(A) In the building and construction of brick sidewalks, the stakes for the line and grade of one edge of the walk will be set by the engineer or by some person authorized so to do by the Town Council. The transverse slope will be three-eighths inch per foot.
(B) Excavation will be made to a width shown on plans and to a depth of 16 inches below the top of the stakes. The subgrade shall be made perfectly smooth, to conform to the grade of the walk when finished and to be compacted by ramming. When necessary, any objectionable material below the subgrade shall be excavated and the space filled with thoroughly compacted gravel or sand.
(C) Upon the subgrade thus prepared, a layer of good, clean gravel, such as is required for cement sidewalks, will be spread, which, after ramming, will be 12 inches thick. On the foundation of gravel, a layer of two inches of clean sand will be placed. On this sand will be laid the bricks on their flat side, and either at a right angle to the street or herringbone fashion, as the Town Council may direct. The brick are to be laid with close joints, and each course of bricks is to be of uniform width and depth and so laid that all longitudinal joints will be broken by at least two inches. The bricks will then be carefully rammed by placing a plank over several courses and ramming the plank with a heavy rammer. The ramming will be continued until the bricks reach a firm, unyielding bed and present a uniform surface with proper grade and slope. Any lack of uniformity in the surface must be corrected by taking up and relaying. When the ramming is completed, a sufficient amount of fine, dry sand shall be spread over the surface and swept or raked into the joints. Edges of the brick sidewalk, when not abutting against a curb or building, will be finished by a continuous row of bricks set on edge or in such other manner as may be directed by the Town Council.
(D) The brick shall be uniform in quality, of fine, compact, even texture, sound and hard-burned, free from lines and cracks. All bricks shall be culled before they are brought on the site of the work and at the expense of the contractor, who shall furnish capable people for that purpose, and any brick of improper quality or shape shall be immediately removed from the work. The brick must be whole, except such bats as are necessary to fill in at the ends of courses, and all brick broken in ramming shall be replaced with whole ones. All brick shall be equal to the sample on file in the office of the Town Council.
(Ord. 95, passed 8-25-1908) Penalty, see § 153.99