The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-18

outside edges of said brick pavement,
and with natural limestone marginal
curbs set on both sides of said Com
mercial Avenue, at all unpaved street
except the Eighth street /,
at the outside edges of ,
said brick pavement and between the
inside edges of the gutter-fags of
said curb and gutter as extended
around and out to the lot line on both |
sides of said Commercial Avenue, at |
said unpaved street intersections, ex- y
cept the Eighth Street intersection,
in the manner following, that is to
say:
Filling, Excavation, Etc.
Section 2. The said Commercial
Avenue, from the said north line of
Second Street to the said south line
of Thirty-fourth Street, in said City
of Cairo, shall be filled with earth,
for its entire width, from lot line to
lot line, and to such depth or height
as may be necessary to bring the
brick pavement, hereinaf-
ter provided for, to che grade herein
after specified for the top surface of
aid completed brick pavement; but
no filling in width shall be made or
done where said avenue is already
filled for it's entire width. from lot
line to lot line, and no filling in
height shall be made or done where
said avenue Is already up to such ele-
walton as will admit of the construct
ion thereon of the said brick pave
ment, hereinafter provided for, with
out any filling. The slope OF the said
filling, at and beyond the said lot
line, shall be one and one-half 1k)
feet horizontal to one a. foot per.
penMcular of the filling; but the fill
ing outside that portion of the said
|avenue which Is to be paved as here
in after provided for, shall be to such
an actual elevation above the requir-
ed grade as will equal ten Q0) per
centum of the height OF the fill, to
allow for shrinkage; and the said
Commercial Avenue, from the said
north line Of Second Street to the
|said south line of Thirty-fourth
Street, after having been filled as
aforesaid, shall be excavated and
graded for the width Of sixty-eight
(GS) feet, in the center thereof, that
is to say, for the width of thirty-four
(34) feet on each side of the center
waited and graded surface of the said
avenue shall be made firm and solid.
throughout, by rolling the same with
y roller of from eight 81 to twelve
121 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
shall be curved or shaped to that of
a curve or arc whose chord is sixty
eight (GS) feet in length, and whose
middle ordinate. at the center line of
said avenue, shall be twelve (f21
inches In height; and should it be-
come necessary or proper in prepar-
| ing the said sub-grade for the paving
materials, to remove any unsuitable
earth or materials and replace the
same with proper materials, 1t shall
| be done, 50 that in all places there
shall be proper foundation for the
upper work to rest upon. The earth
| excavatcd from the said avenue shall
i be used, so far as may be necessary
| for filling back of and against the
curbing. All eXcavated materials not
needed in the use of the work, shall
| be tho property of the contractor
who shall dispose of the same at his
own risk and expense and at the ear
liest reasonable time so that the same
Ishall in no way become an obstruc'
ton to the public. No excavation OF
grading shall he done until the paw
ing materials shall have been deliver
ed along the line of the said avenue
unless written permission shall be
obtained from the Board of Local I'm
provements Of the city for that pur
pose.
Section 8. The Cairo Electric ant
Traction Company shall, at its OWL
cost and expense, Before or at Tho
time OF the grading of the said Com
mercial Avenue, remove the presen
rails of its railroad track or tracks
land switches or turnout tracks now
laid upon said avenue, along the line
Of the said Improvement, and substi
tute therefor at" rails of not less thar
seven (T) inches in height and weigh
ling not less than seventy (70) pound:
to the yard, in compliance with sec
ton four a. OF Ordinance No. 179 o
said City of Cairo, adopted November
18th, A. u. 1908, and approved No
vember 18th, A. ID. 1908, authorizin,
the said Cairo Electric and Traction
company to construct, lease, maintain
and operate system Of street rail
ways in the streets ard Pubic way
in sr'l C'4-, RI r'9i~o
Said srb titut~d ct" rail shall b,
so laid in said avenue that the tol
surface thereof shall be equal in ele
walton to the top surface Of the com
pleted brick pavement, hereinafte
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