New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-02-27

test, 1t may. at the discretion 0
the Engineer, be held for furthe
tests before being rejected.
One Part Cement, 8 Parts Sand
Z days Il day moist air, 6 day
in water) 200 pounds; % days &
day in moist air, n days in Wa
teri 275 pounds.
But in no case shall the increase
in strength at twenty-el2h hit days
be less than twenty per cent. over
the strength shown at seven days
The Engineer may refuse to per
init the use Of any brand or any
sack of cement that does not, in
his opinion, meet the above tests.
The Engineer may make as many
tests as he desires out of any car
received, and he shall be notified
forty eight hours before any CO.
ment can he used out Of any car.
Top Dressing.
Art. 80. The top coat or sur
face shall be composed Of one
part Portland Cement to two
parts of clean, sharp sand, siftec
through a No. 4 seive. Top
dressing shall be brought to an
even surface and trowled smooth
and free from all defects.
Thickness of Walk.
Art. 80. Forms shall be laid
to fit the grade given by the En-
gineer and the dirt shall be ex-
cavated between them to a depth
of four inches. Concrete shall
be tamped in this space as near
as practicable to within one inch
Of the tops Of these forms and the
balance filled with top coat and
rodded across the top Of the
form, and it is further provided
hat if the entire walk thus laid
shall not measure at least four
inches in thickness and the tor
coat Of said walk shall not meas
IRE at least tM ee-quarters of ar
nch in thickness, said walk shall
rot be accepted as complying
With these specifications. !
All provisions as to top coat ,
hall apply to top coat of curb as
yell. 49,, =
ID, Water.
Art. Al. Water shall be clean.
y Sections.
Art. AZ. The walk shall be
larked in squares with jointing :,
towels. Not further apart than !,
very thirty feet shall be placed : !.
n expansion joint, onehalf inch +
width; this joint shall extend "
trough the entire thickness Of
lie walk. f ::
Cement Curbs. =,
Art. 43. Cement curbs, where :. :,
'er, in the judgment of the City -
should be b.ilt, they :.
all be of such depth as the En- :.
neer may require. They shall - -
Of concrete as provided for ~ .,
alks, with a one inch layer or ~
e top, as provided for sidewalk u
ps. The curb shall be six inch
thick on top and increase one :.
en- per fott at base, and the curl -
all be built as shown in the ~
ans. A bid for curbs eighteen '"
,hes deep as requested and an -
ditional bid per inch to be :
ded to such bids for deeper
rbs.
The top coat of crtb shall be;
d as required for side walks
fill space Of one inch and will
be accepted unless it is at
st three-qTarter of AN inch l.
ok.
The space Of the curb must he -
e from exposed rocl, or oravo' Fir
IS may be accomplished by MI; Mi
'hing a spade or other irs4~~- Ms
Mt down the face on the inside PEI
the forms, or it NAV he don Dr. D.,
any other approved method of sp,
ting a good. smooth brush f.,
surface. This finish mret Ii
er the exposed surface of the a .,
b and must he workman1iyn
present a finished appear q
e.
'urbs shall have an expansion
It of one-half inch not further
TT than every thirty feet.
Guarantee.
he Contractor. in consi1era-
of the price herein stimulated
re paid and received for the
struction of said sidewalks
curbs. is hereby bound, and
hereby agree that thew shar