The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-19
ORDINANCE NO. 167.

An ordinance for the construction
of a vitriheI tile pipe sewer house
connections and iulets ana brick man,
holes, in Thirty-first street from Com.
mercial avenue to Washington avenue
in the city of Cairo, Illinois, and fer
the levy and collection of a special
tax to pay for the same
Be it ordained by the city council
'of the City of Cairo, Illinois:
Section l. That The following de.
scribed local improvement shall be
made in and upon Thirtyfrst street
In the city of Cairo, Illinois, by tho
construction therein of a yitrifed tile
pipe sewer, house connections and in,
let's and brick manholes, in the fol.
lowing manner and between the
points designated, that is to say:
The sewer shall commence at the
line of the main sewer now being con
structed in Commercial avenue and
extend along a line nineteen Q9D feet
north of the south lire of the said
street, to q point eighteen QS) feet
west of the east line of Washington
avenue, II shall have diameter
from the place of beginning to a
point forty-fye (45) feet west of the
east line of Sycamore street of TWEEN
ty 900 inches and from thence to its
western terminus twelve az inches.
Its depth below grade at the place Of
beginning shall be ten and 71-l0A feet.
and it shall rise at the rate of fifteen
hundredths Of a foot in one hundred
(100) feet to a point forty-fye 45l
feet west of the east line of Sycamore
street and from thence 1t shall rise at
the rate of 30-100 Of a foot in 100 feet
to its western terminus where its
depth below grade shall be G.G7 feet.
Section Q The sewer trenches
shall be carefully and evenly excavat-
ID and with such sIants or inclinations
n the sides thereof as will leave no
'isk Of caving or failing in, and
where such risk cannot otherwise b.
avoided, proper snoring must be re-
sorted TO. To enable the workmen 20 .
10 the work to the best advantage /
10Th as TO the matter Of securing /
roper foundation and for laying the .
)ipe, the bottoms Of the trenches 4.
hall be made at least one % foot
wider than the external diameter of
he sewer pipe ana wider if found nee.
ssary or best and they shall be
Eryed; or shaped to the form and
lie Of the lower half of the sewer
ipe to be laid thereon. so that the
ubs or bells as well as the body of
b. pipe may be carefully embedded
nj have an even bearing on the bet
on of the trenches.
Whenever the ground at the bottom
+ the sewer trench, shall not be found
0 be sufficiently firm or solid for the
aging of the sewer pipe, the same
hall be put in proper and suitable
by the contractor by the use ,
f such materials as will make safe L
nd permanent foundation for the {
-ork II
Section 3. The sewer pipe, house !
pipe and inlet pipe shalt
e of the best grade and quality of {
trified tile sewer pipe, salt glazed
I'd free from cracks, flaws. blisters, a
Imps or other defects or blemishes. q
I'd shall be of the hub and spigot
lttern. Both the body and bell shall ?
p of double strength and have 5
ickness of not less than onetwelfth q
-12l Of the internal diameter Of the v
pc and the joint connections Of the
pc shall be fitted tight and close and a
id IN the best quality Of Portland
ment mortar, composed of one On r.
Irt of cement and one On part of
can sand with only enough water 70 -,
We consistency to the mortar, which Ii,
all be used as soon as made. and ;.
fore lowering the joints or pieces G,
pipe into the trenches. they shall p,
carefully examined and inspected =.
ID those not meeting the foregoing In,
quirements shall be rejected aud a,
moved from the work. The pipes W
all be so laid in the trenches that h,
ter the sewer is completed the in Il
rior surface thereof shall conform lie
to the grade herein given "