The Cairo bulletin., 1910-07-21


brick must be uniform. The texture
hardness and vitrification of the
brick shall be uniform throughout
ANY brick which is soft or brittle
'mrst not be used. No inspection of
the brick on cars or in any piles will
be made by the Engineer or any of
nis subordinates, and the right to re.
Ject and require the contractor to re
move any brick until the pavement
is finally accepted is reserved. The
brick shall be from eight go inches
to ten (10) inches long. from four a.
inches to four and one-quarter 4A)
inches deep AMI from three f2l to
three and one-half (3h) inches wide
The brick shall be laid upon the sand
cushions above described with the
longer dimension at right angles to
the center line of the street. the four
az incn dimension approximately
vertical. The top surface is to be
in such position that after ramming
as hereinafter provided for, it will ac
curately coincide with the proposed
finished surface. The brick will be
laid with as clase jrEnts as possible
excepting at the edge of the pave
ment and where necessary to make
Joints, and no broken bricks or bats
snail be used. The bricks shall be
laid SO as TO accurately break joints
in adjacent rows. After the bricks
have been laid, as above described, it
shall be thoroughly tamped and ram
med into the sand cushion by a heavy
wooden ram. After ramming all brick
which do not accurately coincide with
the proper surface snail be taken
up, reset and again rammed, This
shall be repeated until the proper sur
face is obtained. After the pavement
has been laid and before ramming tle
said City Engineer shall go over the
pavement and pick out any brick that
do not, in mis- opinion, conform to the
specifications. These will be remov-
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brick substituted. Any brick which
breaks under the ram shall be re.
moved and new brick substituted,
After Inc brick has been laid and
rammed, as above described, The
Joints shall be poured full of rich
Portland cement grout, There snail
be expansion joints or cushions
across the pavement and at right
angles to the curbing every twenty
five feet, and a continuous like Joint
" cushion between the paving and
the gutter made of not asphalt or No
six t6) pitch, one % inch thick, and
extending from the top of the paving
down TO the bottom of the bricks
The graded surface of the concrete
foundation, the sand cushion and the
Brick paving, all complete shall have
the gradual slant and slope above de-
scribed and specified and the cen
ter line of the top and finished por.
ton of the paving, wnen complete
shall be to the grade of said street
as now established by ordinance.
The said brick pavement and the
concrete curp ana gutter hereinafter
descriped shall DE properly connected
with the existing pavement and curb
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