The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-24
ORDINANCE NO. 12e.


Nj 0f vitrifiea lie pipe sewers. house
X connections and inlets and brick man
holes Iii Division street. Center
" street ana Twenty-first street. In the
city Of Cairo. Illinois. ana for the
levying mud collection OF a special tax
10 pay for the same.
BE Il ordained by the city council
\ or the city OF Cairo. Illinois:
Section l. That the following de-
scribel local Improvement shall be
made ia and upon Division street
Center street and Twenty-flrst street.
VA IN the city of Cairo. Illinois, by the
Y construction therein Of vitrified tile
pipe sewers, house connections and In
lets and brick manholes, in the fol
lowing manner and between the
X places and points designated, that is
N 10 say
Sewera--on Division Street.
The sewer shall commence at the
east line Of Washington avenue and
extend along line twenty-five (25)
feet north of the south line of said
lar street, twenty t20l feet east OF
the west line of said Poplar street.
4 Al shall have an inside diameter Of
twelve tI2) inches; and its depth at
sth6 point OF beginning shall be five I
At5) feet below grade, and il shall fall I
Wat the rate Of 50 hundreths of
foot. In one hundred feet. TO its tie ! +
minus, where its depth below grade /
shall be IT'S feet
On Center Street.
The sewer shall extend from a
point thirty 1900 feet west Of the
Eeast line ut Holbrook avenue along
IA line ten tl0l feet north Of the cen
Ter line Of said street. from Holbrook
avenue TO Cedar street, and thence
along a line three 49, feet south OF
the center line of said Center street ;
f-om said Cedar street to a proposed {
manhole fifteen q5) feet east of {
Tho west line Of the said Syca-
more street Its Inside diameter
shall be twelve (l2) inches y
from Holbrook avenue to Cedar 3
aus it shall be fifteen (l5) inches. i
It's depth below grade at the point c
II beginning, shall be els feet, and it &
hall fall at the rate of 30 hundretis z
If a foot, in one hundred Il ct to its G
in Sycamore street, where 4
tS depths below grade shall be 1lG4 4
eet.
On Twenty-First Street. u
The sewer shall xtend from a man y
ole to be constructed in the Cam !.
GREATER constructed, to a point &c
lirty (30) feet west OF the east liae g
Holbr0ok avenue. and along a line
X 10 feet south of lie center line ~
the said street Its inside diam ed
er at the place of ginning. in Hol 81
ook avenue. shall be fifteen (l5l IS
ches to q point forty-fiye ~ feet ne
est Of the east line OF Sycamore "a
rect, and from thence to its termi- -
Is In Commercial avenue its inside -
ameter shall be twenty COO inches ~
depth AZ the place of beginning -
an be Csc feet below the establish Il
grade at that point. and IL shall -
! at The rate Of 80 hnndredths of -
it, in one hundred feet, to its termi- -
s in Commercial avenue where its
pth below the grade at that point 9"'
i'll be 1878. ~
Section 2. The sewer trenches -
al be carefully and evenly exca ~
ted and with such slants or inclina III M
ms In the sides thereof as win leave al
risk CT caying or falling in. and !
ere such risk cannot otherwise he -.
oIded,. proper snoring must be re ~,
rted to. To enable the workmen TO a.
the work to the best advantage -,
tn as to the matter of securing = III
oper foundation and for laying the III
,e. the bottoms OF the trenches shall
made at least one N) foot wider {
an the external diameter of The fo1
Eer pipe and wider II found neees ,ro
~ or best and they shall be curved: an,
shaped to the form and size of the -
vcr half of he sewer pipe TO be laid "a,
sree 20 thai the hubs or bells as 3, :.
u as lie body of the pipe may be IN
lefElls embedded and have an even -
airing on the bottom Of the trenches 80,
Whenever the ground, at the bot ~,
n of the sewer trench, shall not be Ia
Ind 10 be sufficiently firm or solid al
! the laying of the sewer pipe, the -
ne shall be put in proper and suit ~.
lie condition by the contractor by ~
) use of such materials as will az.
Ike a safe and permanent founda ~
n for the work. a.,
Section 3. The sewer pipe. house Of
nm ct'on pipe and inlet pipe shall be tor
the best grade and quality of vitri- sal
tile sewer pipe. salt glazed. and lol
se from cracks flaws. blsters. col
nps or other defects or blemishes bur
shall be of the hub and spigot PAT mo
n. Both the body aud the tell shall POI
of double strenth and have a Of
ckness of not less than one twelfth a.
12) Of the internal diameter OF the dec
,e and the joint connections of tae dia
,e shall be fitted tight and clos fou
laid in the best quality Of Portland bur
nent mortar. composed of one G) kin
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