Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-11
AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE
For the Improvement of Twen-
tieth street from the North
line of First avenue to the
South line of Ninth avenue.

line Of First avenue to the
South line of Ninth avenue.
Bsh ocdaiaed By The City Council of the y of
Rock leland:
SECTION l. That Twentieth street from the
north line Of the intersection of First avenue and
Twentieth street TO the south line of the inter-
section OF Ninth avenue and Twentieth street.
all being in the corporate limits Of the said
city OF Rock Island, be and the same is hereby
ordered Gu rbed with curb stones. excavated and
graded. improved and paved with paving brick,
OF good quality, in manner following: Cur5 stones
shall be set each side thereof at the onter line
of the respective sidewalks. Said curb stores
shall be of the best quality of sandstone, no sec
ton TO be less than three 90 feet long. two C2)
feet deep and four ~ inches thick when dressed.
The top edge shall be full and square and neatly
bush-hsmmered, and the face shall also be neatly
bu HI hammered not less than Twelve C12) inches
down from the top. The ends shall be dressed
smooth, so as to make close joints through the
full thickness OF the stone not less than one foot
down from the top, ard the back side of the stone
shall be dressed 10 uniform thickness OF four (4)
inches down from the top. The excavating and
grading shall be 10 such depth as will cause the
top of the pavement, when laid, 10 conform TO the
respective established grade of said street be
tween said points said grade has heretofore
been established by said city of Rock Island, and
the said pavement herein provided Tor shall, when
laid conform TO said grade and the excavating and
grading shall be To such depth as will cause the
said pavement to conform thereto. On the road
| err of clean macadam TO be laid depth of six (6)
inches over the entire road bed, wherever there
shall not remain six (6) inches OF maeadam, as at
present laid In said street, after said street has
been excavated sufficiently to bring the finished
pavement up 10 said established grade. The in
tent being that at least six 90 inches OF mac adam
| shall be under all the pavement as foundation
The whole is then TO be thoroughly rolled with
horse roller and settled 10 place and compacted
| to the satisfaction OF the mayor, superintendent
foundation course there must be laid clean river
| sand TO the depth of three ~ inches, which
shall be raked into an even layer, without licking
it, until the surface layer and gravel foundation is
made compact and solid to the entire satisfaction
of the mayor superintendent of streets and street
| and alley committee. ON the surface layer OF
sand shall be placed a course Of brick upon their
| fiat or four inch surface and lengthwise of the
street. care being taken to break JOINTS the same
| as when laid in wall. On this course OF 0rick
shall be spread river sand sufficiently TO fill every
| joint and to cover the entire course one % inch
| Upon such course OF brick so covered shall be
placed course of brick edgewise, that is length
| wise upon their narrow surface, and crosswise
| of the street.. placing them close together and
breaking joints as before specified, and each brick
shall be of the size OF "a x4xS inches, Provided
that on such parts OF said Twentieth street where
after excavating six (6l inches below the estab-
lished grade there shall remain at least six t6)
| inches OF well packed macadam with which said
street is now paved, the under course of brick
may be omitted ano there shall be laid clean river
sand TO the depth OF two (2) inches which shall be
4 raked TO an even layer and thoroughly wet down
| without licking it until it is made compact and
| solid, 10 the satisfaction OF the mayor, superin-
tendent OF streets and street and alley committe.
No broken or irregular shaped bricks shall De
| placed on the top course. The brick coml
posing the top course shall be regular in
4 shape and size and of the very best
| and hardest selected brick, and ali brick
of vitrifed brick, such as will meet the approval
| of the mayor, superintendent OF streets and
| street and alley committee The lower course
shall he of hard burned brick; said street shall be
| eXcavsted, graded, improved ana paved as afore-
said, the whole width of the same between said
curbstones from the north line OF First avenue &c
| the south line of Fourth avenue, and 10 the width
OF thirty-hv 1851 feet, leaving an even space OF
12l feet between the paving and sidewalk alone
said street on each side thereof from the soutf
line OF Fourth avenue 10 the south line of Mint
avenue except the intersection hereby orde ed q
be paved and improved as aforesaid, that is e
say, the intersections of First avenue, Third ave
| nue., Fourth avenue, Fifth avenue Sixth avenue
seventh avenue, Eighth avenue and Ninth ave
nue. OF said Twentieth street, and excepting als'
the portion included between the rails OF the Mo
line & Rock Island Horse Railway Company
the Union Street Railway Company and the Dav
export and Rock Island Railway Company
end eighteen (ls) inches on the outer side OF SAT-
| conpany's tracks.
| The cost of paving said street intersections
| shall be paid for out OF the special fund TO be
provided therefor and the cost OF paving the por
| ton of the street included in the tracks of tn
| Moline & Rock Island Horse Railway Compan,
| and eighteen (1S) inches on the outer side of tn
? rails OF said company's tracks, shall be paid b.
4
pany, the Union Street Railway Company and tn
Davenport & Rock Island Railway Company, re
| spectively.
SEE ? That the whole cost and expense Of tn
improve ment provided for IN Section l. of this
dinance, including the cost OF making the assess
ment, collecting the specialtax surveying and in
| specting, excepting the above specihed) shall b.
raised and paid by special taxation and said spec
ial tax shall be levied, assessed and collected npol
| and from the blocks lots and parts OF lots con
tiguous to and touching those par of sad street
| which are hereby ordered TO be paved. in proper
tlon to the frontage OF said blocks lots and part
Of lots upon the said parts Of said streets that
| to he paved AS aforesaid. Said spt cial taxation
is To be levied under Article o of an act of tn
, General Assembly. entitled An act providing 70
the incorporation OF cities and villages. = approves
! | April TO- 1872. The amount 10 be raised b.
special taxation 10 be Tnirty-nine thousand eigh
hundred and forty-two 1900 dollars $50 s42. 70
, SEC. 3. That the amount of said special taxa
; | ton for said Improvement shall he divided int
installments the first OF which shall be twenty-hv
per cent of the total of embarrassment, and while
shall be due and payable from and after confr
, nation Of SAID assessment. The remaining por
: ton OF said assessment, after dednctng the sal
first installment, shall he divided into four equs
annual instaliments, which said installment
, shall be payable annually thereafter and co leci
ed In the same manner that other assessment
are collected. Each of the four a. last named II
| stallments shall bear interest at the rate of ~
per cent per anuum from and after the first day 9
July next succeeding the confirmation of sal
: assessment. Provided, that the whole Of said as
sessment, or any installment or installmenf
thereof may be paid at any time at the option G
I the owner OF owners Of said lots, blocks, piece
, or tracts in which case interest shall be charge
only Ia the time of payment and upon such pay
ment the property for which said payment II mad
shall be discharged from the the lien OF such pay
ment.
SEC T. Payment for the said improvement sha
be made in the following manner: From th
amount Of the first payment, when it shall be col
ected, shall first be paid all the cost OF max ing th
said assessment including court costs, suryeyin
I | and inspecting. The remainder of said paymer
. shall then be paid to the person persons emit
J tied thereto on the contract for said work. Tb
D amount remaining due upon the contract for sal
Improvement shall then be divided into four "a
| equal parts, and u voucher shall be issued by III
said city to the person or persons entitled there
| to. for each part payable in same order and MAJ
1 ner that the installments are payable, and sal
~ | vouchers shall bear the same rate OF intere,
per annum that said installments bear, and
| made payable to the order Of the person or pei
| sons entitled thereto. and state the improvement
and installment for which they are issued, an
, | any person OF persons, accepting the vouchers 4
provided herein for work done OF performed upO
K said Improvement or their assigns, shall have n
4 claim or lien upon the said city IN any event, Il
the payment OF said vouchers or the interest, e.
cept for the collections. OF the installments fC
=. which said vouchers issued.
SEC g. That Aldermen Hampton and Schroed,
: and Engineer Ii. G. Paddock be and they are her
C by appointed commissioners TO make an estimat
| OF the cost Of said Improvement and each pa
| thereof, including separate estimate OF the co
II of labor, material, and lawful cost and expense
/, making and collecting said tax and all legal cos
and charges Of the court relating thereto, and r
port the same TO this council in writing.
o SEC. 6. Upon the approval OF said report
q the city council, II shall be the duty Of the eli
: clerk TO advertise In the daily papers OF u
city OF Rock Island for at least twenty (2) days e
Il bids for the improvement specified, and he shs
:, mail marked copies OF said advertisement TO a
~ contractors whose names shall be furnished
d any citizen OF this city. All bidders shall be r.
~ CURED 10 deposit sealed bids for said work Wi
; the city clerk prior TO six (6) O'Clock on Mondi
5 afternoon, Feb, 3, 1890 together with sample
e of BRICK to be used.
~ Each proposal mast be accompanied by &c
- | titled check upon some Rock Island bank +
$500, payable TO the order of the mayor OF the ci
| of Rock Island which check Is 10 be forfeited N