The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26

IS to say, for the width Of twenty
| ZOO feet on each Side OF the center
| Inc of the said avenue. and the eXca'
waited and graded surface of the
street and avenue shall be made firm
and solid throughout, by rolling the
same with a roller or eight fS) to
twelve G2) tons weight. and by the
use of any other necessary means to
make a proper sub-grade surface, and
| the face or top surface of the sub
grade for the said Walnut street
shall be curved or shaped to that CT
an arc or curve whose chord is thirty
Two (32) feet in length. and whose
middle ordinate, at the center line Of
| the said street, shall be six Co inches
| In length or height; and the face or
| top surface of the subgrade for the
said Holbrook avenue shall be curved
or shaped to that of an arc or curve
whose chord is forty (40) feet in
| length, and whose middle ordinate,
Of the center line of the said avenue.
shall be eight (S) inches in length or
height. and should II become necessary
or proper, in preparing the said sub
| grade for the paving materials, to
remove any unsuitable earth or ma
terials and replace the same with
|proper materials, ii shall be done 90
| that in all places there shall be a
proper foundation for the upper work
| =, 1, 4
| from the said street and avenue shall
| lie used, so far as may be necessary,
| for filling back of and against the
curbing. All eXcayated materials not
needed in the use of the work, shall
he the property of the contractor,
who shall dispose Of the same at his
own risk and expense and at the
earliest reasonable time so that the
same shall in no way become an OBJ
struction to the public. No eXcava-
ton or grading shall be done until
the paving materials shall have been
delivered along the line Of The sad
street and avenue, unless written
permission shall he obtained from the
Board Of Local Improvements of the
city for that purpose.
Section >. The Cairo Electric and
Traction Company shall, before or at
the time of the grading of said Wal,
nut street and Holbrook avenue, re.
move the present rails of its railroad
track or tracks and switches or turn
out tracks now laid upon said street
and avenue. along the line of the said
Improvement. and substitute therefor
"T" rails of not less than seven (O
inches in height and weighing not
less than seventy (70) pounds to tire
yard, in compliance with section four
lN of Ordinance No. 179 of saiI
City of Cairo, adopted November 18th
\. d. l91S and ar>roved November
18th. A. d. 1908, authorizing the said
Cairo Electric and Traction company
10 construct. lease, maintain and
operate a system Of street railways n
the streets and public ways in said
City of Cairo.
Said substituted "T" rails shall he
so laid in said street and avenue that
the top surface thereof shall be
equal in elevation to the top surface
Of the completed brick pavement
herein provided for The bottoms Of
said rails shall be securely spiked 10
suitable wooden cross-ties. which sail
cross-ties shall rest upon a bed Of
concrete six (6) inches in al pth.
composed of one (D part of Portland
cement and eight (S1 parts of washed
river gravel of sizes ranging from
gravel Of two CO. inches in diameter
down 10 coarse sand. and the same
shall be graded so that the gravel AMI
sard shall not contain more than
twenty 900 per cent voids.
Said concrete for said foundation
for the said railroad track or tracks
and. switches or turn out tracks of
said last named company shall be
mixed and laid in the same manner
as is herein specified for the mixing
and laying of the concrete for thn
foundation of the brick pavement
herein provided for
Said crcssties shall be so placed
that with the concrete base and CON
crete foundation for the brick pave
mcnt the said cross-ties shall be com
pletely ircased in said concrete.
Nose1 bricks shall be used on the
inside of the car track or tracks Of
the said last named company next
to the rails Of said track or tracks. .
said nosed bricks TO he Of the same
General dimensions and character as
the iriclg 10 be used for the balance
Of said brick pavement.
The Cairo and Thebes railroad com
pay shall, Irfore or at the tine of
he grading of the said Wa'nu street. :
Law its railroad track or tracks across
-aid Walnut street, along the line Of
~a'd Improvement. anl the rails OF /
its sail railroad track or tracks
across the said Walnut street shall be |
50 laii that the top surface Of said /
"a'ls shall be eGual iE elevation TO the 4
tor surface Of the completed brick /
Pavement herein provided for The ,
bottoms Of said rails shall be Sc
erreit spiked to suitable wooden