The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-09
VALUABLE DATA RELATING TO
WASHINGTON AVENUE IN
CITY ENGINEERS OFFICE
Small Portion of Sidewalk is "a Feet
Two Thirds of the Sidewalk
is Built at 32.Foot
Grade.

| With respect to the grades OF
Estreet and walks on upper Washington
avenue some interesting facts or pre-
scented in a profile on file in the office
lof City Engineer Thistlewood. which
are deserving Of consideration by
those who would discuss the subject
[intelligently. Much has been said
foot grade, about the filled grade and
about the sidewalk grade. and there
Deems 10 be a want of Information as
10 just what these terms mean in
their relations to one another and
the records in the engineers office
give some interesting and very i'm
portant facts which have bearing
upon the subject
II appears hat the 34-foot grade Il
the grade of the street monument at
Commercial avenue and Sixth street
which stands at level of 81 feet On
| the government river gauge at the
foot of Fourth street. This II the
Illegally established grade for Wash
ington avenue as far as Eighteenth
lstreet, 1t is also popularity supposed
! to be the filled grade Of the avenue
above Eighteenth street and as far
as Thirty fourth street, and probably
was so when this part of the avenue
was first filed A profile Of the ave.
nue. from Twenty-first street to Thir
| ty-fourth street, which has been pre-
pared BY the city engineer shows that
the present filled Craze of this portion
of the avenue is all lower than
that, the lowest being 33.49 feet and
the highest 1884 feet However. il is
evident hat the filled grade of the
avenue was intended TO be "a feet and
probably was that when the filing
was finished. but the crown of the
street has since been worn down.
This profile also gives the grades
of The sid awalk on the westerly fide of
the avenue. and this develops state
of facts which will probably surprise
mC.t people who have engaged I'M
have been under tn impression that
these walks. or any con iderable part
of them We're built TO the 81 foot
grade As a matter Of faci only one
block of The entire walk from Twenty
first to Thirty-fourth straets-the
block from Twenty-seventh to Charles
.treets--is up to the 34.foot grade,
barring a small "hump" in front of
Mr. VIM, p. Greaney's residence just
south of Twenty.seventh street In
detail the profile shows the following
grades for the sidewalk from Twenty
first TO Thirty-fourjn streets:
From Twenty-first to- Twenty-sec-
ond. streets, 80 feet; rises 10 SO feet
at Mr.. Greaney's residence, No.
2213. and falls again Immediately afte'
passing that residence to - feet,
which grade Is maintained all the way
to the north side of Twenty-fifth
street, including the premises Of Mr..
Chas Cunningham.
North of Twenty fifth street the
walk again rises to 80 feet, in front
of the residence of Mr. p J. Thistle.
wood. and that grade is held to TWEEN.
ty-siXth street.
North of Twenty-sixth street the !
walk again drops to 80 feet. rises to
81 feet about midway of the block, III
front of the residence Of Mr.. w. =.
Greaney, falls again sharply to 81 fee
and rises again with equal abruptness
10 "a feet, which grade runs along one !
block, from Twenty-seventh TO Charlie |
streets. as .tatoI.
North of Charles street the walk |
again falls To 33 feet which grade i, !
main aims 10 Thi.ty first street.
From Thirty-f-st street 10 Thirty |
fourth street the walk is 80 feet
4 SUMMARY showing the total length t.