The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-27
AN ORDINANCE


and prescribing specifications there
for.
Be it ordained by the Council o
the City of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section l. That those contemplat
ing building sidewalks along the Cit.
streets must notify the City Clerk
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 be
done with any material except con-
crete, except on streets which are not
considered important enough to justi-
fy concrete sidewalks at present, and
on such streets, a temporary board OF
cinder walk may be laid, after secur-
ing the permission of the Superintend-
ent of Streets in writing.
Section III. The temporary walk
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, or 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 (7) and ga inches
below the surface of the level Of the
intended finished walk, and any and
all filling required to bring. the SUBJ
grade to the proper grade of the Sec
ond course, and shall be made in thin
and each layer thoroughly
rammcd over until it becomes compact
and solid.
Second: Upon this graded surface
Ito serve as a drainage purse for
frost, etc. shall be evenly
four az inches of furnace
Stag, stone, brick or cinders, broken
to pass a two-inch ring in the greatest
This shall be thoroughly
to a uniform surface to re-
the conrrete rourse
Third: Upon its course shall be
aid a course of concrete three (3)
inches thick, proportions of this o n
,rete layer is to be one 10 cubic yard
If river run sand and gravel to four
(4) sacks of cement. This surface is to
,e trowled over and made even and
evel with no grains of sand lying
Dose on the surface.
Fourth: The third or wearing
curse, coming on the concrete, is to
three fourths (3-4) inch in thick
less, composed of sharp clean river
and mixed with approved Portland
in the proportion of n part
hacked portland cement to 2 of sand
mixed dry and then moistened sufi-
iently to work into a homogeneous
mass and applied as follows: Evenly
pread on the concrete course with a
rowel and straight edge and thor
press on the concrete course
o al to make a perfect adhesion Of
he two layers, the thickness when
and foated over, shall not
re less than three-fourths of an inch.
In no Ease shall the third on con-
rete course be allowed to take its
inal set before the wearing course is
Fifth: A dust or finishing coat of
sment is to be sifted carefully and
venly on the wet surface, after which
! shall be foated down to a level,
mooth and uniform surface. When
the total depth of all the
Materials, thoroughly consolidated,
hall not be less than six (6) and
,ree-quarter (3-4) inches.
The cementing must be done in an
manner, in order to pre-
emit an undue setting Of the parts,
nd the finished surface must be
,oroughly protected from the sun
nd weather by spreading over it one
more inches of clean sand and COW
with boards, which must be kept
place for ten days, or until the
,ment has become hard, after which
lie boards shall be removed and the
avement thoroughly cleaned.
Sixth: The side walk shall be
loroughly laid as nearly as possible
uniform lengths, and shall be cut
r expansion in Joints, as directed
the City Engineer.
The pavement shall be evenly and
jointed and shall be laid
18th a lateral slope of one-quarter Of !,
I inch per foot. /
The laying Of such pavement and
materials and component parts
Iereof shall be under the inspection
I'd subject to the acceptance Of the
ity Engineer, and no such pave
ent shall be taken to have been !,
i'd in compliance to this contract,
tered into this the..............day Of
1917, between Mr..
.........., and Mr.....-........
Contractor, until the same shall
I'VE been inspected and accepted by :,