The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-03
AN ORDINANCE

In Relation to the Construction {
Sidewalks in the City of Greenwood
and prescribing specifications there
for.
Be it ordained by the Council @
the City of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section l.. That those contemplat
ing building sidewalks along the Cit
streets must notify the City Cleri
Mayor or City Engineer and befor
beginning the construction of same
pay to the City Clerk $3.50, for in
spection fees.
Section II. No sidewalks to be re
placed or constructed anew, shall b,
done with any material except con
crete, except on streets which are no
considered important enough to JUST
fy concrete sidewalks at present, ant
on such streets, a temporary board O.
cinder walk may be laid, after 'secur
ing the permission of the Superintend
ent of Streets in writing.
Section III. The temporary wall
SO constructed can be replaced with
concrete when ordered by the City
Council.
Section ". The Council shall have
the right TO condemn the present walk
not considered safe for pedestrians
and order same replaced with new
walks, OF repaired to the satisfaction
of the Council.
Section V. All walks are to be
constructed according to the following
specifications, towit:
First: Excavate, or grade walk to
a depths Of seven ca and "a inches
below the surface of the level of the
intended finished walk, and any and
all filling required to bring the sub
grade to the proper grade of the Sec
ond course, and shall be made in thin
and each layer thoroughly
rammed over until it becomes compact
and solid.
Second: Upon this graded surface
Ito serve as a drainage course for
frost, etc. shall be evenly
four az inches Of furnace
sag, stone, brick or cinders, broken
10 pass a two-inch ring in the greatest
This shall be thoroughly
rammed to a uniform surface to re-
,eive the conrrete rourse.
Third: Upon its course shall be
aid a curse of concrete three (3)
inches thick, proportions of this con-
;rete layer is to be n 10 cubic yard
# river run sand and gravel to four
A. sacks Of cement. This surface is to
trowled over and made ever and
evel with no grains Of sand lying
pose on the surface.
Fourth: The third or wearing
curse, coming On the concrete, is to
e three fourths (3-4) inch in thick
ess, composed Of sharp clean river
and mixed with approved Portland
ement in the proportion Of one part
acked portland cement to 2 of sand
mixed,dry) and then moistened sutfi-
Ientlyst to work into a homogeneous
lass and applied as follows: Evenly
oread on the concrete course with a
'owel and straight edge and thor
lgnly press on the concrete course
} as to make a perfect adhesion Of
le two layers, tine thickness when
impressed and foated over, shall not
, less than three-fourths of an inch.
In no CASE shall the third on con-
etc course be allowed to take its
1al set before the wearing course is
Fifth: A dust or finishing coat of
'ment is to be sifted carefully and
emily on the wet surface, after which
shall be tioated down to a level,
1ooth and uniform surface. When
the total depth of all the
ateriais, thoroughly consolidated,
not be less than six (6) and
ree-quarter (3-4) inches.
The cementing must be done in an
%peditious manner, in order to pre-
Mt an undue setting Of the parts,
d the finished surface must be
oroughiy protected from the sun
d weather by spreading over it one
more inches OF clean sand and cov-
tng with boards, which must be kept
pace for ten days, or until the
nent has become hard, after which I
boards shall be removed and the ;
vement thoroughly cleaned. I
Sixth: The side walk shall be
roughly laid as nearly as possible
uniform lengths, and shall be cut
expansion in JOINTS, as directed )
the City Engineer. :
The pavement shall be evenly and :
jointed and shall be laid ;
h . lateral slope Of one-quarter Of
inch per foot.
The laying Of such pavement and
materials and component parts >
reof shall be under the inspection
subject to the acceptance Of the -
Y Engineer, and no such pave -
1t shall be taken to have been -