The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02

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rails of its said railroad track oAd
tracks and switches or turnout trackay
(, upon the said Commercial Avenues
shall be so laid that the top surfacae
! of said rails shall be equal In eievay
: ton to the top surface of the comb
pleted brick pavement, hereinafte,a
! provided for
The bottoms of said rails shall he
securely spiked to suitable woodelt'
cross-ties, which said cross-ties shalLI
rest upon bed of concrete, six (6a
inches in depth, composed Of one llr
part of Portland cement and eight
; 81 parts of washed river gravel oe
sizes ranging from gravel Of two (2lt
inches in diameter down to coarset
sand, and the same shall be graded.
so that the gravel and sand shall note
contain more than twenty (20) perl
cent voids ,
Said concrete foundation for said
RAILROAD track or tracks and switches,
or turnout tracks of the said Cleve..
land, CINCINNATI, Chicago and St.,
Louis Railway Company, upon the
said Commercial avenue, shall be
constructed at the cost and expense
of the said Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago and St. Louis Railway Company
and the same shall be of the depth of
six CO. inches below the bottoms Of
the cross-ties of the said Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis
Railway Company upon which the
said railroad track or tracks and
switches or turnout tracks of the
said company are laid, and the same
shall extend under and between the
said cross-tes of the said company
and for the distance of twelve G2)
inches outside of the rails Of it's
tracks, and between the said cross
ties and at the ends thereof and for
the distance of twelve 12) inches
outside of the rails of its tracks, the
said concrete foundation shall extend
above the bottoms of the said cross
ties to such height that with the
said concrete foundation and the
foundation for the brick pavement.
hereinafter provided for, the said
cross-ties shall be completely incased
in said concrete.
Said concrete for said foundation
for the said railroad track or tracks
and switches or turn out tracks of
said last named company shall lie.
mixed and laid in the same manner
as is hereinafter specified for the
mixing and laying of the concrete for
the foundation of the brick pave
ment, hereinafter provided for
The rails in the railroad track or
tracks and switches or turn out
tracks of the said last named COM
pany upon said Commercial Avenue
shall be of the height of not less
than seven (7) inches and shall
weigh not less than seventy (7o)
pounds to the yard.
Curb and Gutter
Section S, concrete curb and
gutter, of the kind and pattern known
as the combined curb and gutter,
shall be constructed on both sides of
the said Commercial Avenue, at the
outside edges OF the brick pavement,
| from the said north line OF Second
Street to the said south line of Thir-
tyfourth Street, except as hereinaf-
ter provided for street intersections.
It shall be made Of one "a part Of
Portland cement and five 90 parts
of washed, river gravel Of sizes rang
ing from gravel Of two (2) inches in
diameter down to coarse sand, anil
the same shall he graded so that the
| gravel and sand shall not contain
more than twenty (20) per cent. voids.
| The curb portion above the gutter
flag shall be six go inches high and
six t6) inches thick, and the gutter
flag shall be twenty-four (24) inches
wide and six Co inches deep, and
It's curvature shall be continuation
Of the curvature of the brick pave
ment. The said combined curb ami
gutter shall be set ON bed or four
dation Of cinders. eight (S) inches in
depth, we'll wetted and tamped, and
tho said cinder foundation and the
said curb shall be well supported
with natural earth backing which
shall also be well tamped and made
firm and solid The said cnder
foundation and combined curb and
gutter shall be o constructed, set
and placed that the distance between
| the inner faces of the curbs, on the
tdeS of the said Commercial Avenue
shall be sixty-eight (6S) feet
The ton surface OF the set and fin.
he'd curb shall be at all points and
places three GO inches below the lev
el or elevation of the Top surface Of
the finished brick pavement at the
center line of the said avenue. At
all unpnved street intersections. ex-
cept the Eighth Street intersection,
the cinder foundation and the COM
| binel curb and gutter shall he ey-