The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-04-01

lcurb or other structure, ii shall b
done in manner directed by tn
committee on streets and alley
and the city engineer.
| CONTRACT PRICE The con
tract price per linear foot is for tn
complete sidewalk and shall in
clude all the labor and material
the foundation and filling. all ex
penses direct and indirect. with tn,
proper execution of the work, anc
maintaining it in proper shape
until II shall finally be accepted
by the committee on streets anc
alleys and the city engineer, and
shall be paid for at the rate named
per linear foot and no other price.
QUALITY OF MATERIAL
CEMENT-All cement used shall
meet the following requirements
Fineness When sifted through
100 mesh sieve not more than
ten per cent of the cement shall be
retained on the sieve.
Quickness of setting Parts of
the cement of standard consistency
shall not assume an initial set in
less than twenty-five minutes.
Soundness Parts that have taken
a hard set after boiling for three
hours shall not show crackings or
curling at edges.
Purity-The cement shall answer
TO such chemical tests for purity as
are satisfactory to the city engi-
neer.
All other material shall be sat
isfactory to the city engineer and
any unsatisfactory materials shall
be at once removed from the work
upon the order of the committee
on streets and alleys or the. city
engineer.
DAMAGE TO PIPES-Th con-
.ractor will be he'd responsible for
my damage done to water, gas,
sever or drain pipe appurienances.
STAKES TO BE PRESERVED
The contractor is required to
preserve all stakes set for lines,
evels or measurements of the work
n their proper places until author
zed to remove them by the city
.ngineer. All the expense in re-
'lacing any stakes that the con-
rector or his subordinate NAV have
allied to preserve will be charged
o the contractor.
Sec. 2. That the standard speci-
cations for all curbing hereinafter
aid and constructed in the Village |
{ Emmett, Idaho, shall be as fol-
ows.
TRENCHES FOR CURBS-
he bottom of the trench shall be
thoroughly tamped and rammed
nth approved tools, if necessary,
ntil it shall form solid founda-
on for the reception of the curb. 4
.fter the curb has been set to the \
roper form the remaining portion
the trench to the gutter grade
iall be rehlled and carefully ram
led to a condition of solidness.
he curb shall be six CO.. inches
lick at the top; eight inches thick
the bottom, and eighteen (18)
ches deep. The increase of the
idth between the top and bottom
'all be SO distributed that the curb
/ the street side shall have
liter of one-fourth co inch per
OF. The edge of the curb next to
e street shall be rounded to
dius of one % inch.
KIND OF CONCRETE FOR
URBING-All concrete used
all consist of Portland cement
e part, sand two parts and gravel
C parts.
The sand shall be clean aud
arp, entirely free from loan or
her earthly matter. 1t shall be
coarse that not More than forty
D per cent of it will pass sieve
wing fifty meshes per linear inch.
The gravel shall be screened SO
at it shall contain particles
wing a diameter greater than one Il,
d one half 90 inches. 4
METHOD OF MIXING-Tbe 7
I'd shall be evenly spread upon S
board and evenly COW b
d with cement. after which they
Ill be thoroughly mixed until
, whole mass is of an even color
ore wetting. In mixing the con- Ia
tie the smallest practicable W
ount of water must be used al
,essary to cause the appearance G
free water upon tamping. All Il
lvel must be wet before adding =
the mixture of sand and cement \,
| then the whole mass shall be
roughly and evenly mixed to-
her.
SURFACE FINISHING-As
n as practicable after laying the
" of the cub that portion OF
forms on the street side shall be
ioved and the curb on that side
on top shall be covered with
hcient finishing coat of cement