The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-18
Ordinance No. 224.
Concluded from Third Page.)


inside of the car track or tracks AMI
switches or turnout tracks of the said
Cairo Electric and Traction Company,
the Cairo and st. Louis Railway Com.
pany and of the said Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Chicago and ST. Louis Rail
way Company next to the rails of
said track or tracks and switches or
turnout tracks, and said nosed bricks
shall be of the same general dimen-
sions and character as the bricks
which are to be used for the balance
of said brick pavement.
Laying the Bricks, Rolling and Wet
ting Surface, &C.
Section u. The bricks must be
closely and evenly laid in true straight
lines at right angles to the curbing;
and all joints must be broken at
least three CO. inches. Whole bricks
only shall be used except in starting
and finishing courses at the curb or
at catch-basins. manholes. etc, in
which case nothing but half bricks
shall be used; and in breaking bricks
for this purpose the joints must be
cut straight and square with the tops
and sides. Said bricks shall be laid
upon their edges and shall be one
course deep.
When the bricks have been laid,
the surface shall be made smooth by
ner rf,1I nts no frlr L.
ing not less than three (3)
tons nor more than six (6)g, tons;
or where rolling is impracticable
then by tamping with ninety (90)
pounds tamper upon a twelve (12)
inch oak plank at least six co feet
long.
The pavement shall then be thor.
oughly wet by the contractor so that
all soft bricks can be detected and all
such bricks shall be removed and re.
placed with good hard ones and ALL
defective bricks found in the pave.l
ment shall be removed by the con.
tractor and be replaced with good |
ones.
Expansion Joints.
Section 10. There shall be expan. |
sion joints or cushions across the |
pavement and at right angles to the |
curbing, every twenty-five (25) feet,
and continuous like joint or cushion
between the paving and the gutter
made Of hot asphalt or No Six (6) |
pitch, one Q) inch thick, and extend |
ing from the top of the paving down
to the bottom of the bricks.
The Filler.
Section IL. After the rolling of the
brick is completed, the filler or ce.
ment grout, which shall be composed
OF equal parts Of clean, sharp sand
and Portland cement. shall be made
and applied in the following manner.
The sand shall be dry and not ex-
ceedins one-third 1-3) of bushel
thereof, together with like amount
of Portland cement, shall be placed in
box and mixed dry until the mass
assumes an even and unbroken shade
and then clean water shall be added
so as to form liquid of the consistency
of thin cream. From the time the wa
ter is applied until the last drop is re.
moved and fioated into the joints of
the brick pavement the grout shall be
kept in constant motion. The mixture
shall be removed from the box to the
street surface with scoop shovel.
the same being all the while stirred
in the box as the same is being thus
emptied, and from the moment 1t
touches the bricks, 1t shall be thor
oughly swept into the joints or crew
ices. The work of filling should be
thus carried forward in line, three CD
of such boxes, as above described
being used until an advance of from
fifteen (15) to twenty 600 yards has
been made, when the same force and
appliances shall be turned back and
cover the same surface again in like
except that the mixture of
the second coat may be slightly
thinker than the first This process
shall be continued until all OF the
spaces between the bricks are thor
oughly filed After the joints are all
thus flush with or filled to the top of
the brick and sufficient time for evap.
Grafton has been allowed so that a
coating Of sand will not absorb the
one-half ~ Of an inch in
thickness of sand shall be spread over
the whole surface; and In case the
work is subjected to a hot summer
sun, an occasional sprfKkling with
water, sufficient to dampen the sand
should be followed for two or three
days. The groutng thus finished must
remain absolutely free from disturb.
ance or traffic of any kind for a pc
Rod of seven (7) days.
Section is. The finished sub-grade,
the concrete foundation, the sand
cushion and the brick paving thereon
shall be parallel to each other ana
have the shape and curve above de.
scribed and the center line of the top
and finished surface of the paving /
when completed shall be three
go inches above the present grade
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