Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-07
AN ORDINANCE
For the Improvement OF Twen-
tieth Street from the South Line
Of Ninth Avenue to the North
Line of Eighthteenth Avenue. 3

Be ii ordained BY ne CITY Cou,lei! Of the City Of
Rock Island:
SEC. l. hat Twentieth street from the south
line OF the intersection of Ninth avenue 10 the
North line of the intersection of Eighteenth ave
nue. and Twentieth street, all being in the corpo-
rate limits of the said city of RocS Island be and
the same are hereby ordered curbed with curb
stones, excavated and Graded. improved and paved
with maeadam, of good quality, In manner follow
ing:
Curb stones shall be set on each side thereof At
the outer lire OF the respective sidewalks said
curb stones shall be of tie best quality Of sand
stone section TO be les than three Isl feet long
tive III Feet deep and four inches thick when
dressed. The top edge shall be full and square
dnC neatly chiseied, and the face shall also be
neatly chscl. d. not less than twelve ll2l inches
down from the top. Tue ends shIll be dres ed
smooth. as TO make ciOae joints through the full
thickness OF the stone not less than one + II foot
down from the top, and the back size of the stone
shall be dressed to uniform thickness of four "a
inches down from he top. The excAvating and
grad ing shall be 10 such depth will cause the
top OF the pavement, when laid, to conform 10 The
respective established grade o. said streets be-
tween said points, said grade has here ofol &
been established by said city of Rock Island and
the saidpsvement herein rOyided for shall, when
laid, conform TO said grade. and the excavatfng
and grading sh 3li be to such depth as Will cause
the said pavement 10 conform thereto.
On the road oed thus formed, there viii be lad
TO The depth Of seven Z inches for the founda-
tion course, h bed o; the larse broken stone
winch shall not exceed from three l3I 10 four "a
inches in dmen- Ion.
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and closely spread and rolled, true the ally sec
ton. over the first course there shall be spread
a second course of small stone, broken pass
through two Hnd half l2ta inch ring, TO depth
of seven II inches at the crown which shall also
be well We hit. Finishing the work Their. shall he
spread over the brokan stone aver of good gravel
at least two 81 inches thick which shall be rolled
down by the street roller 10 the true section of tae
alley, and the whole pave nent, when cOmuleted
snail be at least twelve tl2l inches in depth.
SEC. =. hat the whole cost and "a pense OF the
improvement provided for in section / OF this or
dinance, inducing the cost, making the assess
ment and collecting the special tax, shall be raised
and paid by special taxation, and saId special tsx
shall be levied, assessed and collected upon and
fiom the blocks, lots and parts of lots contiguous
TO and touching those parts OF said streets which
are hereby ordered TO be paved, in proportion Ia
the frontage of said blocks los Al parts of lots
upon the said parts Of said streets that are to be
paved as aforesaid The total amount thus TO be
raised TO be 25,OOO00
said special taxation is to he levied under arti-
Gle nine (9l Of an act of the general assembly en-
titled AN act prov ding for the incorporat ton of
cities and villages" approved April luh 1872
heretofore adopted by the said city of Rock
Island
SEC. B. That the amount of said special taxa
ton, for said Improvement, shall he diyidt into
installments, the first OF which shall be twenty
five tl5 per cent of the total of said asses ment
and which shall be due and payable from and
after confirmation of said assessment The re-.
naming portion of said assessment after deduct
ing the first said nstallment, shall be divided in.
/ four equal annual installmenIs, which said in
and collected in the same manner that other rs
essments are collected. Each OF the four I4l last
named nsiallments shall bear interest at tne rate
of six i6l per cent per aunum from and after the
first day of July next succeeding the confirmation
Of said assessment. Provided. that the whole of
said assessment, or any instalment or install
ments thereof, may be aid at any time NJ the OBJ
ton of the owner or owners of said lots, b ocks,
pieces or trncts, in which case interest shall be
charged only to the time of payment, and upon
such payment the property for which said paw
Is urd frnm h. lien q
such payment.
SEC. a Payment for the said improvements
shall be made in the following manner. From
the amount of the first payment, when 1t shall be
collected, shall frst he paid all the cost of making
the SAID assessment, inc uding court costs sur-
veyng and inspecting The remainder of said
payment shall hen be paid TO the person or per
sons entitled thereto, on the contract for said
work. The amount remaining due upon the con-
tract for said improvement shall then be divided
INTO Tour ~ equal parts and voucher shzl be
Issued by The said city to the person or persons
entitled thereto for each part payable in same
order aud manner that the instsllments are pay
able, and said vouchers shall bea- the same rate
EFF Interest, per annum, that said nstalments bear
and be maze payable to the order OF the person or
persons entitled thereto, and state the improve
ment and insia lment for which they are issued
and any person or persons ccepting the vouchers
as provided herein for work done or performed
upon the said Improvement or their assigns shall
have no claim OF lien upon the said CITY in any
event, for the payment of said vouchers or the in
interest except for the collections OF the Install
ments, for which said yuucf ers are issued
SEC 5. That Aldermen Knox Schroeder and
Geiger be, and they are hereby appoieuted com
missiOners tn make an estimate of the cost OF
said improvement and each part thereof inclnd-
ing a seDarate estimate Of the cost of labor, ma
terial. and lawful cost and expense of making and
collecting said assessment, all legal costs and
charges OF the court re atng thereto and report
the same TO the city council In writing
SEC. 6. Upon the approval of said report by the
city council, 1t shall be the duty OF the
city clerk TO advertise IN the da ly papers of the
city OF Rock Island, for al least twenty T2Ol DAYS
for bids for ths Improvement specined and he
shall mail marked copies Of said advertiser ent to
all contractors whose names shall be furnished by
any citizen of tn city. All bidders shall be re-
quired 10 deposit sealed bids for said work with
the city clerk, prior to six I6l O'Clock of Monday
afternoon.
bach proposal mus st be accompanied by a Ger
titled check upon some Rock Island bank for$50e
900 payable to the order of the mayor Of the cry
Rock Island, which cheek Is To be forfeited and
paid TO the city of Rock Island ia case the party
10 whom the contract is awarded shall fail to exc
cute the contract SO awarded and furnish bond in
the sum OF len thousand dollars $4,000 COL with
sureties and conditions satisfactory to the MAYOR
within ten l0 days after the awarding of the CON
tract And the council shall have the right to
reject any and all bids
Passed October Goth, 1890.
Attest: WILLIAM McCONorHIE
ROBERT koEuLER, MAYOR
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