecttng stra&ts shall be
paved with the Belgian pavement up to the line
scrihed- The entire intersections Of Twelfth,
Eighteenth, Twenty-second. and Thfrty-tirst
Streets shal! be paved with Belgian pavement
Ca1ch-basins-Brick catch basins shall be built
II the planting space just outside the curb
line, and shall be not to exceed 21Y feet apart
They shall he eight feet deep and -four feet in
diameter. The inlet shall be through an opening
:ut through the curbing. The outlet shall be a
nine inch vttriied PIPE connected with the
TIE BE OF a tha s,o
be brought to grade and covered with cast-iron
covers.
Sewer connectons-on each side at intervals
OF tEenty-fiyc feet shall be- laid six-inch vitri-
fed pipe connecting with the sewer, and run
ming back to the street line.
Of twenty-five. feet, the water-main shall be
tapped, and three fourth inch lead pipe shall
be laid out 10 the street line.
Gas connections On each side at intervals Of
twenty five feet the gas-matn shall be tapped,
and a one-inch iron pipe laid out to the street
line.
planting space, next to the sidewalk, lamp-posts
Shall be erected, not to exceed 155 feet apart,
and costing not more than SIS each
Property who may desire, may con-
fssuct walk through the planting space from
The sidewalk to tho curbstone, and erect hitch
tns-posts. but it shall be at their own expense,
adoptod.
TH1RTY-F1FTH STREET
shall be improved In the same manner as above
speclned for Michigan avenue. except that there
ahal be no planting space and no trees
The entire intersection Of Indiana avenue
shall be the - Belgian pavement
The President asked if there were any
Speeches to be made, OF did the Board want
resolution passed instructing the Engineer
to 20 on and get up plans. A map Of the
whole street would have to be prepared.
Commissioner Russell moved that the
Specifications be adopted and referred to the
attorney, with directions to prepare an or
dinance for special assessment.
the specifications be not adopted, but that |
they be referred to him to draw an ordl- |
nance. Both could then be adopted at the |
same time. He did not want to affect the |
validity Of the assessment BY passing things
piecemeal. !
The motion was modified in accordance |
With this suggestion, and agreed to.
LAKE ON RoADwAYs-
;, 4. communication was received from
lanes T. Lake on the subject Of roadways.
ae mad been, he said, for many years ldentl-
aed with the making Of artificial Toadways, |
and had watched closely the workings II
and combinations of material, and was
{orced to the following conclusions:
!. For business or tcamtng street, where
o.sasy draft and slow speed are required small
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