The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-15

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Section /. Whereas the Illinois
Central Railroad company. owner of
| q the property on the easterly side
of Commercial avenue between l4th
ana 18th streets in the City of
Cairo. Illinois, has petitioned n
writing the city Council of the CITY
of Cairo. Illinois, for permission.
right and authority. 10 improve the
easte-ly Twenty seven feet OF said
Commercial avenue from point
Nineteen feet northerly from the
northerly line of said 18th street
for distance of Three Hundred and
Sixty feet from said first named
point by paving. the some with vii
rified brick and otherwise improving
said street, signifying its willing.
ness to make said improvement as
aforesaid, and 10 pay all the costs
thereof; and
Whereas said Improvement, 50
petitioned for, is public in its char
acter and the citizens of Cairo gen,
orally will be benefited thereby, and
the City Council of the City of
Cairo therefore favors the said I'm
provement as being in the interest
Of said City of Cairo, permission and
authority Is hereby given and grant
d TO the said Illinois Central Rail-
road company to construct and
maintain said Improvement under
the direction of the Board OF Local
Improvements of the said City OF
Cairo. in the manner following;
Section 2. Said easterly side of
said Commercial avenue from a point
nineteen feet northerly from the
northerly line of said 14th street for
la distance of three hundred and
sixty feet from said first named poin.
shall be graded. as may be required.
for its entire width, and after being
graded shall be well rolled and
made firm and solid so that the top
surface of the subgrade shall have
the 30 lowing fall Tor slope) from
the easterly side of said Comme--
cial avenue TO the easterly edge of
the gutter-herenaf referred to
-viz:-the fall Tor slopel at 10
feet northerly from said northerly
inc OF said 14th street, and begin
ming at the easterly side OF said
Commercial avenue with an eleva
ton Of 33.17 feet City Datum shall
be To inches; the fall Tor slope> II
107 feet northerly from saAd norther-
ly line of said 4th afreet, and be-
ginning at the easterly side Of said
Commercial avenue with an eleva.
ton of 1894 feet City Datum, shall
be 7.44 inches; the fal. Cor slopel
at 225 feet northerly from said
northerly line of said l4th street.
and beginning at the easterly side
OF said Commercial avenue with an
elevation of 1917 feet City Datum,
shall be S.22 inches; the fall Cor
slope) at 1862 and 379 feet respect
lively, northerly from said northerly
line of said 14th street and begin
ming at the easterly side of said
Commercial avenue with an eleva-
ton of 1884 feet City Datum shall
be sos inches; and along the west
erly side of said % foot strip for the
distance hereinafter stated there
shall be a gutter having the follow
/ ing fall Tor slope) viz:---at point
225 feet northerly of the northerly
line of said 14th street the slope
shall be 3.12 inches in the wester Y
IL feet of said strip and on the east
Ierly feet of the westerly 4 feet Of
said 81 foot strip the fall Tor s,opel
shall be 125 inches in the 9 feet,
and gradually diminish ON the
south until point 107 feet north
of said northerly line of said 14th
street is reached, and gradually dim
inish on the north until a point 362
feet northery OF said northerly line
of 14th street is reached.
The sub-grade under the finished