Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1919 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Cloariag u 4 OrabMagClearing: The roadbed must be cleared to the width of twenty feet on each aide of the center line. Ail trees, brush and other vagetable matter, within the apace decimated. <o be cut, down, end the same, together with all logs and brushwood already down, shall bo burned or removed from the ground, ao aa not to Injure the adjoining lands or to obstruct the line fences along the boundaries of the said right-of-way. All trees, brush and stumps Shall be cut to the mound. Grubbing: From the place required by Che roadway and necessary slopes and side drains, and whatever additions lapses may be required, except where the excavations are throe feet or more in depth, or more in height, all stumps or other wood or vegetable matter imbedded in the ground shall bo grubbed up end removed or disposed of as the engineer may direct, and only the area co grubbed shall bo estimated. Grading, ■voavaUng *®d ■xabankmsnt. Grading: The course of the road Shall be staked out by the engineer and in *ll respects ths highway must be built in conformity with the stakes sot by the engineer, end according to the profiles, cross-sections as shown. Excavations: Excavations shall be Included In the grading of the roadway, ditohes and side slopes and the entire length of the highway «to coniform with the width, lines and grades shown on the plans and pratlla. Also the digging of all foundations, pita for all structures, the clearing of weter:w«ys, old culverts, the digging of all ' necessary outlet ditches and the grading of *ll highway intersection* All ditches will bs brought to a uniform ' grade and dressed up io « workmanlike manner, with a sufficient fall and 'outlet to carry off all surface water I from the roadway. The removal of any private approach to the road, required In construction, shall be restored as soon as construcition is completed, and in as good a i 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 shall be classified as excavation. All surplus excavation shall be used to widen the Ombank- ' ment, or flatten side slopes, or be deposited in such places aa the engiIjieer may direct. The contractor will inot 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 eml bankment Such excavation shall be 'placed where directed by the engineer. I All finished surfaces and slopes shall be trimmed and left in a neat condition lln conformity to the lines and In accordance with the direction given by the engineer. No allowance will, however, be made for borrowed material whore there is an equivalent waste of excavated material from the roadbed within four thousand (4,000) line*! feet of the place of deposit. When borrow pits are authorized by the engineer, within ■the limits of the roadway the same will be staked out by the engineer, and must be dressed up upon completion to a uniform width of grade and slope similar to the banks required on the standard roadway. Filling of Embankment: The filling shall bo formed of earth or other material satisfactory to the engineer, must be absolutely free from vegetable matter or debris or perishable matter lof any kind. Proper allowances must be made for I 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, aa shown on the plkrui. All 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. I 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 pipe® must be of the ■ize 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 headers must be built at the ends of all cross drain pipes as shown on the profile. AU pipe for this Improvement must be of corrugated, galvanized ingot iron, or its eqqal, 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. AU 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 wIU not crack nor lift when being corrugated and formed. Material. 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 limestone 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 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 crown of three inches and be of the form of a parabolic curve. AU 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, commissioners and superintendent. The engineer