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w~th an 18 x 18 x 8 inch block of Class "B" Concrete. All ~ste w lves must be set in a vertie§l position. (c) MOUSE S~RVICE CONNECTION. All pipe used for house service connections shaT1 be thoroughly rodded through before laying and extreme care shall be used to keep the in- terior of the s~e free from all foreign materials. All threaded joints shall be thoroughly coated with an arproved brand o£ red lead and immediately thereafter shall be screwed together tightll. (d)TEST. After the pipe and all fittings have been permanently blocked, it shall be thorou~htly and completely flushed out afterwhich it shall be subjected to the City Water pressure borforty-eight hours. Any leaks developed in the test from a~y cause shall be repaired a~d the pipe tested again. T~is operation shall be continued until all leaks and imperfections disappear ~fterwhich and with the a~proval of the inspection the trenches shall be backfulled. SECTION $. BACKi~IIING. The backfulling of all trenches and other excavations shall be done in a thorough and workmanlike manner in the fol- lowing m~nner, the pipe shall be eogered with approximately six (8) inches of loose earth free from large gravel or other objectionable materisl and thoroughly hand t,mped around the pipe, c~re being used to compact the earth equally on each side of the pipe. The within six (8) inches with ~ster. After the thoroughly settled the thoroughly rolled w~th pounds per inch width trench or excavation may then be filled of the top and then thoroughly flooded wet material has been allowed to become backfulling-sh~ll be completed and ther a roller weighing not less than 280 of tire. The wheels of ar ordinary five ($) ton truck carryin2 at least a 3 ton lo~d will be consider~ ss a satisfactory roller. All ~lsces not ~ccessible to a roller shall be thor- oughly compacted with hand tampers. On dirt streets the surface of left slightly ~bove the origin.al surface, it exceed three ~nches. SECTION ~. CONCRET~ PROPORTIONS. Unless otherwise specified other drawings, ~1 concrete sh~l be ferent classes ce concrete sha~] be the filling shall be but in no c~se shall on Plans, Profiles or Class "B" ~nd the d~f- ss follows: Concrete Cement Sacks £an~ Cubic Vest Gravel or Broken Stone Cubic Feet Class. ~% ] Not more tbsn 1.5 Class ~ 1 Not more than 2 Class ~ 1 Not ~ore tPan 3 Not more th~n Not more th~n Not more than ~inlmum Lmou~t of Cement per Cubic Y~rd of Concrete in Place.