Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-03-18

Below are the estimates ana Jecn-
nical specification for the paving OF
Main street which Village Engineer
II. l.. Waters has submitted 10 our
Common Council, together with plans
snd profles.
Technical Specifications.
1. Main Street is TO be improved
krom the North line of Mill Street to
the South line of Division Street.
Esterly Street is to be improved a
distance OF one hundred feet East and
West of the point of intersection with
Main Street.
The entire length to be improved is
27l0 feet.
2. The work to be done consists OF
grading the street TO its full length;
the construction OF cement cutters on
both sides of the roadway; the con-
struction of sewer for both surface
drainage and sewage; the construction
OF catch-basins for surface drainage
and the covering of the road bed with
concrete; all as described in the fol-
lowing specifications.
Plans. Pro6ies and Drawings.
3. The arrangement OF the side
walks, lawns, cutters and road bed is
to be shown on the the accompanying
plans and cross section.
4. On all, figured imension> are to
govern ia cases OF discrepancy between
scale and figures.
Gradings.
5. Grading shall consist in doing all
the excavating and filing necessary
TO bring the suograde to the required
elevation shown on plans and desig.
mated by grade STAKES. After the SUBJ
? grade has been prepared and before
. any materials are drawn thereon ii
shall be rolled vith roller weighing
at least sever tons.
Should there be p3ces in the street
which az - or springy, the earth
must De taEer out, and the places re-
filled wiz. c,u*hed stone, gravel,' Gin
ders or g3u1 earth as the Engineer
may dlreLo
Cement Cutters.
g. Cement cutters are 10 be built on
both sides of the roadway. The ar
rangement, form and Dimensions are
to be AS shown on the acc lmpanyng
plans and cross sections.
7. The concrete shall be composed
nf the following mixtures: l part
Portland cement, parts sand, and 5
parts screened gravel
s. All exposed surfaces of the gut
=. ters shall be faced with mortar
: composed OF Portland cement l part.
Clean sharp sand 2 parts.
Sand and Gravel.
0. The SAND shall be clean, sharp.
aud Of grains varying in size, the
coarsest of which shall pass screen
OF one-eIghth inch mesh. II shall be
free from clay, loan, sticks or other
impurities.
10. The gravel shall be composed Of
clean pebbles Of hard and durable
stone varying in size from such as
will pass a screen Of two inch mesn TO
such as will be retained by a screen of
One-eighth inch mesh.
Concrete Pavement Foundation.
IL. Upon the road bed prepared as
described shall be placed five inches
Of concrete composed of part OF ce-
ment To 3 parts Of sand and parts OF
broken stones or pebbles. The sand,
no.
of foreign matter. The stOne or gravel
TO be graded from one-half TO two
inches and contain just sutfici eDt
sharp. clean sand to completely ill AL
[ the volds and make solid mass with
every stone and grain OF sand thorough,
ly covered with cement. In order TO ob.
tain the above results the materials
are to be subjected To tests made al
least twice day during the construc.
tion.
The sub-grade shall be kept moist
while placing the concrete base.
The concrete TO be made sufficiently
wet TO insure capitalization.
Pit Gravel.
IL. Pit gravel may be used in plac,
OF screened gravel and sand, provided
IL contains within ten per cent. of tb,
above specified proportions of sanC
and gravel and the gravel portions
when screened ous would couform u
the above specifications for gravel
The contractor shall furnish tn,
necessary annaratus and assistance a
make the tests as often as tn
Engineer shall desire.
The pit gravel shall be reasonable
clean and free from soft or rotteI
stone, clay, loam or dead sand. Wher
pit gravel is used the proportion
shall be part Portland cement and