The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-20

o placed with good hard ones; and sail
r defective bricks found in the pave
L ment shall be removed by the con
Il tractor and be replaced with good
# ones.
1t Expansion Joints.
e Section 49, There shall be expan.
n sion joints or cushions across the
= pavement and at right angles to the
, Icurbing, every twenty-five (25) feet,
S and continuous like joint or cushion
/ between the paving and the gutter
made of hot asphalt or No. Six 60
} pitch, one ID inch thick, and extend
r ing from the top OF the paving down
/ to the bottom of the bricks,
The Filler.
Section ID. After the rolling of the
brick Is completed, the filler OF 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-
eeeding onethird C.3) of a bushel
thereof, together with like amount
OF Portland cement, shall be placed in
"A box and mixed dry until the mass
, assumes an even and unhroken shade
, and then clean water SHALL be added
SO as to form a liquid Of the consist
ency of thin cream. From the time
!, the water is applied until the last
: drop is removed and fioated into the
joints OF the brick pavement, the
/, grout shall be kept in constant mo
, ton. The mixture sian 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 it touches the bricks, il
shall be thoroughly swept in to the
! joints or creyices. The work of fill
ling should be thus carried forward
in line three CD Of such boxes as
, above described, being used until an
O advance of from fifteen (15l to TWEEN.
, ty (20) yards has been made, when
. the same force and appliances shah
+ be turned back aud cover the same
, surface again in like manner. except
that the mixture of the second coat
! may be slightly thicker than the first
fThis process shall be continued until
all of the spaces between the bricks
are thoroughly filled. After the
, joints are all thus flush with or filed
! to the top of the brick and sufficient
, time for evaporation has been allowed
, 50 that coating Of sand Will not
| absorb the moisture, one-half (1a) oi
an inch in thickness of sand shall be
+ spread over the whole surface. and in
ease the work is subjected to hot
: summer sun, an occasional sprinklng
with water, sufficient to dampen the
Esand, should be followed for two or
three days. The grouting thus fin.
lshed must remain absolutely free
; from disturbance or traffic Of any
J kind fer a period of seven (7) days.
Section IS. The finished sub-grade
: the concrete foundation, the sanG
cushion and the brick paving thereon
: shall be parallel to each other ana
, have the shape and curve above d..
scribed and the center line of the ton
and finished surface of the paving
when completed shall be laid
to the grade Of the said Eighth street
as given in section seventeen 07
of this ordinance.
b
Section lG. The said finished sub
grade, the concrete foundation, the
sand cushion and the brick paving
shall at all unpaved street lntarsec
tions from the said west line of Ohio
street to the said east line of Jeffer
son avenue, be extended around and
out to the lot line on both sides of
the said Eighth street. in the manner
hereinbefore indicated for the exten.
sion Of the said combination con
crete curb and gutter at such stree:
intersections.
\ Section H. In the description Of
the Improvement herein provided for,
the word grade" shall mean the
grade Of the said Eighth street as
now established by ordinance on file
In the office of the city clerk of said
CITY Of Cairo, unless a different grade
is specifically provided for herein
Building Up and Repairing Existing
i ManhoIes.
Section is. The four CA brick man
holes now in the said Eighth street
shall be built up with hard burned
bricks, laid fiat in Portland cement
mortar, composed of one (1) part of
Portland cement and three CD parts
of clean sand, and the inside of the
said manholes shall be plastered |
one-half (@) Of an inch thick, with
! Portland cement mortar, composed OF
one GU part Of Portland cement and
/ one Cd part Of clean sand, and the
top surface of the said manholes |
shall conform to the top surface Of
the completed brick pavement, and
the said manholes shall be fitted |
with castiron rings and covers
of not less than three hundred 5000 |
pounds combined weight each.