The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-24
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An ordinance to reconstruct Lombard
street from Fourth street to broadway.
BE IL ordained by the Municipal Assembly
o. the City of St Louis. follows:
Section / The Board Of Public Improve
neHts is hereby authorized and directed TO
cause Lombard street from Fourth street
10 broadway to be reconstructed by taking
up ana removing the old pavement and
cUrbing. preparing ground for the super
STRUCTURE, setting new curling. laying a
roadway pavement of vitrifiei paving brick
on a concrete base. and making all proper
connections and intersections with other
streets and alleys.
See. >. The base shall be a bed of hydrau-
lie cement concrete and the paving shall be
the best quality OF vitrihed paving brick.
Iaid on bed OF sand; the curoinS shall be
granite ana rest on base OF concre;G'
ana Be packed with concrete,
Sec. The Old pavement shall be re-
moved and the ground for the SuperStric-
tura prepared 10 "a depth of eleven and one
hat 4uCE-s below the intended surface of
the roadway. On the roadbet; base OF by
GIdullC cement concrete. six inches deep,
snail be laid; on this base there shall be
placed pavement OF the best quality of
Nitrlred paving brick The brick shall not
be less Ihan eight inches nor more than
nine inches long. not less than two and enc
hstit inches nCT more than four inches wide;
not less than Hour inches nor mare than
four ana one half inches deep. they shall bs,
set On edge, on a bel Ut clean. coarse sand.
OF suinci.nt depth to bring the upper sur
face UT Ihe brick. after they NJ. We been well
fairnlcd. 10 the true surface OF the pave
ment- y one-inch pine board. four inches
deep tcEeOSOted or soaked in hot tar shall
be placed against The curb. the top edge TO
be hush with the surface OF the finished!
brlcr paw. mert. y similar joint across the
roadway shall be used every nifty feet. Tho
JoIntS shall be completely ntied with ,srou:
composed CT one part best Portland cement
10 one part OF soma All curhstunes shall
be renewed ana replaced with new ones,
The curling shall. nave Il straight and even
face on the side. towards the gutter and
snail have Close end JOINTS to the fun depth
Of tie stone, an! no stone shah be less than
four and one-haIt feet long. nOJ less than
SIX inches thick. nor less than sixteen
inches deep. The curning shall rest upon a
bed Of hydraulic cement concrete six inches
deep and twelve inches vice; II shall be
backed with concrete six inches wide and
curbirg.
SEC. 1. The cost of the foregoing work
and all proper connections and Intersections
required, shall be charged as a lien upon
the adjoining property fronting or bordering
on tie Improvement herein provided for,
and snail be paid by the OWNERS thereof.
When said work is completed the President
of the Board OF Public improvements shall
compute the cost thereof, and levy and
assess the same a special tax against
each lot of ground charSeible Herewith
IN the names % the owners thereof, re-
spectiveiy. in the proportion that the linear
feet Of each lot fronting or bordering on
sand Improvement bears to the total number
OF linear feet OF all the property chargeable
Win the special tax aforesaid and shall
make out and certify TO the Comptroller
on behalf Of the contractor. bills Of such
cost ana assessment accordingly. as re-
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Approved July 20 1890.