The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-09-11
Plans and Specifications for
Public Roads.

Plans ard Specifications FOR working
aud keeping 10 rcpaIr the roads ia
Ieforc county, Mississippi.
All first class r1ads in LcaOre eaur'y
shall be worked aud kept in repair
eighteen tlSl feet side u ; grade d
eighteen GsI inches ia The uidtfe sat
rounded in middle sad slipping oa eAea
side frum the middle IN the dl.csa<
All other rad. ia said CaaG.y shall
be worked and keep. il reasSg sN'ees
IG f@at wide rsaa Eraia AZ szA.aez
40 inches ia the l5adae rsaHas& a. ;ae
m.dIlc and slag,aE &C eAtA sSe 3-oz
the middle "a she a..tse
Al. stand : ties aer ~ az rgs4s ,z
u5r- tArsa- vgaas - aez 80
be- desaened ,a.r:y sa4: ~as@ 'r
the end ot,sc srst ytsr All st&aa.gg ,1
5~r far = space 81. 5eas; 5 Ftesa fe<s
q de- oa szcs roads ssa. a~ cai 8a~r
and before ;se ec3 u :ac @asFsi Ye&r A8
s,E-ps fay sad SPACE 90 aAaea ssz tia
ber aas bzeu ea: 69uu shall Ire either cat
- eyeB alta t6e srs.as e sAs5 rIs3s
Or entirely removed ~saeregsaE- Wlh.a
tzo years a1a aae sat frsz The .e;ras
at the eollrssf araof .5esc sss,z4hna-
;aas 81. q sid gaa5s 1an5lzA sAsa
aods ar aGs5ea as ssa5 ne worked
"a tae Grade sper Ge- above ID ac-
cariaace wsia sse,e q.a1s al3 s@C.a-
cations in all RESPECTS
10 al places .a any q the raaas IL
said County, sacre there are 55g places
Or vet places, al "a er saa3l either Ne
drained away fryu said aL.ces 81 said
roads shall 3e raised not .ess thAa SIX
teen 49, inches above sae grade speci.
ted,
An roads shall BE- properly ditcte5 on
each side so As 10 1--WE = drainage aud
so as u convey all water from the scr
face Of the roads with proper covered
drainage across tie raads at necessary
places, said covered drains to oe ai good
heart lumber not less than tive agd one
half inches thick, or tile, the ssuae not
to be less in length than the width the
roads are required &c be worked, and
all culverts on river or lake banks where
the same are caying or likely to cave
shall extend not less than six e. feet
over the banks Of such river or lake.
The contractor shall do all necessary
eausewaying on said roads, where order
ed by the Board Of Supervisors. the tim
bors used in said ~causeways to be not less
than twelve Ul2) feet long and not less
than three O. inches thick, and all cause
ways shall be covered with dirt not less
thanfour inches thick. The contractor
shall remove all roots, logs and other OBJ
stacles from said roads aud shall cut all
limbs from trees on both sides Of said
road where they hang low enough to in
terfere with or impede travel. The
contractor shall keep in repair all the
flooring on bridges in said county and
shall construct. where necessary, ..and
keep in repair all bridges in said County
which are not more than sixteen On
feet in length. The contractor shall
cut down and remove 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 10 the Board Of Supervisors any
and all repairs needed on all bridges ov-
err sixteen 0G) feet in length in said
The Board Of Supervisors is
to furnish all lumber, tile, timbers, nails
and bolts for all c]uIyerts, drains, bridges
and c~auseways, miIcposts and material
for sign boards constructed by the con
tractor.
The contractor shall haul all of said
material at his own expense and shall
cut at his own expense all of said tim
for said causcways. The Con
shall put and keep in repair all
and Oils that are now in said
and shall Greet guide boards on
suitable post for each mile Of road in
said County. Said boards shall desig-
nate the distance to tho County Site
and the principal towns in said County
md such said boards shall he erected
~ the contractor at each fork of roads