Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-01
OTTAWA. mn Ang. /. lN22.

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Present. Mayor George V. II. Weeks
Commissioners Wm, Bradley, Edwd
J. Dougherty Dana NJ, palmer Chas
j, Sticklen.
Absent None.
Mayor Weeks presented the follow
ing resolution for the Improvement of
part of Superior street, which was
here read:
BE 1t Resolved by the Council of the
City OF Ottawa, Illinois,
Section l. That local improve
ment shall be made within the City N,
Ottawa in he County of La Sale anC
state of Illinois, the nature, character
locality and description of which is
as follows:
Par I. That Superior street from
the east line Of Guion street eastward
to the east line Of Champlain street
shall he paved with a vitrhed brick
pavement twenty.one t2D feet M
width being ten and ouc-half O0&)
feet in width on each side OF the cen
ter line OF said Superior street,
Par 2 That the intersection with
Superior street, of Division, St Clair,
Erie, Ontario and Champlaiu streets
shall be improved from the street line
to the line OF the proposed improve
meRt with a yitrihed brick pavement
twenty-one CD feet in width, being
ten and onehalf G0ial feet in width
on each side of the center line Of each
of the above named street interseC
tons.
Par. 5. That the north ends Of the
pavement on Division, st. Clair. Eric.
Ontario and Champlain streets and
the south ends of the pavement or
Division, St Clair. Erie, Ontario and
Chamulain streets. where the pave
ment will abut upon unimprovel
streets. or alleys, there shall be con
structed row lock of brick on the
concrete foundation hereinafter men
ton for the pavement.
Par T. That along and upon either
side of the pavement herein described
excepting across the rOadways OF in
tersecting streets, there shall be con
structed a cement concrete combined
curb and gutter. said gutter beinS
eighteen tlSl inches in width and six
Co inches in thickness, and said curb
being six 6 linches in thickness, AMI
varying in depth from ten (ln) inches
at SUBMITS to fifteen inches at street
inlets. Said curb and gutter shall be
constructed in suitable forms in sec
tions of about six 90 feet in length.
Par 5. That nj all corners Of the
i,,ta Of tho ip4lnlnH
in this Improvement such cement con.
crete combined curb and gutter shall
be curved back towards the sidewalk
or to the corners OF the sewer inlcts
with a radius equal to the distance oi
said inlets from the line of curbing as
hereinbefore described, all radius
being measured from the line dividing
the gutter flag from the curb, provided
that all corners where there are no
sewer inlcts located said radius shall
be eight tS) feet
Par 6. Thlt each side Of all pri-
vate driveway intersections, the Curl
ing shall be curved back towards the
sidewalk with a radius of three t3l
feet, for a distance Of four and sever.
tenths (4.0 feet from the point Of
curvature, but the gutter flags shall
be extended continuously across the
entrance of all such private driveway,
Par. I. That all spaces included be
tween the lines of the pavement, az
hereinbefore described and the curved
lines of the cutters at the corners Of
the street intersections, and in front
of sewer inletJ shall he paved with
vitrified brick pavement of the same
nature and character as herein pro-
yided for other portions OF said
streets.
Par. s. That wherever streets arr
above the established grade they shall
be excayated to within two C2) niche,
OF subgrade and brought to true
grade with roller, the weight Of
which shall not be less than six ca
tons Ii tho Garth is too hard TO re-
Ceive compression through the weight
CT the roller, loosen with pick and
haul away any remainder, All depreA-
5ions below subgrada shall be filled
with select materials and then rolled
to the true grade All subgrade when
finished to be eight tS) inches below
the surface of the finished pavement
Earth in cmbankmCnt, or below sub
grade. shall be applied in layers not
exceeding one (D foot in thickness
end every layer thoroughly rolled, and
In both excavations and embankmert
the subgradc must he OF a uniform
density
Par .. That all sewer manholes
and inlets shall be adjusted to con
form to the established grades and
with the curb lines Of the streets.
Par, 0. That all of the aforesaid
pavement herein mentioned shall rest
upon a foundation Of cement concrete
having q uniform thickness of four a.
inches after being well tampcd ami
Above this foundation
shall be placed one Cd inch sauG
cushion with a wearing surface Of tho
best quality re-pressed ytrtied brici,.
The brick shall be three 90 inches
in depth, four ca inches in width and
eight and one-half tSh) inches in
length. The brick shall have a double
bevel or bulge Of three thirty-second
t3-32l of an inch on each end, max
ing tho extreme length Of the bricF
eight and eleven-sixteenths IS 1l-l6i
inches when measured over the
bulges The variations in the dimcn
sions shall not exceed one-eighth Us
of an inch in width or depth, nor more
than One-fourth ca of an inch in
length, provided that stretcher block
and filler specials OF a type and quail
ity similar to the Jacksonville bloch
and specials shall be used along the
inside of the rails of all railways and