The Cairo bulletin., 1912-09-06

Sdiu street, dluHS the Tue VI tux
said Improvement, and substitute
therefor ~ rails of not less than
, lseven ia Inches in height ant
! Iweighins not less than seventy t7Ol
pounds TO the yard, in compliance
with section four ca OF Ordinane
No. 17s OF said City of Cairo. adopt
ed November 18th A. d. 1908. and
approved November 18th, A. d. 1905
authorizing the said Cairo Electric
and Traction Company to construct
lease, maintain and operate system
of street railways in the streets and
public ways in said City of Cairo.
Said substituted IT" rails shall be
so laid in said street that the TOT
surface thereof shall be equal in ele.
walton of the top surface of the com,
ltpletei brick pavement hereinaltee
Gproyided for. The bottoms OF said
rails shall be securely spiked to suit.
able wooden cross-ties, which said
ler0ss-ties shalt rest upon bed oil
lconcrete six 60 inches in depth.
lcompoeed of one I'll part of Portland
lcement and eight tSl parts OF wash
ed river gravel of sizes ranging from
gravel of two t2l inches in dlametes
down to coarse sand, and the same
shall be graded SO that the gravel
and sand shall not contain more
than twenty Coo 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, up
on the said Fourth St. shall be con-
structed AT the cost and expense Of
the said Cairo Electric and Fraction
| Company, and the same shall be OF
the depth OF six CO.. inches below
the bottoms OF the cross-tieS OF the
said Cairo Electric and Traction
! Company upon which the said track
or tracks and switches or turnout
tracks OF the said company are laid.
land the same shall extend under and
between the said cross-ties OF th4
said company ana for he distance o.
twelve l2) inches outside of the
/ rails of It's tracks, and between the
said cross-ties and the ends thereof
and for the distance of twelve tl21
inches outside OF the rails of It's
tracks, the said concrete foundation
shall extend above the bottoms Of
the said crosa-ties to such height
that with the said concrete founda
ttion and the concrete foundation fnl
the brick pavement. hereinafter pro-
yided for, the said cross-ties shall
be completely incase in said con-
ierete.
Said concrete for said foundation
for the said railroad track or tracks
and switches or turnout tracks Of
said last named company shall he
mixed and laid in the same manner
as is hereinafter specified for the
linking and laying of the concrete
Tor the foundation Of The brick pave
| ment, hereinafter provided for.
Catch Basins
Section 4 One ff) brick catch
basin shall be constructed in and up
on each side of said Fourth street at
| The easterly line Of Railroad street,
that is, where the curb is turned and
| extended around and out to the lot
line at the intersection Of the said
Fourth street with the said Railroad
ptr,nt ana rra ftA r,rfltfr ontnA Ho ,
shall be constructed in and upon
each side Of said Fourth street oppo-
lsite tne present mbanhole in said
Fourth street near the center Of the
block between Commercial avenue
land Washington avenue. and
Ian Of the said catch basins
Ishall be Of the same size
land description, in all respects,
and trey shah be constructed as fol-
lows, to-wit: they shall be set upon
a foundation Of two t2D courses Of
hard burned brick, and the inside
dimensions thereof shall be twenty
four CAD inches by twenty-fonr
It2d) inches b. forty-two t4s) in
ehes In depth. measured from the TOO
Eof the gutter-flags to the bottom Of
the said catch basins, the walls of
said cateh-baslns shall be nine t9l
inches thick, and the same shall te
CONSTRUCTED OF hard burned bricks
laid In Portland cement mortar, com
posed Of one ca part Of Portland
Ecement and three go parts of clean
sand, and the inside Of said catch
basins shall be plastcred one4haIl
G3aD an inch thick, with Portland
Eeement motar, composed OF one ca
part OF Portland cement and one (l)
part of clean sand: said catch basins
shall be fitted with caal-iron traps
fifteen tl5l inches long, twelve
(t3l inches wide and six ca niche.
deep, constructed Of tast-iron one
fourth "a Of an inch in thickness
and shall be provided with cast-ir0t
covers, twenty-eight t2&l inche.
square and one-half Ga Of an incl
in thickness, weighing not less thar
one hundred (l00l pounds each
, said catch-basns shall be connected
with the sewer now In said Fourth
street by means OF yitrifed tile sew
er pipe, Of ten (l0) inches insid,
! diameter.