The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-08-13

An ordinance amending section I'VE Noj %
,rdinanrp 20, 1872 entitled An Ordinance i'll
respect 10 sidewalks in the 'lty OF Lane
land, Florida establishing a alde""ih uln
rrict and the quality OF Sidewalks y " ~
mitred 49,. ,,,,pn M, cITy
BIZ 1T ORDAINED By THE BOARD Of 'l ~,
= rnuuISSI0NERS OF TIE CITY OF
LAkELAND ,e. e
That section five of ordinance No, lt2 OF
tlr civ Of Lakeland be amended TO reau a.
follows: rt, ,.ri,l IN
he used in the work shall consist 81 Iorliahu
cement. sand and broken STONE, eacl Oh Nilltm
shsI he The best Of its kind 0btalnable Ill
Portland Cemeut--The Portland cement
Il,pd in This work shall be kept dry uiltH II
is used ON the work 1t shall pass the Sldlid-
ard tests Of the American Association loI
testing materials and the contractor sAali sun
nil A report from Il competent chemist 10 me
effect that this cement has passed Such tests
The tests shall not be furnished by me man
ufuculrer or seller Of the cement Dul " an
entirely independent chemist or CONNER
cipI testing laboratory. No lumpy Or caked
cement Shall be used on the work
B Sand-The sand shall be clean anu
coarse 4 sand equal in quality to Lake
Weir sand will fill the specification. No me
sand or any sand containing more IMAM :
per cent Of silt shall be used
Broken StoneThe broken stone Slldl PC
in pieces of not greater than one anu one
half inches in diameter ana not less thaH
one fourth inch in diameter shall nc
clean and there shall be no SAND or other
fine material mixed with it, The broken stone
shall be hard and sound. a good qualify
~ fint rock or ebert will fulfill the Specill-
cations No soft limestone or other SOL rock
and no broken brick Shall be USED.
!. Mixmg-The following shall be the
method of hand mixing, and the results al
least equal to those obtained IN ms way Shali
be obtained by machine mixing the salld ana
cement shall be mixed dry until the mix
lure is of an even color and there are no
streaks sufficient quantity OF water shall
then be added and mixed with the mixture OF
sand and cement and the consistency OF the
mortar shall be such that it tiatenS out when
hpaped up in pile. With two parts Of sand
ana one Of cement, this mortar should conStl-
tute the top Of the coat for finishing SIDE
walk For a lower course there should be
added to the above described mortar, four
parts Of broken stone which Shall DC thor
Oughly mixed with the mortar BY turning the
mixture over or otherwise, 50 that all me
pieces of rock shall be completely coated with
mortar
6 summary of ProportiOn-AS above de-
scrbed, the upper course OF the sidewalk
shall consist Of two portions OF sand and one
ment two parts Of sand, and four parts Of
broken stone, The proportion snail be by
bulk.
/ Thickuess-As above mentioned, the
upper course shall be one inch in thickness.
The lover course shall be two inches in
thickness for sidewalks and four inches Tor
alley crossings
y Grading and dranage-Ihe grading
Shall be done to the stakes and lines OF the
uity engineer Where ill is made, the sub
grade shall be thoroughly tamped to The sat
1 i,tartioh Of the Clly engineer Where dram
pipes ,llv needed. they shall be set to the sat
| isfaction Of the city engineer the pipes TO be
| furnished by the city
g. lreus-Where there are roots Of trees
| these shall be removed TO depth Of SIX inch
) es below the subgrading. \ space of twelve
inches in width shall be left around The
| trunks Of all trees, in which no cement shall
| be placed This space shall he brought up Il
| the level of the walk with properly tamped
earth
10 Jonts-An open joint extending clear
| through the concrete shall be made at least
| every eight feet This Joint shall not bt
more than ne-fuurth inch in width al con
| structon, not less than une-eighth inch. \
| Joint at least one fourth inch in width and
not more than three ghths Of an inch IN
| width shall be left at all curbS or where
,he slab is built On top Of wall,
| H. Application Of Top Course and Plac-
| ing Concrete-The top course should be pu
| in place ON the lower course as soon a'
practical, 50 that the lower course shall moi
| take its Initial set before the top course come,
in contact thereon, The lowe Jurse shall ht
thoroughly tamped as il is iced, No CON
crrte shall he placed after it has begun Il
| take It's initial set.
Section H. Ordinances in conflict with tn,
foregoing, heretofore placed, are hereby re