Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1919 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Grubbing: From the place required by the roadway and neceaaary and aide drains, and whatever additions Ispace /nay be required, except where the excavations are three feet or more In depth, or more In height, all stumps or other wood or vegetable matter imbedded In the ground ahall be grubbed up and removed or disposed of as the engineer may direct, and only the area so grubbed ehall be estlGradlng, Evcavatlng *nd Embankment. Grading: The course Of the road shall be staked out by the engineer and In all respects the highway must be built In conformity with the stakes set by the engineer, and according to the profiles, cross-sections as shown. Excavations: Excavations shall be 'included In the grading of the rosdiway, ditches and side slopes and the entire length of the highway to conform with the width, lines and grades shown on the plane and profile. Also • the digging of all found at lone, pita for all structures, the clearing of waterways, old culverts, the digging of all rwecessary outlet ditches and the grading of all highway Intersections. All ditches will be brought to a uniform grade and dressed up ip a workmanlike manner, with a sufficient fall and outlet to carry off all surface water from the roadway. 1 The removal of any private approach to the road, required In construction, shall be restored as soon as construction is completed, and in as good a condition as they were found. When excavated material for filling is insufficient in quantity to regulate the road, the ' contractor shall obtain from borrow pits or other sources approved by- the engineer, all additional material necessary and place It where required. . Back filling culverts, and concrete retaining walls ahall be classified as excavation. All surplus excavation shall be used to widen the embankment, or flatten side slope*, or be deposited In such places as the engineer may direct. The contractor will not be allowed to put on the margin of the road In unsightly piles rock, earth, or boulders excavated in excess of what can be used in the embankment Such excavation shall be placed where directed by the engineer. All finished surfaces and slopes shall be trimmed and left in a neat condition tn conformity to the lines and In accordance with the direction given by the engineer. No allowance will, however, be made for borrowed material where there Is an equivalent waste of excavated ma- . terlal from the roadbed within four thousand (4,000) lineal feet of the place of deposit. When borrow pits are authorized by the engineer, within the limits of the roadway the same win be staked out by the engineer, and must be dressed up upon completlori to a uniform width of grade and slope similar to the banks required on the standard roadway. Filling of Embankment: The filling shall be formed of earth or other material satisfactory to the engineer, must be absolutely free from vegetable matter or debris or perishable matter of any kind. Proper allowances must be made for any and all settling and shrinking. All fills and cuts shall be of one and one-half (1 1-2) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical, as shown on the Pl Ai?" public approaches to the line of Improvement shall be graded back to a distance of twenty feet from the center line of the main line of the Improvement, or to such an additional distance as may be necessary to bring the grade of approaches to four (4) feet to each one hundred (100) lineal feet.

The contractor shall, as far as possible maintain all portions of the road In such a manner as not to interfere with or to endanger the traffic of the road. All grades shall be completed with a crown, as shown In the cross section on the profile, at least 500 feet In advance of the macadamizing and no macadam is to be laid until Inspected and approved by the engineer. Any Injury to the grade, or the ditches and drains, or any part thereof, Shall be repaired under the directions of the engineer so that when the work Is finished the road may present a neat and thoroughly workmanlike appearance. Drainage. All drainage pipes must be of the size and length and be located as the profile Indicate*. The pipe will be laid to such depth as the engineer may direct and outlet ditches provided to the same. Concrete headerk must be built at the ends of all cross drain pipes as shown on the profile. All pipe for this Improvement must be of corrugated, galvanized ingot iron, or Its equal, testing not less than 99.84 per cent pure. Sulphur, phosphorus, carbon, manganese, silicon, copper hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen will be considered Impurities in any analysis made. All pipes must be thoroughly galvanized with a coating of standard spelter not less than two ounces to the square foot and the quality of the coating must be such that it will not crack nor lift when being corrugated and formed. 1 IftatoxiaL The material for this Improvement shall be of crushed limestone and the best quality obtainable, and in all cases, they must be hard and compact textures of uniform grain. The fflnestone must not be more than 30 per cent lime, of cubical form broken crusher-run stone so as to pass through a ring not greater than one and one-half (1 1-2) inches In diameter. Stone to be tough, strong and uniform In color; no soft, spongy stone will be allowed on the Improvement. Macadam. Wherever any portion of the grade of the road, not less than five hundred (500) feet in 'length, shall have been completed to the satisfaction of the engineer, he shall give permission to place macadam upon such portions of the road as In his Judgment seems best. Upon the roadbed after being rolled, as directed by the engineer or superintendent, and the same compact and formed to the lines of the subgrade, there shall be 'spread a layer of loose, crusher-run limestone measured of not less than six inches in depth and nine feet wide, requiring not less than sixteen and sixty-seven hundredths (16.67) cubic yards of limestone per each one hundred (100) lineal feet. / i After the sub-grade has been done to comply with the specifications herein set forth and the loose stone of the lower course spread to the given depth, thereupon limestone screenings, shall be placed to the depth of four (4) inches, requiring not less than eleven and eleven hundredths |(11.11) cubic yards of screenings per * each one hundred lineal feet. The size of the screenings shall be from dust to that passed by a one-half inch screen. The finished surface of the macadam nine feet in width shall have a orown of three inches and be of the form of a parabolic curve. All material shall receive backing of earth along its outer edge to hold it in position. The grade boards shall be set on both sides of the macadam In advance of the dumping, and are not to be removed until backing and leveling up flush with the top of same will be completed. General Conditions. It is expressly agreed and understood that the entire improvement Shall be done in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, and to the entire satisfaction of the engineer, commissionera and superintendent. The engineer In charge will furnish all stakes and instructions required during construction. He will inspect work and material at any and all times, and the Instructions regarding material or operations shall be promptly carried out. Estimates will be made from time to time on the completion of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) worth of work, on which payment of eighty (80) per cent win be allowed'; said estimates will not be in any sense an acceptance of the work. Said payments for said Im-