The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-07
It ordained bv .be Municipal Assembly

Be It ordained by the Municipal Assembly
Of the City OF St; Louis. as follows:
| Section l.. The Board of Public Improve
mentS is hereby authorized and directed L"
cause Franklin avenue from Claiming ave-
nue. to Grand avenue except So mncH thei"-
Of as the railway company having tracks
on said street is by law obligated 1" recon,
strucO to be reconstructed by taku;; IN and
removing the old pavement To the depth ct
SIX inches. leaving the present concrete
foundation, preparing the rotdD"i Tor inc
supststructure renewing anu rtLdlHS1li'S
the cUrbluS, laying Il roadway pavement! OF
Yttriiied paving brick and making an prcpsr
connections and intersections WITH Other
streets ana alleys
ity ~ Vitritiei paving brick. laid on a bad
OF sand. The curbing shall be Of litn'st"U',
Sec 3. The old pavement shall be removed
"a the depth Of SIN inches. leaving tn pre-
ent concrete foundation. and the r11Gh ]
prepared for the superstructirc. On, the
| 1t pavement or the best quality OK y~itriii"i
paving hrtoEt. The brick shall not ~ lesa
than eight IHChcs nor NOR" than nine inchoS
long: not less than two and on"-half Inches
nor NOR, than four and one-half inches
vile: not less than four inches nor more
than four and one-half inches deep; they
shalt hc set on edge, on a bed of clean.
coarse SAINT Of suttiCi. mt depth To bring the
upper surface Of the brick, after thy have
been well rammed. to the tIli" surface "t
the pavement. 4 nnc-inc! PIN hoard. t"nr
inches deep tcreosoted or soaked in hot tap
shall be placed against the curb. the top
9 .Se 70 he ilt!sE with the surface or tHe m
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across the roadway shall be used every tttiy
feet. Tho Joints shall be completely .'iei
with Grcut. composed of one part best Port
land cement to one part of sand. All broken
or del, Ctive cUrbstOnss shall be- removed ana
replaced with new ores. and such rs can
be used again shall he feadiIstet. The curb
Ing shall have 4 straight and even face On
the side toward the gutter ana shall haNt'
close end joints In the full depth Of the
stone. and up stone shall be l.ss than four
AMI rue-ha!f feet long. nor less than six
inches thick. nor less than twcnty-f'ur
inches deep.
SEQ. + The cost ~ the forecoir- work
and all proper connections and intersections
required. except 80 much thereof as the rail-
WAY company having tracks on said street
Is by law obligated IT, pay. shall be 'nIrg.d
az q lien upon the adjoining property front
ing or bordering on the Improvement here.n
provided fnr. ard shall te paid 10y the own
ers thereof. When said work Is completed
the President IF the Board Of Pubic I'm
prcveincnts shall compute the cost thereof.
aud levy an! assess tn" same as a tpeC'ad
tax against each lot of ground chIreethle
herewith. in the names Of the owners there
OF. respectively. III the proportion that the
linear feet of each lot fronting or border
ing on said improvement haars tO The total
number of linear feet Of all the property
ChargeahIe with the special tax aforesaid.
and shall make out an! certify to the
Comptroller. on behalf Of the contractor.
bills Of such cost and assessment ACCORDING
ly. a. required by Law.
Approved April 8, 1890.