The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-22
An Ordinance.

An Ordinance requiring the owners Of
lots abutting on the west side OF Madi-
son street in the City of Tupelo, Miss.
north Of Walnut street and south OF the
front gate of r. G. and Mrs. Jessie
Strain: and on the north side of Maya
zine street in said City of Tupelo, Miss,
beginning at the west side Of Church
street and running to the wcst side ct
G. G. Moneys lot, to hAye granto d
walks laid on the sidewalks of said
streets AUDITING their property on or by
the 1st day Of June 1910 and to pre-
scribe the material out of which said
walks shall be made and the manner of
the construction thereof:
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayo. and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Tupelo, Miss, that improve
ments which require unusual outlay and
cost in excess of the general improve
ments fund of the City of Tupelo, Miss,
are necessary in the building of side
walks on the west side of Madison street
from the point where the same is cut
or iptersected by Walnut street to the
front gate of r. G. and Mrs. Jessie
Strain and also on the north side OF
Magazine street. beginning at the west
side of Church street and running to the
west side of C. C. Moneys lot, in said
City of Tupelo. Miss.
Section 2. The owners of each of the
several lots of land lying along, beside.
fronting or abutting on the foot walk
or sidewalk of said streets or sections
thereof, described in the first section of
this ordinance, are hereby required at
his, her or their expense, on or by the
1st day of June 1910, to construct and
hereafter to keep in good repair, the
sidewalk along side. in front of or abut-
ting upon his, her or their walk, so
fronting, lying along or abutting upon
the west side of said Madison street
above described, which said walk shall
be at least four "a, feet wide and also
upon the north side of said Magazine
street above described which said walk
along said Magazine street shall be at
least five 90 feet wide.
Section 3. The Mayor and Board of
Aldermen will have done at the expense
of the City,, whatever grading and fill
ing in of dirt which may be necessary
to establish said sidewalk on the proper
grade, preparatory to the putting down
or construction of said sidewalks.
Section A. 1t shall be the duty of the
contractor or person who puts down or
builds any of the sidewalks above re-
quired to be built, to fix or replace all
water. boxes or meter boxes back to
grade with said sidewalks when COM
pleted.
Section S. Said sidewalks shall be
laid and constructed as follows and out
| of the following materials, of the width
| above directed, and shall have a base
| of three and one-fourths g Id inches,
| and shall have a cover of three-fourths
GA of an inch, and shall have one
forth (1-4) inch fall to the foot toward
the street or curb, and shall have one
inch expansion joints every fifty feet.
| and also where the walk abuts the curb
| and where laid 4 feet wide, shall be cut
in 4 foot blocks, and where laid 5 feet
wide shall be cut in 5 foot blocks ex-
cept across %driveways. The base of
such walks shall be built or constructed
out of four parts gravel, sto ,e, broken
brick or Stag, ard three plrts clean
sand, and one part best quality Portland
cement, and the top of such walks shall
be composed of n part sand and one
part best Portland cement. and no
stone, brick, or other material used
about building said walks shall be more
than two inches in it's longest dimen-
sions and no concrete Or martar that is
set shall be used in said working. and
no retempered concrete. or concrete
that has been mixed over forty-five
minutes shall be used.
The above and foregoing ordinance
was passed at a regular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen held at
the Mayors office in the City of Tu-
pelo, Miss, on the 9Th, day of April
1910, the same being reduced to writing
previous to it's passage and consider
alton and same was read, considered
and voted upon, section by section, by
a yea and nay vote all voting yea.
J.. NJ. TRICE, Clerk.
ID, w. ROBINS, Mayor,