The daily star-mirror., 1915-12-02


and Jackson Street six Co feet;
THIRD STREET, from Jefferson
Street to Adams Street seven 90 feet
THIRD STREET, from Adams Stree
to Polk Street thirteen (13) feet;
MAIN STREET, between "As Stree
and Harrison Street the walk shall
be one O) foot from property line.
&c" Street, west of Polk Street 81,
i CO. feet;
i EIGHTH STREET. from Main Street
to west side of alley between Main
Street and Washington Street abut-
ting on curb.
/ Sec. H. That all concrete sidewalks
shall be constructed under the condi-
tions and specifications as follows:
The sub-grade shall be thoroughly
tamped, rolled, or otherwise compact
ed, all soft places being removed and
filled with suitable material and then
tamped. The builder shall provide
forms of such sizes as to insure walks
of full depth of four inches. Such
forms as well as the sub-grade shall be
thoroughly wetted Immediately before
placing the concrete. After the forms
have been set accurately to lines and
grades given, the foundation shall be
brought to the exact subgrade re-
quired.
Upon the sub-grade as hereinbefore
specified for the sidewalk, thcre shall
be laid concrete base, consisting of
concrete spread over the whole space
to be filled, thoroughly rammed into a
mass not less than three and one
quarter G. 1-4) inches deep. The con
crete shall be composed of one Cd
part of Portland Cement, two and one
half (21a) parts sand and five 60
parts of broken stone or gravel, or,
| if pit run gravel and sand as taken
out of the Palouse and Paradise Riv-
ers near Moscow to be used, shall be
one 1) part Portland Cement and six
and one-half (61s) parts of said pit
run gravel and sand Upon this con-
crete base as soon as it is tamped, and
before the concrete has begun to set,
there shall be laid a wearing surface
three-quarters of an inch deep, con-
sisting of mortar made of one Cd part
Portland Cement, and three CD parts
sand Sand and gravel used shall be
clean and we'll graded. Gravel and
rock shall have maximum size of one
and one-half 11a) inches in diameter
The cement shall be q standard brand
conforming to the tests and specifica-
tions as prescribed by the American
Society for Testing Materials. The
wearing surface shall be thoroughly
worker down by troweling and float
ing in order to secure perfect bond
with the concrete base. 1t shall be
wood floated to a uniform but rough
ened surface, and shall conform to the
grade of the sidewalk. All sidewalks
must be neatly finished around coal
hole covers and other permanent struc-
lures in the same 'V'' shaped grooves
four inches deep shall be made with a
suitable tool dividing the walk into
blocks. Block lines shall be straight. |
If necessary the sidewalk shall be
covered with sand, burlap CT other
moisture retaining cover end be kept I
moist by sprinkling for a period of six
days At each street corner there shall
be stamped the names of the street or
avenue with four-inch letters, three
eighths of an inch deep, all necessary
letters for stamping the names of the
streets and avenues shall be procured I
from the City Clerk, under such regu-
lations as may be adopted by the
City
That the names of the streets and
avenues shall be stamped upon each
sidewalk, twelve inches from
the curb, with the bottom of the letters /,
toward the roadway, and the name
parallel with the street designated.
Sec. 13. That upon all streets
where a grade is not established the
sidewalks may be of concrete or wood.
All sidewalks, whether made of wood
3r concrete shall be kept in good order
md condition and safe and free from
loles, loose or broken boards, nails
above the covering boards !
md upon a firm and solid foundation. !
PROVIDED, that no new sidewalks !
hall be constructed of wood on streets !
hat are curbed or where grade is es- !
ablished :
That all owners or occupants OF {
property, along which the sidewalks q
re made of wood, shall Immediately e
epair any defect or breakage Of any 1
oard or boards, in such sidewalk, and c
hall make such repairs as may be re- j
uired by the Committee on Streets b
f the Council of the City of MOSCOW, il
+ build new walks if necessary.
Where wood is used it shall be either t
ed fir or tamarac. o
Sec IA. All sidewalks hereby per- S
lifted to be Of wood, or upon streets orr Ii
locks which are not curbed, shall be &
We feet wide, and all wood sidewalks S
hall be built with not less than three S
Lringers, to be not less than 2x4 inch- c
$, set upon sills, supported by posts, IL
OF more than five feet apart, which 81
osts, if of wood, shall not be less
ian four inches square, set on solid Il
arth foundation; the covering plank q
lall be one and one-fourtll inches b
lick by six inches wide, laid flat, 81
anne square at the ends, and shall be et
id as close together as the lumber 81
i'll permit, all nails must be driven a,
ell into the wood and kept SO by Of
le owner of occupant of the premi- II
IS, which such sidewalk abuts or is
Herewith. ol
Sec. 15 That wherever it is inn q,
racticable to conform to the provi- sc
ons of Sections 13 and IA of this :,
-dinance, by reason of the contour Of
the ground to maintain or construct ST
lch sidewalks IS are provided therein, in