The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-07
1000,

1895.
I'm ordnance Ia improve Pleasant street
.UGt.
Ee ii ordained by the Municipal Assembly
Of ia" city Of 81. Louis. as follows:
Section |. Tho Board of Public Improve
'il'nts IL hereby authorized and directed 10
cause iie:lsaut street between hossut! ave
i''r ana tl"riSsani avenue, 10 he improved
ny grading. preparing ground Lor the super
structure, CURLING. gathering, laying II
roadway pavement of yitriti.I paving brick
ON a concrete hasc and making all proper
connections and intersections with other
streets and alleys.
! Sec. :. The base shall be a bed of by
"ial-Hc cement concrete. and the paving
shall toe the best quality OF verified paving
brick. lad an = bed of sand. The curling
ana suffering shall he of granitoid and rest
upon a bed .f cn,dcrs.
sec. ;. The grading shall be done in ac-
c"r,ial!r" with III. directions of the Street:
Commissioner. The ground for the super
structure stdll be prepared and the rutdhri
properly formed to a depth of eleven and
ullc-hlif inches below the intended surface
of the roadway. ON this roadhed the curb
lnG ana SuticrinS shall hc constructed Of
Ef.'nitoid. three feet wide. TO be composed
at crushed granite and Portland cement: to
l." SIX inches thick and to rest on a bed OF
cirdets not less than eight inches deep. The
wearing surface Of the granitoid CurbiuE
ana Guttcring shall be mixed with such
color of colors as the Street Commissioned
may direct. on the remainder of the road
bed 4 base of hydraulic cement concrete.
80 iSi.' N''f. Si.il bt ltii, tl t!llS ItiSt
best quality o. rified paving brick. The
brick shall not ~ less than eight inches nor
more than nine inches long. not less than
two and ore-half inches nor more than four
inches wide. not less than four inches nor
more than four ard one-half inches deep.
coarse sand of sufficient depth to bring the
upper surface of the brick. after they have
been well ramrced. to the true surface of
the pavement. 4 one-inch pine board. four
tnrnsS deem lr,.snGnrnF ~ oak In hot fn-t
shall be placed against the gutter, the top
edge 10 be flush with the surface Of the fin
ished brick pavement. a similar joint
across the roadway shall be used every fiji
~ feet The joints shall be completely filed
with grout, Composed of one part best Port
land cement 10 one part of sand.
Sec. 1. The cost of preparing ground for
the surerstructure. curb!rg. gathering, con-
crete, %vitiriiied hrik pavement. pine boards
ana all proper connections and intersections
required. shall H. charged as a lien upon the
adjoining property fronting or bordering on
the Improvement herein provided for. and
shall he paid by the owners thereof. except
as hereinafter provided. When said work is
Completed. the President of the Board Of
Public improvements shall compute the cost
thereof, and levy and assess the same as
a special tax against each lot of ground
charseab!e Herewith. in the names of the
owners thereof. respectively. In the proper
ton that the linear feet of each lot front
Ing or bordering on said Improvement bears
10 the total number of linear feet Of all
the property chargeable with the special
tax aforesaid, and shall make out and GER
tify 10 the Comptroller. on behalf of the
contractor. bills, of such cost and assess
incnt, accordingly. as required by law.
Sec. .. Whereas. the estimated cost OF
preparing ground for the sIpers:ructure.
CURLING, guttering. concrete. vitritied brick
pavement. pine board and all proper con-
n%ectiOnS and intersections required, as pro-
vided for by this ordinance TO le assessed
against some of the. lots fronting or border
ing on the aforesaid Improvement. amounts
to more than twenty-five per centnm of the
assessed value of said lots, therefore the
amount in excess OF twenty-five per centum
ard the cost of grading shall he paid by the
City of st. Louis, and the sum of two
hundred and sixty-five dollars Is hereby APP
propriated on account thereof. payable out
of the fund set apart for street improve
merts.
Approved April 3. 1890.