, 1907-07-06

Be it ordained by the council of the
City Of Laramie:
Sec. 1. That sections /, 2, 8 and 10,
Of chapter 81, Of title V, Of the revised
ordinances of the City of Laramie, re-
lating to sidewalks, be and the same
are hereby amended and re-enacted
to read as follows:
Sec. l All sidewalks, within the lin.
its of the City of Laramie shall be con.
.structed, repaired or replaced by the
wne Of the property abutting on the
same at such property owners ex-
pense.
Sec. 2 On the east side Of First
street and on the east and west.sides
Of Second street between University
avenue and Custer street, and IN the
east and west sides of Third street be-
tween Thornburgh and Custer
streets, and en- the north and south
sides Of Thornburgh street, Grand v
nue. and Garfield street between First
street and Third street, and adjoining
stores, shops, hotels or other business
property situated within the City OF
Laramie but outside Of the district
hereinabove described, sidewalks
twelve feet in width, with a proper
curb, shall be constructed.
On all other streets and adjoining
all structures not particularly mention
ed in the first paragraph of this section,
sidewalks not less than five feet in
width shall be constructed, the inside
line of said five foot sidewalks shall
be two feet from the lot line Of the
abutting property n the outside line
such lot line.
Sec. 3. All sidewalks hereafter con-
structed or replaced in any portion oil
the City of Laramie, shall be of uni
form dimensions as ~hereinabove pro-
vided and shall be constructed of eth.
err vitrified brick, stone tagging or &C.
ment.
All flag stone and brick walks must
be bedded in q layer of fine clean sand
well tamped down, at least two inches
in thickness.
All cement walks must be construct
ed by ~excavating to a depth of at least
tour inches below the top of the pro,
posed walk, after the exposed surface
has been wet and tamped until it is
unyielding and smooth and until paral-
lei with the proposed finished surface.
Upon this foundation spread sufficient
hydraulic cement concrete to make a
course at least three and one-rourth
inches in thickness, after it has been
thoroughly tamped and it must be wet
enough SO that a film Of water will
show on the surface when thoroughly
tamped. The top or wearing surface
shall be three-fourths of an inch in
thickness. Sections Of walk must not
exceed five feet in length and the sec
lions shall be separated by placing a
templet at least one-half inch in thick
ness between them; these templets
shall remain in place until the concrete
is tamped and becomes solid enough
to stand in place, the templet shall
then be removed and the space filed
with fine dry sand. Each section shall
be finished on the same day that it is
The concrete for the base Of the
walk shall be made as follows: One
part Portland cement, three parts clean
sharp sand, free from dirt or loan, and
five parts ars screened gravel, or
broken stone. The cement and sanu
shall be thoroughly mixed dry. then
water added to make it the
consistency Of paste, then add wet
gravel or broken stone TO the mixture,
the whole must then be mixed until
the mass is of one color and without
streaks. The top or wearing surface
shall be made Of one part Portland ce-
ment and two parts clean sharp sand
screened, free from dirt or loan, and
shall be floated down to a straight uni.