The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-09-25
Plans and Specifications for
Public Roads.

Plans and Specifications for working
and keeping 10 repair the roads in
Tenore county, Mississippi.
All first class roads Ia LeAore county
shall be worked and kept In repair
eighteen us) feet wide to . grade oI
eighteen u.s. inches In the middle and
rounded in middle and sloping on each
side frmm the middle to the bitches.
All other roads in said County shall
be worked and kept In repair sixteen
tl6l feet wide with a grade Of sixteen
(16) inches In the middle, rounded in the
middle and sloping on each side from
the middle to the bitches.
All standing timber on all roads run
ming through woods or deadenings shall
be deadened thirty feet wide. Before
the end Of the first year all standing tim.
Der for q space at least sixteen (16) feet
wide on such roads shall be cut down
and before tie end Of the second year all
stumps for said space in which said tim.
Der has been cut down shall be either cut
of even with the surface Of said roads
or entirely removed therefrom. Within
two years and one half from the letting
Of the contract under these specifca-
tions all Of said roads through said
woods or ~deadenlngs shall be worked
to the grade specified above in &C.
cordance with these plans and speciil-
cations in all respects.
In all places in any Of the roads in
said County, where there are low places
or wet places, all water shall either be
drained away from said places or said
roads shall be raised not less than six
teen uG) inches above the grade speci.
fed.
All roads shall be properly ditched IN
each side SO as to give a drainage and
so as to convey all water from the sur
face of the roads with proper covered
drainage across the roads at necessary
places, said covered drains to be Of good
heart lumber not less than two and one
half inches thick, or tile, the same not
to be less in length than the width the
roads are required to be worked, and
all culverts on river or lake banks where
the same are caving or likely TO cave
shall extend not less than six l6) feet
over the banks Of such river or lake.
The contractor shall do all necessary
causewaying on said roads, where order
ed by the Board Of Supervisors, the tim
bers used in said causeways to be not less
than twelve az feet long and not less
than three (3) inches thick, and all cause
shall be covered with dirt not less
than four inches thick. The contractor
shall remove all roots, logs and other OBJ
from said roads and shall cut all
limbs from trees on both sides of said
road where they hang low enough to in
with or impede travel. The
shall keep In repair all the
flooring on bridges in said county and
shall construct, where necessary, ssand
keep in repair all bridges in said County
which are not more than sixteen 06)
feet in length. The contractor shall
cut down and emove all brush and
weeds within four feet Of the sides Of
every bridge within said county, and
shall remove all drift under and around
said bridges. The contractor shall re-
port to the Board Of Supervisors any
and all repairs needed on all bridges ov-
sixteen 18) feet in length in said
The Board Of Supervisors is
to furnish all lumber, tile, timbers, nails
and bolts for all culverts, drains, bridges
and causeways, mileposts and material
for sign boards constructed by the con-
The contractor shall haul all Of said
material at his W expense and shall
cut at his own expense all Of said tim
Der for said causeways. The Con-
shall put and keep in repair all
and fills that are now Ia said
and shall erect guide boards on
post for each mile Of road In
said County. Said boards shall desig-
nate the distance to the County Site
and the principal towns In said County
and such said boards shall be erected
by the contractor at each fork Of roads
and at all cross roads In said County.
1t shall be the duty Of the contractor
after receiving written notice from the
member OF the Board OF Supervisors for
said County, that there is any place In
said County in need Of repairs, to g
pair same at once, and should the said
refuse or neglect to repair the
same within ten days Of the receipt Of
such notice said contractor shall be fined
not less than ten or mor than twenty
i've dollars for each week or fraction
thereof, such places remain out Of re-
pair at the expiration Of such ten days
md such fine may be assessed by the
Board Of Supervisors and may be de-
from the pay Of such contract
,r.
Bids for working and keeping in re-
pair said roads in said County, accord
to these plans and specifications,
'or a term Of four years, shall be re-
but the contractor shall be al