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

IldhluS tHe TOduWdy DetWteH cul W
thirty feet wide.
Sec 4. That all curbs to be here
after constructed shall be of the di-
: mensions and specifications as follows
: towit.
, Concrete curbs shall be composed OF
approximately one u part of Port
land Cement, two and one-half (21a)
. parts sand and five 90 parts broken
stone or gravel, or of one (D part
Portland Cement and six and one-half
(61a) parts pit run gravel an dsand as
taken from Palouse and Paradise
Creeks. The cement shall be subject
to the standard tests and specifica-
tions as prescribed by the American
Society for Testing Materials. The
sand, rock, or gravel shall be clean
and we'll graded All rock or gravel
may range in size from that which is
retained by one-fourth ID inch ring
to that which passes a ring two and
one-half (21s) inches in diameter. All
curbs in the residence districts shall
be fourteen inches high, five 90 inch
es thick on top and ten (10) inches
thick on the bottom; all curbs in the
business districts shall be sixteen
| 06) inches high, six (6) inches thick
inches thick on the bottom; the out
side upper corners of all curbs to be
bevelled Off Form boards not less
than two CD inches thick must be pro
vided for the full depth of the curb
and they shall be rigidly braced to
perfect alignment and grade. Special
forms satisfactory to the City Engi-
neer shall be used on all curbs. AS
ho ic y,1a n
taken to flush the mortar to the front
of the curb by spading or otherwise,
| so as to secure a smooth face. AS
soon as the concrete will stand, the
form boards will be removed and the
surface of the top and gutter side
shall be first fIoated, then troweled
and then brushed Plastering the
curb after the form boards have been
removed, will not be permitted. Ex-
pansion joints shall be provided every
twenty-five (25) feet. The curb shall
be marked off with a jointer in
lengths of five (5) feet.
Sec 5. That in locating curbs upon
streets under sixty feet in width, such
curbs shall be so located as to make
a straight line, along the roadway, and
even and regular upon the street, with
out regard to the property line.
Sec. 6. That all sidewalks upon
streets where the grade is established
or curbs constructed, or to be con-
Istructed, except upon Main street and
Third street and on such other streets
as the width of the sidewalks have
been fixed by ordinance or by paving
and construction, shall be four feet
wide, except as in this ordinance 9TH
erwise provided
Sec. T. That upon all streets sixty
feet wide, the outside edge of the side
walk shall be ten feet back from the
outside or paving face of the curb;
that on all streets over sixty feet
wide the outside edge of the walk
shall be eight and one-half feet from
the outside or paving face of the curb; /
their distances from the curb being
subject to the exceptions hereinafter
specified, as to all streets covered IN I
this section.
Sec. s. That upon all streets under
sixty feet in width, the sidewalks
shall be located so that the inside
edge along the lot line shall be twelve
inches from such line as nearly as
PROVIDED, that where
the width of the street is too narrow to
make a sufficient roadway, the Com
mittee on Streets, together with the
Engineer, may permit such walk to
be built along or closer than twelve
inches to the property line.
Sec g. That after the passage of
this ordinance no sidewalk shall be
of wood along any street
opposite any block, in front or along
which the roadway is paved, that on
al streets the roadway of which is {
paved the sidewalks shall be here
after made of concrete.
See. 10 That the construction Of all
,urbs and sidewalks shall be under the
direction Of the Engineer of the S
yity of Moscow, ana no curb or con- I
,rete sidewalk shall be constructed or
aid except under his direction, and
t shall be the duty of such Engineer 2
O require that all curhing and side a
walks be constructed in accordance r
With the provisions of this ordinance. b
PROVIDED, that the Engineer shall S
i've no grades or directions for the q
obstruction of curbs or concrete side o
yalks, except upon the petition of 0
majority of the residents of Moscow v
nd owners of property on the side r
f block to be improved.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any m
arty or parties desiring to construct b
urbing or concrete sidewalks along fl
ny street. shall make written appll- 81
alton therefor to the Clerk of the 81
ity which shall be referred to the es
ngineer, who shall establish a grade n
nd give such directions for the con- p
truction of the curb or concrete side IL
alks as NAV be necessary. e;
Sec H. That all sidewalks here 81
fter constructed upon sXects and IL
pom blocks opposite which have been ST
t are to be curbed in connection with la
ich improvements, the sidewalks W
hall be constructed in conformity W
18th the general plan as provided til
erein. except that sidewalks upon Sc
reefs and parts of streets following &C
lall be constructed the distances
ON the outside face Of the curbs as pi
flows: 81
"a" STREET, seven % feet; OF
"B' STREET, seven 90 feet; of
POLK STREET, from Sixth Street ST