Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-20
CONTRACTS.
SEVERAL IMPORTANT ONES AWARDED
LAST NIGHT.
streets and Alleys to Bc Improyed-The
New Southside street.
Car Line.


at the City Engineers Office at 8 o'clock
last night W ia the following members
present: Me,srs. Crenshaw (chairman,)
Curtis, Carter, Higgins. Chappell, Belvin.
Stratton. Capers, Joynes, Crump. and
ROYAL White.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Bids for the following work were OPEN
ed:
Block-paying. per square foot: J. \.
Wcnbrum. $3.50; A. Rick, s2.45; Thomas
| Barry. S2.4s.
The contracted was awarded Mr.. Rick.
Paving alley east of Eleventh street be-
tween Main and Cary per square loot; >, >;
| A. Weiubruut, 91if cents; 4. KICK, ~
cents: Thomas Barry. 30 cents.
The contract WAS awarded Mr. Rick.
Paving Pink alley, per square foot: >. \.
| Weinbrum, ~ cents: :. Rick, y cents;
| Thomas Barry, 80 cents.
! The contract was awarded Slr. RICK.
Paving alley south of Cary between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth, per square foot
j. 4. Weinbrum. Gll cents; A. Rick, ~
cents; Thomas Barry, % cents.
The contract was awarded Mr. Rick.
! There was only one bid for circular
| curbng. that of Messrs Hucheon Don
aid. at l3O per ineal foot, and the con-
! tract was awarded them.
PAVING ALLEYS.
The contracts having been disposed OF
the committee was forced 10 adjourn to the
! Hastings Court room. as thc number or
persons who had been invited 10 be pres
| ent 10 sU-,ak upon the proposition % pave
several alleys and charge the work % own
ers Of property adjoining the same was SO
! large the Engineers office would not ac-
| cOWmodato them.
The FIRST allev-work considered was m
that between Grace and Broad and Laurel
| and Pine streets.
4 large number of propcrtv-holders eX-
pressed their views some advocating ana
others opposing the improvement. he
! Health Department having recommended
that the alley bc paved as a sanitary
| measure. the work was ordered 10 be done
at the cost of the operty-holdcn.
The alley between jefferson and Madi-
son and Main and Cary streets was next
discussed The owner of greater part
| of the property being n favor OF the work,
n was recommended 10 the Council.
CoScUBANcE STREET.
Between Twcut.-thrd and Scott street,
and running from Peasants street nearly
10 Leigh. isa street hity feet wide called
! Noucurancc street \ number of proper
ty-owuer> m tni- ncishborhuod appeared
before the committee. Some advocated
the opening ot the street through 10
Leigh. while Others favored making an
alley sixteen feet wide from Peasants
street througl To Ieigh. whore C0Icuiauce
street now u.s.
After good deal of discussion 10 was de-
cidcd to make the alley tine surplus land
% he either q ven or sold 60 the property
! holders as shall hereafter he agreed upon.
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