The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-20
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ORDINANCE NO. III

An ordinance amending section five l5) of
| ordinance No l62 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 he per
mitted
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CITY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
| LAkEI.AND:
! 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 obtainabe in
South Florida
> Portland Cement--The Portland cement
used in this work shall be kept dry until it
| is used on the work II 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 a CONNER
eial 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 he used
l. bFohen stohe-lhe broken stone shall he
| in pieces Of not greater than one and one.
half inches in diameter and not less than
one-fourth inch in diameter It shall he
! clean and there shall be no sand or other
| fine material mixed with IT, The broken stone
! shall be hard and sound A good auality
of flint rock or ebert will fulfil the specifi
| cations No soft limestone or other soft rorl
! and no broken brick shah be used
| ) Mixing-The following shall be the
method OF hand mixing, and the results N
/ least equal TO those obtained In this way shall
be obtained by machine mixing: the sand and
cement shall be mixed dry until the miy.
ture IS OF an even color and there are no
( StreakS, sufficient quantity Uf water shall
/ then be added and mixed with the mixture If
sand and cement and the consistency Of The
| mortar shall be such that it fauens out when
} heaped up in 4 pile, With two parts Of sand
! and one Of cement, this mortar should consrj-
( tute the top Of the coat for finishing side
| "aik' FOR lower course there should be
! added 10 the above described mortar. four
parts Of broken stone which shah ne rbor.
/ ouehly mixed with the mortar hy turning The
! mixture over or otherwise, so that ali Inc
| pieces Of rock shall be completely coated with
/ mortar,
6. Summary Of Proporton-As above de-
! Scrihed the upper course Of the sidewalk
shall consist Of two portions Of sand and one
, of cement; the lower course one part II re.
ment. TWO parts of sand, and four parts n
broken stone. The proportion shall be br
! bulk
:. ThckneSs-AS above mentioned -bs
upper course shall be one inch in thickness
! The lower course shall be two inches in
thickness for sidewalks and four inches f9,
! alley crossings.
5. Grading and drainage-The cradin-
shall be done to the stakes and lines Of The
| city engineer. Where I'll is made. the sub.
grade shall be thoroughly tamped TO the sst-
iSfaction Of the city engineer. Where drain
pipes are needed they shall be set 10 the sat.