The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-08-27
ORDINANCE NO. ~


An ordinance amending section five (5) OF
ordinance No. 1872 entitled An Ordinance in
respect to sidewalks In the City OF Lake
land Florida. establishing a sidewalk dis
trict and the quality Of sidewalks to be per-
mitted.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CITY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
That section five Of ordinance No. 1872 Of
the City of Lakeland be amended to read as
follows;
l. Material to Be Used-The material to
be used in the work shall consist Of Portland
cement, sand and broken stone, each Of which
shall be the best Of its kind obtainable in
South Florida.
>. Portland Cement-The Portland cement
used in this work shall be kept dry until it
is used on the work. 1t shall pass the stand
ard tests of the American Association for
testing materials and the contractor shall sub
NIT report from a competent chemist to the
effect that this cement has passed such tests
The tests shall not be furnished by the man
ufacturer or seller of the cement, but by an
entirely independent chemist or CONNER
cal testing laboratory No lumpy or caked
cement shall be used on the work
3. Sand-The sand shall be clean and
coarse. sand equal in quality to Lake
Weir sand will fill the specification. No fine
sand or any sand containing more than
per cent Of silt shall be used
4. Broken Stone-The broken stone shall be
in pieces Of not greater than one and one
half inches in diameter and not less than
one -fourth inch in diameter 1t shall be
clean and there shall be no sand or other
fine material mixed with it. The broken stone
shall be hard and sound. good quality
of flint rock or ebert will fulfill the specf-
cations. No soft limestone or other soft rock
and no broken brick shall be used
5. Mxng-The following shall be the
method of hand mixing, and the results at
least equal to those obtained in this way shall
be obtained by machine mixing; the sand and
cement shall be mixed dry until the mix
ture is of an even color and there are no
streaks. A 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 fattens out when
heaped up in pile. With two parts of sand
and one Of cement, this mortar should consi
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 be thor
oughy mixed with the mortar by turning the
mixture over or otherwise, so that all the
pieces Of rock shall be completely coated with
mortar
g. Summary of Proportlon-As above de-
Scribed, the upper course OF the sidewalk
shall consist of two portions Of sand and one
of cement; the lower course one part of ce-
ment. two parts of sand, and four parts of
broken stone The proportion shall be by
bulk.
/. Thickness-As above mentioned, the
upper course shall be one inch in thickness.
The lower course shall be two inches in
thickness for sidewalks and four inches for
alley crossings.
s. Grading and drainage-The grading
shall be done to the stakes and lines of the
rity engineer Where fill is made, the sub
grade shall be thoroughly tamped to the sat
isfacton Of the city engineer. Where drain
pipes are needed, they slAll lie set to the sat
isfacton of the city engineer, the pipes to be
furnished by the city.
8. Trees-Where there are roots of trees,
these shall be removed to a depth of six inch
es below the subgrading A 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 be brought up to
the level of the walk with properly tamped
earth
TO- Joints-An open joint extending clear
through the concrete shall be made at least
every eight feet. This joint shall not be
more than one fourth inch in width at con-
not less than oneeighth inch
joint at least one-fourth inch in width and
not more than three eighths of an inch In
width shall be left at all curbs or where
the slab is built on top Of a wall.
H. Application of Top Course and Plac-
ing Concrete--The top course should be put
in place on the lower course as soon as
so that the lower course shall not
take its initial set before the top course comes
in contact thereon. The lower course shall be
tamped as it is placed No con-
crete shall be placed after it has begun to
take its initial set.
Section II. Ordinances in conflict with the
heretofore placed are hereby re-
pealed in 50 far as they conflict.
| hereby certify that the foregoing ordl
nance was duly passed at regular meet
ng of the board of commissioners of the city
If Lakeland upon the tenth day of August,
A. D. 1914.
o. NJ. EATON, Chairman
Attest:
H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk SOIL