The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02

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lot line, and to such depth or height
as may be necessary to bring the
completed brick pavement, hereinaf'
ter provided for, to che grade herein
after specified for the top surface OF
said completed brick pavement; but
no filling In width shall be made or
| done where said avenue Is already
| filled for its entire width, from lot
line to lot line, and no filling In
height shall he made or done where
said avenue is already up to such eIe'
walton as will admit of the construct.
ion thereon of the said brick pave
ment, hereinafter provided for, with
ont any filling The slope oil the said
| filling at and beyond the said lot
line, shall be one and one-half (11a)
feet horizontal to one "a foot per.
pendicular of the filling; but the fill
! ing outside that portion OF the said
avenue which is to be paved, as here,
in after provided for, shall be to such
an actual elevation above the requir-
ed grade as will equal ten QG) per
centum OF the height of the fill to
allow for shrinkage; and the said
| Commercial Avenue, from the said
north line of Second Street to the
said south line of Thirtyfourth
Street, after having heen filled as
aforesaid shall be excavated and
graded for the width of sixty-eight
| (68l feet. in the center thereof, that
is to say, for the width Of thirty,four
(3D feet on each side of the center
| line of said avenue. and the exoa
waited and graded surface Of the said
ayenue shall be made firm a1d solid
Throughout. by rolling the same with
a roller Of from eight fS) to twelve
| (12l tons weight. and by the use Of
any other necessary means to make
Ia proper sub-grade surface, and the
face or top surface of the srbgrade
shall be curved or shaped to that OF
curve or arc whose chord is sixty
| eight (GS) feet in length, and whose
middle ordinate, at the center line Of
said avenue, shall be twelve 81
niche in height: and should it b.
come necessary or proper in prapar.
ing the said sub-graje for the paving
materials, to remove any unsuitab G
earth or materials and replace the
same with proper materials, Il shall
be done, that in all place there
shall be a proper formation for the
upper work to rest upon. The earth
eXcayatcd from the said avenue shall
be used, so far as may be necessary,
for filling back OF and against the
curbing. All eXcayated material. not
needed in the use of tic work, shall
be tho property of the contractor,
who shall dispose of the same at his
own risk and expense and at the ear
liest reasonable time so that the same
shall in no way become an obstruc-
tion to tho public No excavation or
grading shall he done until the paw
ing materials shall have, been deliver
ed along the line Of the said avenue,
unless written permission shall be
obtained from the Board of Local I'M
proyements OF the city for that pur-
pose.
Section 8, The Cairo Electric and
Traction Company shall, at its own
cost and expense. Before or at the
time Of the grading Of the said Com
mercial Avenue, remove the present
rails of its railroad track or tracks
and switches or turnout tracks row
laid upon said avenue, along the line
of the aid Improvement and substi-
tute therefor 1T" rails of not less than
seven tTl inchc in height and weigh
ing not less than seventy f70) pounds
to tho yard, in compliance with sec.
ton four (4 Of Ordinance No. t19 Of
said City Of Cairo, adopted November
| 1&th, A. D. 1908, and approved No
vcmber 10Th, A. y. 1908, authorizing
the said Cairo Electric and Traction
company to construct lease, maintain
and operate sy tenn Of street rail
WAYS in the streets and pubic ways
in said City of Cairo.
Said substituted 1T" rail shall be
so laid in said avenue that the top
surface thereof shall 10 equal in ele-
walton to the top surface of the com
pleted brick pavement, hereinafter
provided for The bottoms of said
rails shall be securely spiked to suit
able wooden cross-ties, which said
cross ties shall rest upon a bed of
concrete, six (6) inches in depth,
composed of one a. part OF Portland
cement and eight (S) parts of washed,
river gravel of sizes ranging from
gravel of two t2) inches in diameter
down to coarse sand and the anne
shall be graded so that the gravel
| and sand shall not contain more
than twenty 600 per cent. voids.
| Said concrete foundation for said
railroad track or tracks and switches
or turnout tracks of the said Cairo
Electric and Traction Company, upon
! the said Commercial Avenue, shall
be constructed at the cost and ex.
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