Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-09
AN ORDIN ANCE
For the Improvement of Twentieth
Street from the South Line of Ninth
Avenue to the North Line of Eigh-
teenth Avenue.

ISentn AVENUE.
Be it enscted by the city council of the city of
Rock Island:
SEC l. That Twentie III street from the south
line of the intersection of Ninth avenue TO The
nue. and Twentieth street. all being in the cor
porate limits of the said city of Rock Island be.
with curbstones, excava ed and graded improved
and paved with paving brick of good quality. in
manner as follows:
at the outer line of the respective sidewalks
Said curbstones shall be of the best quality of
sandstone, no section TO be less than three (3)
feet long, two (2) feet deep, and fonr % niche,
thick when dressed The top edge shall be f NIL
face shall also be neatly bush-hammered.
not less than t"eiye u2l inches down from the
top. The ends shall be dressed smooth. so as 10
make close joints through the full thickness OF
the stone not less thsn one foot down from the he
dressed to a uniform thickness of four az inches
down from the top The excavtting and grading
shall be 10 such depth as will cause the top Of
pective established grade of said etrcet between
tablished by said city of Rock Island, and the said
pavement herein provided for shall, when laid,
and gra ding shall he 10 such depth as will
cause the said pavement 10 conform thereto. On
bottom iayer of clean macadam to ne laid a depth
of six 10y inches the entire rosd bed, Wherever
as at present laid in said street after said street
has been excavated sufficiently TO bring the fin
ished pavement up to said estaolished grad the
intent being that at least Elk 90 inches of ma
csdam all be under all the pavement rs foun-
dation. The whole i. then 10 be thoroughly rolled
with the steam roller and settled to place AMI
compacted TO the satisfaction OF the mayor, SUI
perintendent OF streets and street and alley COM
mittee. On the foundation cours- there must be
laid clean river sand TO the depth of three 81
inches, which shall be raked in on an even layer
without licking il, until the surfac- layer and
gravel foundation is msd. Compact and solid 10
the entire satisfaction of the mayor. superintend-
On the surface layer of sand shall be placed a
course of brick upon their hat or four "a inch
taken TO break joints the same when laid in a
wal On this course or brick shall be sp-ead
river sand sufficiently u NIL every JOINT and TO
cover the entire course one "a inch. Upon such
course Of brick covered shall be placed course
of brick edgewise, that is engthwise upon their
narrow surface, and crosswi-e or the street piac-
ing them close together and breaking joints as
of 1-4x4xS inches. Provided that such
parts of said Twentieth street where after exca-
waiting six 90 inches be'ow the established grace
there shall remain at least six go inches of well
packed macadam with which said street l. now
paved, the under course of brick may be omitted,
end there shall be laid clean river sand 70 the
depth OF two (2) inches which shall be raked to
an even layer and thoroughly wet down without
lcking until II is made compact and solid 10 the
satisfac ion or the mayor, superintendent of
stress and street and aley committee: No
broken or irregular shaped bricks shall be placed
on the top cou The brick composing The top
course shall be regular in shape and size and of
the very best hardest selected brio, and all
brick u-ed in this sha BE- of the b' st |
quality of vitrided brick, such as will NEE III |
approval of the mayor superintendent of streets,
and street and alley committee. The lower
shall be of hard burned brick; sait streer
shall be excavaed, graded, i prov ed and paved |
as aforesaid to the width OF thiry-fve (35) feet |
leaving an even space oftwelye and - half Ga13) |
feet between the paving and the sidewalk along |
saiG street on each side thereof
SEC. ,. That the whole cost and expense of the |
Improvement provided for in Section of this or
dinance. including the cost OF making the assess
ment. collecting the special tax, tn veying and |
taxation, and said special tax shall be levied, as
sestcd and collected upon and from the block. |
lots and pats of lots contiguous and touching |
hnz q na rTa nf Sa Trpg " ~ IN re
dered 10 be paved in proportion to he frontage OF
said blocks, lots and parts of lots upon the said
parts OF said street that are to be paved afore
said. Said special taxation is 70 be levie urder
Article 8. of an act of the general assembly of |
the OF Illinois entitled, IAN providing for
the incorporation of cities and villages, approved
April 10. 1872, and amendments thereto. toe |
0O0.
SEC. 8. That the amount of said speci i taxa |
ton for said improvement shall he divided into |
instslIments, the first of which shall be - per
Of the total OF said ssment. and which sha be
due and payable from and after confirmation of |
SAID assessment The remaining portion 81 said
assessment. after deducting he said fir I install
ment shall be divided into four equal annual in
stalments, which sai1 instalments shall be pay
able annually thereafter and collected in The |
Each OF the four "a last named installments |
shall bear interest at the rate of per cent per
ceeding the confirmation of said assessment, |
when such confirmation shall be had between the |
first day OF November and the first day of March;
and when said confirmation is had be-
tween the first day OF March and and the Fl 81 day
or July then each of the said four lat named
stalmeuts shall bear interest at the rate OF SIX per
cent per anrum in each year from and after the
urs! cay OF octooer mex succeeolns such cobnr-
nation OF the assessment; and when SUCH conhr,
nation Is had between the first day OF July and
four last named nstallments shall bear interest at
the rate of six per cent per annum from and sfter
the first day OF January next succeed ng such |
conhrmatlon OF assessment. such interest shall
be payable in each year at the time when the IN
stallments are payable:
Provided, that the Whole OF said asses ment, or
any instament or irstallmenes thereof, may be
pal at any time at the option of the owner or
owners of said lois, blocks, pieces tracts, in |
which case interest shall he charged only to the
time OF payment and upon such payment the
property for which said payment i made shall be
discharged from the lien of such prym, n.
SEC; 4 Payment :o- the sad i provement
shall be made in the following amer: From
the amount OF the first payment. VIII n it shall
be collected shall f-,t ne paid all the cost of
making the said assessment, including conrt
costs, sur eying and inspecting The remainder
of said pavement shall then be paid 10 The per
son or per-ons entitled thereto on tie contract
for said work. The amount remainin due upon |
the contract for said improvement shall then be
shall be issued by the City to the person or PER
sons entitled thereto. for each part payable in
same order and manner that the installments are
p yable. and said vouchers shall byar the same
rate of interest per annum that sa d installmenls
bear and be made payable to the order OF the per-
son or persons entitled thereto and state the i'm
pr vement and installment which they are
vouchers as provided her in for worR done orper-
formed upon said Improvements or their a-signr,
shall have claim lien upon the SAID city in any
eve Mt for the payments OF said vouchers or the In
terest. except for the collections OF the Install
ments for W Mich eaid vouchers are Issued. |
Sec. 5 That Aldermen Knox, Schroeder and
Huesing be and they are hereby appointed COM
missioners to make an estimate of the cost of said
mt and each part thereof, including a
separate estimate OF the cost Of labor, material,
and awful cost aud expense Of making and col
lectng raid tax and all legal costs and charges Of
the court relating thereto and report the same 10
this council in writing.
Sec. g. Upon the approval of said report by the
city council, 1t shall be the duty of the city clerk
to ADVERTISE in the daily papers Of the city of
Roc Island for at least twenty GO, days, for