The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-02-27
and culverts


TO the sgn- zfais ~ the road lIdi-
called ~ tls I'D lines OIs- pTorie5,
sn.s -l t-i seas cop -. ..- 49,
'sfs. .-i-u-. 4lr cA..t4us sHIiaDr
t.v .4i .A.li L' .as.Vt. -f o.
allies -s ---..an 40 roLl,gin go SID
,ihu" iioa th- uJrtlDn, OF saI1
cad Nit4r 10 '.tatatiOas o. rm-
lAAknls L.- ae sIouu the rOadbed
shall d.e. "a aud crowned as
above sirc. vL- Al all pO.'ts the
~ "a 49, died shall be eighte n
ii>l ittt .v' lusNe OF Size dltclts.
~ i-sc N-er ;s= speri. -
.AS Al iIscNs AND E+.RANX-
a:Nfs.
10. A. e.i Joints where indi-
Gated en- fe pfSries OF the r~sD-c-
tive roads. -scass,iOns ond -mbank-
-ns4-i. -N coLusIsTsi and a.
Ii 'ffrs Itl -s~,-,s..rs 20 make
d. -E.-..r q! ine roadway eighteen
ilsl Ter wilde Cl TOP. except where
th' ~ .,c provided herein. exclusive.
u said ditcnes Excavations shall
have width OF base Of eighteen
ilSl feet plus the width OF side
bitches. and all other excavations
shall nave a slope al "A ratio OF one
cal EmDa nkments shall have a
width al crown 81 eighteen IsI feet
1aI ne sides thereof one and one
laif feet horizontal Ia one foot yer
Teal All said elevations ard de
vfrssions IA the ground shall b.
uN'i''n where necessary in order
ihal tie roadbet to- Of IN uniform
M.dih a. al points ON q true l.ne
mere excavations are IN excess Of
~ 'ai4 nirnFs th'- contractor shall.
lisi'oS-- 81 The surplus IS the engi-
'e-f SHALL dite,f. Approaches in -
'asa'-ohs mr amendments 10 inter
Sc IONS 70. cr.s--roats shall be
graded 10 tno width OF not less tha,
eighteen ilsl feet ana such ~.
proach sisli Hope al 4 ratio nor
exceeding ono in twelve
CtLyERT>-
-. CulVerls shall o. construct I
eh ~ such places and OF the diane |
ieI and length as shown upon tho
pronir. all pipes used in the con-
81 nciion Of the culyerts shall be- oil
= MANFRED American ingot iron
Sheets > iransyersely corrugated win /
W and cne-half inch corruSa.ions /
TIE sections shall not De- les than
Nenty-siN inches IN length and Ian.
pei not less than Two inches and >. \
nn.f riveted with not less than /,
quarter .nch riyets. set not les than
inches apart NOT wider than 4
sixteen suage sheets shall BE- us,,s
All cuivert pipes twentv-four
NJ lbs in diameter and less o\t \
lighter 'hsn fifteen cuase sheets /.
'l1Il b" used on thirty inch culy.rr
jll'- and not lighter han fourteen
suast sheets shall be used on an /.
uiVrri pipes over thirty inches IN
iiameier Such pipes shall be laid {
u irerfhcs brought 10 grade Indi- I
t'el Pa h. engineer. And q, The
,o-'om such trenches sh< he .,cs-
.aied So = 10 IT the shane Of fbs '
ili't fhe earth IN the bottom 81 7
~ trench and the hack Filings shan Z
4 cpMflce By ramning. The -rd '
I 90 . ne cuiverfs shall b. protecf- '
q ~ construction OF masonry sbut- IL
if ~ wills. twelve inches in thick 10
- anu projecting one foot abova >
Ai eighteen inches on either side r
., rizorially beyond the extern,i q
lain"irr OF The pipe. and 10 snch q
! fN ai VII insure against wash a
= lich depth shall BE- deter a
lin.a py the engineer All masonrvt
ifiA i'+- constructed OF the best ouai- Z
Portland cement concrese q
ompo- d Of one part Of sailors }
t.- 81 q ment cor any cernan, z
t--i IN quality. two parts OF plain y
na1p sand. and i've parts OF good IT,
lTaDIe limestone. broken 10 nass lo
hTouSn one inch ring Such con- Al
re snail p mixed dry in the abov. u
'ppiiiois and sufficient water add II
10 make II work well The con- 1
''e snail ne laid in the forms in p
more tnan SIX inch LAYERS. we'll Ie
mined until the mortar Ia rush o.
The exterior walls shall BE- 1 nsa,,v Al
owelled. A''S
BRIDGES.
Bridges OF steel eI'' hear,
''t'rH with steel railing SHAH ~
-7iTuff"d AZ such places in IT, Id
ADDED and 81 the length 81 sn,n 81
n n"nih q foundation as shown
the profile. """
u re foundation shall DO NJ tho ar
eel leg pattern upon sir bv txa,~a By
sh mud stills. with wings on e.cb e
2" ~ each abutment OF the ia,r,h vi
eight feet or as designa,ed -, ar
ohie. constructed in the sam n,, :o
Z provided for abutment founda- tn
rs Zach set OF wings shall he TIC
4 'oI"h together through the road- re-
:. NF two anchor rods three
WIS - IN inch in diameter Thal :
4 m NJ foundations aud wings are tb
- ~ concrete filled in around the
~ lrts proportional 1928. to The AZ
u ihsckness OF steel legs and d. III
siohrd IS per profile. The clear
lih ~ roadway shall be SIXTEEN II
Bridges shall be designed to
'ain live load OF one hundr.d To
uans pr square foot floor sur Gt
tiocring to be three inches
r. White OAK. Working draw An
s 81 al structures shall re sub- by
81 70 The engineer and superin- lOf
ser' .or their approval before tho bel
rs 81 erection begins. in
ROAD MATERIAL. tn.
pom The roadbed graded -
cnain.cfed as provided FOR iu vot
ne thirteen 13D shall be spread Ma
N'en shoulders OF dirt. which
y DE- eight inches high eight fa-, to
~ equitistant from the center Img
81 ne roadbed. layer Of clean tow
q limestone or other stone ecuall, paw
emcieni approved by the engineer. her