The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
AN ORDINANCE

1 SAhC hA ~ WY
and prescribing specifications there
, fol.
Be it ordained by the Council Of
, the City of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section l. That those contemplat-
ing building sidewalks along the City
str ets must notify the City Clerk,
Mayor or City Engineer and before
beginning the construction of same,
pay to the City Clerk $3.50, for in
| spection fees.
Section II. No sidewalks to be re-
! pla ICED or constructed anew, shall he
dol ne with any material except con-
ere tie, except on streets which are not
considered important enough to justi-
fly concrete sidewalks at present, and
on such streets, a temporary board or
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 w. 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 the satisfaction
Of the Council.
Section V. All walks are to be
constructed according to the following
specifications, towit:
First: Excayate, or grade walk to
a depths of seven (7) 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
layers, and each layer thoroughly
rammed over until it becomes compact
and solid.
Second: Upon this graded surface
Ito serve as a drainage course for
water, frost, etc. shall be evenly
spread four .(4) inches of furnace
Stag, stone, brick or cinders, broken
to pass a two-inch ring in the greatest
dimension. This shall be thoroughly
rammed to a uniform surface to re-
ceive the conrrete rourse.
Third: Upon its course shall be
laid a course of concrete three (3)
inches thick, proportions of this con
crete layer is to be n 10 cubic yard
of river run sand and gravel to four
az sacks of cement. This surface is to
be trowled over and made even and
level with no grains Of sand lying
loose On the surface.
Fourth: The third or wearing
course, coming on the concrete, is to
be three fourths (3-4) inch in thick
ness, composed Of sharp clean river
sand mixed with approved Portland
Cement in the proportion Of n part
packed portland cement to 2 Of sand
(mixed dry) and then moistened sufi-
GENTLY to work into a homogeneous
mass and applied as follows: Evenly
spread on the concrete course with a
trowel and straight edge and thor
oughly press on the concrete course
50 as to make a perfect adhesion of
the two layers, the thickness when
compressed and foated over, shall not
be less than three-fourths Of an inch.
In no case shall the third on cor
crete course be allowed to take its
final set before the wearing course is
applied.
Fifth: A dust or finishing coat of
cement is to be sifted carefully and
evenly on the wet surface, after which
it shall be f1oated down to a level,
smooth and uniform surface. When
finished, the total depth of all the
materials, thoroughly consolidated,
shall not be less than six (6) and
three-quarter (3-4) inches.
The cementing must be done in an
expeditions manner, in order to pre-
vent an undue setting Of the parts,
and the finished surface must be
thoroughly protected from the Jun
and weather by spreading v it n
or more inches of clean sand and COW
ering with boards, which must be kept
in place for ten days, or until the
cement has become hard, after which
the boards shall be removed and the
pavement thoroughly cleaned.
Sixth: The side walk shall be
thoroughly laid as nearly as possible
in uniform lengths, and shall be cut
for expansion in Joints, as directed
by the City Engineer
The pavement shall be evenly and
perfectly jointed and shall be laid
with a lateral slope Of one-quarter Of
an inch per foot.
The laying Of such pavement and
the materials and component parts
thereof shall be under the inspection
and subject to the acceptance Of the
City Engineer, and no such pave
ment shall be taken to have been
laid in compliance to this contract,
entered into this the. day Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, 1917, between Mr..
and Mr................