The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-21


The concrete shall be of such con-
|sistency that when dumped in place
it will not require much tamping. 1t
shall be spaded down and tamped suf-
ficiently to level off, after which the
water should rise freely to the sur
face. Forms shall be we'll built, sub
stantial and unyielding, properly
braced or tied together by means OF
wire or rods, and shall conform to
lines given.
Section g. Upon the base prepared
as above specified shall be spread
layer of sand about one az inch in
thickness, upon this sand cushion, the
paving brick shall be laid The brick
| for this work shall be of first quality,
Ire-pressed hard burned paving brick,
such as shall be acceptable to the city
engineer of said City of Cairo. The
quality and color of the brick must
be uniform The texture, hardness
and vitrification Of the brick shall be
uniform throughout. any brick which
| Is soft or brittle must not be used.
No inspection of the brick on cars or
| in any piles will be made by the en-
gineer or any of his suhordinates, and
| the right to reject and require the
contractor to remove any brick until
the pavement is finally accepted is
Preserved, The brick shall be from
eight inches (S'l to ten inches (100
long from four inches (4") to four
and one-quarter inches (4-A') deep
and from three to three and one half
inches t31a'D wide. The brick shall
be laid upon the sand cushion above
described with the longer dimension
at right angles to the center line OF
the street, the four inch (4') dimen'
sion approximately vertical, The TOP
surface is to be in such position that
after ramming. as hereinafter pro-
vided for, it will accurately coincide
with the proposed finished surface
The brick viii be laid with as close
joints as possible, excepting at the
ledge of the pavement and where
necessary to make joints, and ne
broken bricks or bats shall be used
1.-The bricks shall be laid so as to ac
lcurately break joints in adjacent
Rows. After the bricks have beer
laid, as above described. it shall be
thoroughly tamped and rammed intC
the sand cushion by heavy wooder
ram. After ramming, all brick which
lido not accurately coincide with the
proposed surface shall be taken UP
reset and again rammeG. This shall
be repeated until the proper surface
been laid and before ramming tht
said city engineer shall go over the
pavement and pick out any brick tina
do not, in his opinion, conform to th'
specifications. These will be re
moved by the contractors and salts
factory brick substituted Any bricl
which breaks under the ram shall b,
removed and now brick substituted
After the brick has been laid an,
rammed. as above described. tn,
Joints shall be poured full of ricl
Portland cement grout. There shall
be expansion joints or cushions
across the pavement and at RICH
angles 10 the curbirr, every twenty
1--we l25l feet. and a continuous n!e
Joint or cushion between the pavini
and the gutter. made of hot asphal
or No. 6 pitch. one Cl) inch thick. AM
extending from the top OF the PAWN
, down TO the bottom of the bricks. Tn
graded surface Of the concrete four
dation. the sand cushion and tn
brick having. all complete shall hav
the gradual slant and slope above dc
scribed and specifed. and the cenfe
line Of the ton and finished portio
, of the having, when complete sha'
he 70 the grade Of said street as no,
% established by ordinance
The said brick pavement and III
concrete curh and gutter bereinafte
described shall he properlv connecte
c with the existing pavement and cur
L and cutter at the intersection If 81,
teenth and Walnut streets and at tn
l intersection of Sixteenth street an
+ Washington avenue. with such Sian