The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-19

ton OF the New England Paving Campanvs
fol the paving of certain parts of street.
with asphalt paving. The committee on
streets. sidewalks and bridges had given the
In favor OF giving the paving a trial nnde,
the terms proposed.
Mayor Melcher called the joint convention
to order and read the following proposition
from the New England Paving Company:
70 Me HONORABLE Mayor and City Council
Portland, Maine: '''
The undersigned respectfully offer the following
proposition Tor paving Congress street betweeI
at these points, with American bitumnons' rnes
or natural rock asphalt from their mines in Ken.
Lucky ey also Fore street from Exchange street to
Plum street, altogether about $500 SQUARE wards
under the following terms and specifications viz
/: The city shall excavate the present ROADWAY
on me north side Of the track Of the horse rail-
ROAD ana tne granite blocks supporting same 70
the curb stone to the depth of eight inches and
VIII roll the bottom to a firm and even surface
tan ~ St shis @ Upon the compile
thus established bed Of concrete cement six
inches IN thickness composed of one part Amer,-
quality, two parts coarse clean sand and five parts
hard broken stone, the whole to be well mixed
t ala ana tamped until free mortar appears upon
tne surface: When the concrete base is firmly
set we VIII lay upon it the wearing surface of the
roadway, composed OF American bituminous rock
Mass The Crushed rocI IL rst scum Boston.
$50 Fahrenheit brought to the street in co1ered
e caIts' lald. tamped and rolled until two inches
the surface we sweep light coating Of cement to
give light agreeable color to the Roadway which
we will Low th;s uo 10Y III IInmeulate use.
teriais and tools necessary for Supplying all ma
per square yard, under the following guarantee:
Congress street In good order for tarm az e On
years without expense to the cty excant oi hVe
broken for other pI,rnoses and frcyy oA,Hope Wnen
than ordinary wear and fear a and T 0ner causes
alton OF the guaranty we viii aSrea 70 'i,e eexpr
of IL wears for the smm If of turner period
yard per annum. Should the pSve|eh PER So square
prove unsatisfactory or fail in apy wav 70 snst au
the traffic upon It. in the oninion If aSa sustain
thorities we further agree To taife mn ana lily au
same upon RECEIVING notce 70 ahe up ana remove
lay the street surface with granite blocks or any
0 oser gooa pavement satisfactory to the city, at
H poR the present cohh,e stono -
Fore street propose to lay DRESSING Of com On
sufficient thickness to bring the street to smooth
surface two inches below the street grade Upon
S nuns rnc we prSpose 70 lay two inches of btu
and soIidIv comnresseS gnu n rog same until cold
face we sweep light COATING of of bvdsa9 sur
use; '''
we Will lay this pavement, supplying all mate
anu rSois Tor the sum Of 50 per
We wIil asr eeuf fo te hot3wng guaranty Wis
Fore street for term If five yaorS ,,;tIn4 vi
pense to The CITY excepf when HraEs ~ tr ex
purposes or from other causes than ord Hc,u,
wear and tear, and upon the expiration of t6e
guaranty we will agree to maintain said pave
Vears or e s SrHep Ur further period Of
" The civ shall allow tho rndors,.s,,
their steam droIler as # msT sa use OF
above work without expense to us thew viii sn mn
ply the broken stone for making cement concrefe
at the rate of SO per cubic yard, delivered on Con-
gress street as wanted also the water required,
anu az tneir expense VIII establish street grades
OF reset or crosswaks when
We agree to furnish a bond satisfaotorv 20 .,o
Mayor Tor the full prompt and sstisfacfor 70 me
fillment of any contract awarded us.
Respectfully submitted.
n. ,y NEW ENGLAND PAVING COMPANY,
by a. W nrpE' PRESIDENT.
MI. a. M. Hyde, president OF the compa-
ny. was introduced and made explanations
IN regard TO the paving. He SAID 1t is some
thing IKE That In use In London, Paris, Ber-
lin, washington and other cities. The COM
pany makes TINS offer In order to get their
t introducea. Inc dinerence be-
tween their pavement and that in those cities
Jus. mentioned Is tnat the limestone in those
a pa;pnntS Is apt 70 make tne pavement very
SS or az ~ Ease u ram OF snow, and hard
ror sne norses ieet But In his company's |
Iimestonn saaastone lakes the place OF the
a snrssoo anu tne rock asphalt has rough