The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-25
from Magazine Street to the South

IITOm StrecC TO Lne OOuCn-
West corner of C. j. Shumaker's 10.
shall be laid FIVE feet t5) wide, ant
that required to be laid on the WesI
side of Church Street from Maif
Street to Magazine Street and those
required to be laid on both sides oil
Madison Street, commencing at Wal
nut Street and running SO 18th to Jeffcr
son Street, shall be laid four (4) feet
wide, and those OH West side OF Rob-
ms Street from Main Street to Jeffer.
son Street shall be laid five (5) feet
wide.
Section Nv. The Mayor and Board of
Aldermen will have done at the expense
of the City, whatever grading and fill
Ing in with dirt may be necessary to
establish said sidewalk on the proper
grade. preparatory to the putting down
or construction of said sidewalks.
Section V. 1t shall be the duty of
the contractor or person who puts
down or builds any of the sidewalks
above required to be built. to fix or re-
place all water-boxes or meter boxes
back to grade with said sidewalks when
completed.
Section vi. Said sidewalks shall be
laid and constructed as follows; and
out of the following material: Of the
width above directed and shall have a
base of thr:e and one-fourth (34) inch
es and sh.ll have a cover of three
fourths "a Of an inch and shall have
one-fourth Cd inch fall to the foot to-
ward the street or curb and shall have
one a. nch expansion joints every
fifty feet and also where the walk
abuts the curb and where laid
five feet wide shall be cut in five
foot blocks and where four feet wide.
in four (4) foot blocks, except across
driveways. The base of such walks
shall be built or constructed out of four
parts gravel, stone or broken brick or
Stag, and three-parts clean sand and
one part best quality Of Portland ce-
ment, and the top of such walks shall
be composed of one part sand and one
part best Portland cement and no stone
or brick or other material used about
building said walk shall be more than
two inches in its longest dimensions
and no concrete or mortar that is set
shall be used in said working. and more
tempered ~concreteor concrete that has
been mixed over forty-five minutes
shall be used.
The ingredients for the base shall be
mixed as follows: The sand, cement
and gravel or other aggregate shall be
thoroughly mixed dry by shoveling and
turning not less than twice, then water
added and mixture turned twice more
to secure a perfect mass. The mass
shall bedeposited in the frame prepared
to receive it and thoroughly tampcd
until free mortar fushes to the urface
and the surface isexactly tire fourth
inch below the finished grade rIof the
walk. Immediately after the su ace has
been prepared and not exceeding forty
five minutes thereafter, there shall be
be placed thereon the finished coat or
wearing surface, this shall be brought
to a grade by a straight edge and then
thoroughly compacted by troweling
three times or more. No patches or
ragged edges will be allowed and the
work must be finished in a neat, work.
manlike manner.
Walk Reinforced for Driveway:
Shall consist of a one a. inch finished
coat or wearing surface laid on a three
and one-half (33) inch concrete base
prepared as heretofore specified.
Protection-The finished walk shall De
protected from the direct rays of the
sun and shall be kept moist in hot, dry
weather by s%pripkling frequently dur
ing the first twenty. four hours. Moist
sand. earth, straw. or sawdust may be
used for this purpose. The walks shall
, be protected from freezing during cold
weather. The walks shall not be
thrown open for travel for at least
| three days after completion and it shall
| be the duty of the contractor to pro,
tect the walk from any injury for three
| days from the completion. The con-
tractor shall erect harricades across
said walk and also place lanterns and
other danger signals thereat while in
| course of construction.
| Sec IF any owner or owners of any lot
or lots lying along fronting or Admitting
said streets or sidewalks required to be
laid and paved or any contractor or
other person who attempts to do such
work for such owner or owners shall
build any of SAID sidewalks in a differ
ent manner or out of different material
from the kind above req Tired to be
used or in a different manner from that
above required, he or they shall be
guilty~of a misdem canor and shall be
fined not less than t. l dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars.
Sec. VIII. If any owner or owners of
any lot or lots lying along, fronting or
abutting said streets or sidewalks above
required to be paved or built, shall fail
or refuse to construct such sidewalks
as is herein required, within twenty
days after this ordinance becomes
operative that is or or by July 29Ch,
1909, then the Street Commissioners
shall, upon order of the Board, after
giving such notice to tn owner or occu-
pant Of each piece of the property to be
assessed or in case of unoccupied pro-
perty, by posting a written notice there
on OF the kind anl foc such time as is
required by Section 3411 of the An
notated Code of 1905 of the necessity
therefor, make the repairs, or construct
the improvements or cause 1T to be
done, keeping an account of the costs
thereof and report the same to the
Mayor and Board OF Aldermen at its
next regular meeting thereafter for
assessments, and each lot on piece OF
gropnd abutting on any OF said streets
alleys or sidewalks or parts thereof
shall be Ii able and bound for the pay
ment of the costs of making such i'm
provements and laying such sidewalks
as is provided for in said Section 34l2
of the Code of 1905 and such proceed
ings against said prop srty in fronr of
which the City ~ have had to do
such improvement under this order for
the collection of the amount due the
city shall be taken in the manner and
form as laid down in said section of
said Code.
Sec. TX. This ordinance is passed by
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