Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-12
PAVEMENT FIXED UPON.
BROUGHTON sTREETTO BE LAID
WITH SHEET ASPHALT.

New Hork-dOW the Al"eFhTH $3.50
on the Notwithstanding About As
phalt-W here it Comes From and Bow
the Pavement is Mads-The Cost o.
the Work.
The CITY Council met at O'Clock yes
terdav, remained in caucus until 6:3O and
then BIZ vote Of six to i've decided to
nave Brouchton street from Abercorn TO
West Broad with sheet asphalt. The
Varren-scharf Asphalt Paving Company,
ofNew York. was awarded the contract
at the bid 81 10 per square yard with a
concrete base of oyster shells, or s. 80 per
square yard if the concrete base has 10 ne
Of stone.
The ordinance as drafted left the ma
terial which was to be used blank An
amendment inserting the word asphalt
in the blank brought the FIRST vote and
showed how the Aldermen stood. On
,ira roce vote Mayor Lester declared that
the ayes were in the majority. Half a
dozen PAINFULLY quiet seconds passed be-
fore a division was called Ior'
now THE ALDERMEN VOTED.
On a call of the roll the folio wing voted
in favor OF asphalt: Aldermen Hamilton,
Thomas, Nell. Mills, Duncan, Derst-6.
Those voting in the negative were Alder
men O'ConnOr, BOgart, Myers, Nichols
and Wells.
As soon as the vote was announced
Mayor Lester read the Council short
lecture stating that he disapprOVed of the
ordinance altOgether, because it specified
particular kind OF paving which he did
not think suitable. The Mayor pTefaced
and concluded his remarks by saying that
Councils action hardly called for any
comment from him under the circum-
stances.
ALDERMAN WELLS OBJECTS.
Alderman Wells followed and told the
majority that il would be impossible to
enforce the provisions OF the ordinance.
He referred 20 the provisions which re-
quiTe the Coast Line Railroad Company
20 pave betWeen its rails and three feet on
either side of its track. More than that,
continued the Alderman, It Is impracti-
cable, and every time they take out
stringer or a tie the pavement will have
20 be cut.
The Alderman made some allusion to
sheet asphalt, when Alderman Nell got
up and stated that the amendment did
not say anything about sheet asphalt.
Those in the room who were not men,
bers OF Council wondered what the body
meant by not specifying what kind OF
asphalt was to be used-sheet or block.
ACCEPTING TIE BIDS.
Presently, though, Alderman Thomas
passed up TO the Clerk a resolution &C
cepung the bid Of the Warren-scharf
Company as 81 10 or 81 IS per square
yard. as the Committee on Streets and
Lanes should think best. Alderman
Wells, Chairman of that committee, re-
marked that one of those bids would
make the cost $4,000 more than the other. !
Alderman Duncan suggested that the
resolution be tabled. He said that his
preference was for stone, but he was will
ling to yield to the property owners along
Br0ughtOn street. One member who was
absent he knew was opposed to asphalt
aud in favor Of laying stone. II that
member Aid. Hamlet) was present his
vote, with the Mayors, would reject the
asphalt.
VOTING FOR SHEET ASPHALT.
1t was hard to tell whether the ayes or
noes were in the majority when the resO-
luton was put upon its passage. Alder
man Nell called for the yeas and nays.
Alderman BOgart said that as Council
had definitely determined to pave with
asphalt he would favor the resolution,
although he voted for stone.
The vote resulted: Yeas-Aldermen
Hamilton, Tesnas, Nell, Mills, Bogart
and Derst-6.
Nays-Aldermen O'Connor, Duncan,
Myers, Nichols, Wells--5.
The resolution was declared adopted.
On this call Aldermen Bogart and Dun
can changed sides.
BIDS FOR THE CURLING.
Alderman Nell moved that the contract
for the curbing be awarded to the Stone
Mountain Granite and Railway Company
at 80 cents per running foot delivered Al
the railroad in this city. The company
made another offer a few cents cheap
er, the stone to be put on
the cars at the quarry. The cOmpany's
bid was accepted, the Street aud Lane
Committee 20 decide which Of the cffers is
the best.
twas stated that the representative OF |
the Warren-Scharf Company promised to /
put the pa lug down by May /. There |
was some doubt though as to the con-
tractors ability to carry out the promise. |
An ordinance was also adopted proyid- !
Inc that the sidewalks on either side Of I
Broughton street from Abercorn to West I
Broad shall be 10 feet wide leaving 45 feet |
between curbs.
WHAT 1T WILL COST.
Mr.. W. r. " arren, one of the eontrac-
tors, stated last night 20 a NEWS reporter
that the paving can be done by May 1.
All Of the grading must be done by that
time as digging up the streets after that
date Is prOhi oiied by statute. In grading
SIX inches Of the surface will have to be
removed. 1 DIS Will be covered four inches
deep either with oyster shells or broken
stone. Whichever is cheapest and best
will be used. This concrete base will be
covered two and a halt inches deep with
asphalt. That will be the thickness after
q IS rolled and becomes hard. The surface |
70 be paved contains II ,3l9 square yards.
Az the minimum price, 81 10 per
square yard, the pavement alone |
Will cost S25, 500 80. To this must |
be added tbs cost OF 1000 running /
feet OF curbing. At &c. per foot that |
Will cost 81, 2sO at the depot in this city.
The expense Of hauling and laying the |
2 curoing will probably make IL cost nearly |
Sz,VOO Estimating the total cost at S2s.- |
wv the eitY's share will be S9.333. The |
Coast Line Railroad Company is required |
~ the ordinance 10 pay for a strip
ABOUT ten feet wide the whole length OF !
the pavement It's snare OF the cost will
be ~ per cent. or S6,1 100. Add % that the
eity'sshare $4,000 and there is left Si8. 900
Tor the property owners topay.
WHAT AsPHALrUM
Asphaltum is a variety OF bitumen
generally found In solid state. Ator-
binary temperature sit is brittle, aud too
hard 70 be Impressed with the inger-nail.
~ Is black or brownish ia color. opague.
slightly translucent at the edge Of "a ne,,