Sewerage and Sewage TreatmentBabbitt, Harold E. (Harold Eaton)
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Sewerage and Sewage Treatment
Babbitt, Harold E. (Harold Eaton)
Sewage disposal; Sewerage
All the curb, gutter, and flag-stones and all paving material
which may be removed, together with all rock, earth and sand taken
from the trenches shall be stored in such parts of the carriageway
or such other suitable place, and in such manner as the Engineer
may approve. The Contractor shall be responsible for the loss of
or damage to curb, gutter and flag-stones and to paving material
because of careless removal or wasteful storage, disposal, or use
of the same.
... When so directed by the Engineer the bottom of the trench
shall be excavated to the exact form of the lower half of the
sewer or of the foundation under the sewer.
The bottom width of the trench for a brick or concrete sewer shall
be ... not less in any case than the overall width of the sewer,
as shown on the plans. In case the trench is sheeted this minimum
width will be measured between the interior faces of the sheeting
as driven, but in no case shall bracing, stringers, or waling
strips be left within any portion of the masonry of the sewer
except by permission of the Engineer; and such braces, stringers
and waling strips shall not, in any case, be allowed to remain
within the neat lines of the masonry as shown on the plans. In
case that the distance between faces of the sheeting is less than
that called for by the width of the sewer to be laid in the
trench, the Engineer may direct the sheeting to be drawn and
redriven, or otherwise changed and altered; or he may direct that
the sewer be reinforced in such manner and to such an extent as he
may deem necessary without compensation to the Contractor, even
though such narrower trench was not caused by negligence or other
fault on the part of the Contractor.
Trenches for vitrified pipe shall be at all points at least six
inches wider in the clear on each side than the greatest external
width of the sewer, measured over the hubs of the pipe.... Bell
holes shall be excavated in the bottoms of trenches for vitrified
pipe sewers wherever necessary.
Not more than three hundred feet of trench shall be opened at any
one time or place in advance of the completed building of the
sewer, unless by written permission of the Engineer and for a
distance therein specified....
The excavation of the trench shall be fully completed at least
twenty feet in advance of the construction of the invert, unless
otherwise ordered.
During the progress of construction the Contractor will be
required to preserve from obstruction all fire hydrants and the
carriageway on each side of the line of the work.
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