The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-25
ORDINANCE NO. 1873

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ORDINANCE NO. 1873
An Ordinance Creating Local I'm
| provement District No. IA, and
Providing for the Improvement OF
| Second Street From its Intersection
| With Washington Street to Its In
| tersection with Pacific Avenue, By
Grading, Crawling and Oiling to q
Hard, Smooth Surface; and Provid-
ing Mode of Payment for the Said
Work.
| All in accordance with resolution
! of the City Council of the City of Ken
newick, passed February End, 1915.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
| OF KENNEWICK Do ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Second Street from
its intersection with Washing t o n
street to it's intersection with Pacific
Avenue, shall be improved by remov-
ing all filthy and unfit soil from the
surface and bringing the whole sur
face to an even and uniform grade, by
excavating the high places and filling
the low places, and by supplying new
material for any deficiency, so that
when rolled sufficiently, compact,
uniform condition and firm surface
shall be obtained throughout, to a line
two inches below the established
grade.
All rock large and small that may
interfere with the rolling to an even,
compact and uniform condition, shall
be removed and carted away.
WEARING SURFACE-A wearing
surface shall be made by using gravel
not larger than one inch, screened of
all material finer that " inch in di-
ameter, which shall be equally mixed
and evenly spread.
The surface material shall be oiled
throughout with road oil containing
95 per cent asphaltum, at a tempera-
ture not less than 200 degrees fahren-
heit, not less than thirty pounds pres
sure to the square inch, in such guam
tity, that all voids shall be completely
| filled, with however, no surplus oil
when compactly rolled solid and
smooth.
Such an amount of surface mater
ial shall be used as to bring the street
to grade, to be finished smooth and
hard, conforming and flush with the
surface form of the present cement
crossings already constructed in Sc
cond street, and to be uniform through
out each block and each square or in-
tersection.
The rolling to be done with not less
than a ten-ton roller. After sufficient
rolling, the entire improved surface
shall be sanded evenly and sufficiently
enough to absorb any bleeding.
| The wearing surface shall not be
oiled until weather conditions are set
tied. The material must be dry when
oil is applied.
Section 2. That the entire cost and
expense of said Improvement, includ-
ing all necessary and incidental ex-
penses, shall be borne by and assessed
against the property included in the
assessment district hereinafter created
by this ordinance in accordance with
law. The City of Kennewick shall not
be liable in any manner for any por-
| ton of the cost and expense Of said
improvement.
! Section 3. That there is hereby Gre
ated and established local improve
ment district to be called Local I'm
district is described as follows:
"All property between the ter
mini of said Improvement abutt-
ing upon, adjacent, vicinal or
proximate to such portion of the
aforesaid Second street to dis
lance back from the marginal
the blocks facing or abutting
thereon, as provided by law, and
which is more fully described as
| follows, to-wit:
All Of lots is, 10, 20, 21, %, %,
"a, Is, 26, 81, % and 20 Of block
20, 81, II, %, ID, Is and e Of
block Two (2): lots 13, IL, Is, 16,
II, 10, 10, 20, Fl, %, %, and "a
Of block One az; lots /, 2, 3, A, s,
| 6, z, 8, 9, 10, IL and IL Of block
Six co.; lots 1, 2, 8, a, 5, 6, z, 8,
9, 10, IL and IL Of block Five (5);-
lots I, 2, 3, a, 5, 6, z, 8, 9, 10, IL
and IL Of block Four az; all in
First addition to Kennewick, Z.
/ Washington.
| Section 4. The improvement shall
be done by the Public Improvement
committee of the City of Kennewick,
and under the direction of the City
Council or by contract. The council
may advertise for bids, reserving the
right to reject any and all bids.
Section 5. Payment for the i'm
provement hereinbefore mentioned
shall be made by the Immediate Pay
ment" plan and shall be due and col
lectable upon proper notice given by
the City Treasurer, as provided by law
and in accordance with Ordinance No
IA Of the City of Kennewick.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
five days from its passage, approval
and publication in the official newspa-
per Of the City of Kennewick.
Passed by the Council this 10Th day
of February, 1915.
Approved this 23rd day of February
i 1915.
GEO. F. RICHARDSON, Mayor
Attest: M. E. SOTH, City Clerk.
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