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expansion j o i n t s shall be set s t r a i g h t and flush with top of walk. J o i n t s s h a l l be or be equal as approved by the Supervising Architect t o Carey's B l a s t i t e . 45. FINISH; All walks a f t e r being ecreeded t o give the required grade and aeotions t o top s h a l l be finished with belt then floated t o uniform surface with a wooden f l o a t . After floating the walk s h a l l be out i n t o blocks whose length i s approximately the same as t h e width of the walk 6 ' . J o i n t s s h a l l be cut e n t i r e l y through the s l a b . J o i n t s s h a l l he cut s t r a i g h t and neatly finished with J o i n t e r . J o i n t e r s h a l l also he used along sides of walk. J o i n t s in slabs adjacent t o t r e e s s h a l l he f i l l e d with sand. After j o i n t i n g , a g a i n , f i n i s h e n t i r e slab with wooden float removing the smooth surfaces left by the j o i n t e r and leaving the walk with a n e a t , uniform f l o a t f i n i s h free from d i p s , hollows, rough spots and other I r r e g u l a r i t i e s . Special care must he taken that top s u r face he t r u e and j o i n t s s t r a i g h t and clean. *orkmanship must be f i r s t c l a s s *

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Walks c r o s s i n g roads and d r i v e s s h a l l have a c o n c r e t e base of a uniform t h i c k n e s s of 6N and r e i n f o r c e d with mesh as h e r e i n b e f o r e s p e c i f i e d under r e i n f o r c e m e n t • A l l t h e above t o have 1* t o p course i n a d d i t i o n t o b a s e , same a s s p e c i f i e d f o r walks. Slab for L i b r a r y s e r v i c e c r o s s i n g a t S i x t h S t r e e t s h a l l be 7* t h i c k i n one c o u r s e u s i n g "Lumnite* cement i n p r o p o r t i o n of 1-1^-3 r e i n f o r c e d as s p e c i f i e d , complete with eoncealed c e n t e r j o i n t and r o d s a s shown. S p e c i a l c a r e must be used i n mixing and c u r i n g t h i s s l a b t o follow m a n u f a c t u r e r ' s d i r e c t i o n s . T h i s s l a b t o have a b e l t e d f i n i s h . Use c i n d e r s under s l a b i f needed* Build I n expansion j o i n t on eaoh end of c r o s s i n g s a s c a l l e d for In A r t i c l e 4 4 . 47» fcUD fRQ^SCYIQU pfrAT&S A P OAK FI»AM GgABDS: M C o n t r a c t o r s h a l l f u r n i s h and i n s t a l l on

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