Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-28

Twelfth .........
South Twelfth street, Church to
Main .......... .'.......'
East Church street Fifth to Sew
enth avenue ............
North Thirteenth street, Main TO
South Sixth avenue, Main to
Inurcn
South Fourth avenue, Church to
boone &
East North street. Center to Sec
ond avenue ............ ....
Alleys between Second and Third
avenues and Main and Church.
Total ........ s41s
The Brick Streets.
The streets included in the brick sec
ton, as ordered paved Friday night,
are as follows:
Blocks
South Third street, Main to
Church ............ ....... 1
West Nevada, end present pave
ment 10 First street ........ q
South First street Church TO
Neva da .....,... .........
Market street. First to Second
avenue ...... ...-........ !
Northwestern railroad tracks !
West Linn street, Center 20
f'irs- ........... ........"-....
Alley between Main and state and
second and Third avenues and
eaSt and west allav from Third
avenue west TO north and south
alley ........... ......... lf2
Parts OF alleys between Third :ind
aud Rome ana
Nevada streets .... ....
Total .... ........ 1919
In tie above streets there are peri
tions on file 10 pave with concrete in
stead of brick from the property Own
ers on South Third street. affecting one
block. and those abutting the alleys in
the First ward. one and one-half blocks
more The Third street petition was
filed at The last meeting Of the council.
and the petition for the alleys a the
Friday night meeting.
Width Brick Streets.
Most of the brick streets are to be
thirty feet wide. as III the case w4tt: the
concrete. The exceptions in the brick
section are South Third avenue, whicf
is to be forly-four feet wide; Make
street. tWeniy-six AMI one half fee.
West Nevada. thirty-fou-; and tha al
legs which are regulation width.
Work to Begin by July l.
The forms of the specifications. con
tracts, bonds etc. for both concrete
and brick, We're adopted by the coun-
Gil Friday night, the reading being an
exhaustive ordeal
la5 v,rn1,rySaiS work are q
be received until June 20 at D. m.
The work is to be commenced on or be-
fore July /. and is to be completed by
Oct. l. The usual penalties apply for
failure TO complete work on the time
specified.
Both kinds of pavement are TO have
a straight curb, seven inches thick at
the bottom, six inches on top. and
twenty two inches deep. The blocks
are 10 be made in four-foot lengths,
and are TO be composed of three parts
OF sand and one of Portland cement.
Concrete Specifications.
The specifications for the concrete
PAVING are the same as adopted at
Fond du Lac The foundation is to be
FIVE inches thick of Portland cement
concrete mixture composed of one part
Of cement, two and one-half parts of
sand and five parts of clean, crushed
! limestone. all ascertained by exact
measurement. The wearing surface is
10 be one and onehalf inches thick,
| composed of one part of cement, one
part Of clean. coarse sand. and one
| part of granite screenings. The latter
are not to exceed quarter inch in
size, and not over 10 per cent are to be
! finer than one sixteenth of an inch.
The surface is 10 be roughed By a
street broom, and is to be free from
ridges. The expansion joints of the
foundation are TO be made along each
| curb. and across the foundation from
curb 70 curb al intervals of twenty five
1 feet Asphaltic filler Is TO be used for
! the expansion joints. The contractors
are to hold the city blameless against
any fees or claims for patented inven-
tons in laying the pavement, and ali
such fees are to be included in the