Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-01
WINTER WALKING
LIKELY TO BE GOOD, IF WE HAVE SOME
FAIR WEATHER.

A Number of East End Streets Fixed Up or
Under Way-Pushing the Work to Com
pletion-Reletting the Craig Street Con-
tract-Benefits of Car Tracks.
Mayor Gourley is of the opinion that the
streets of the East End will be in very bad
shape this winter. This view is not alto
gether borne out by the Department of Pub
lie Works. His Honor, however, holds
that it is largely the fault of the property
holders. They refuse to sign petitions for
paving and grading the streets they live on,
and then kick about the mud. Another
trouble that worries the Department OF
Awards is that the petitioners often fail to
agree upon the character of the pavement to
be used. Many of them insist on firebrick,
and this material the Department of Public
Works has decided to be unsuited for the
streets of Pittsburg, where heavier loads are
hauled than any other city in the country.
His Honor says, and he generally knows
what he is talking about, that there has been
more paving done In the East End this year
than in the preceding five years. Among
the highways in the East End graded and
paved, or on which this work is being done
are Anderson avenue, Aiken avenue, Cope
Iduu street, w eStnlnSter StTeet, IOoup SITeeGs
Morewood avenue, Center avenue, Dennis
ton avenue, Carnegie street, Fifty-first
street. keystone street, Garden street and
Holmes street. The cost of this work falls
upon the abutting property holders, and not
upon the city.
Among the streets which have been or are
being repaved are Ellsworth avenue, Penn
avenue from the forks of the road to the city
line, North Highland avenue, Stanton ave-
nue., Edmunds street and Frankstown ave-
nue..
WEST END IMPROVEMENTS.
In the West End the work of paving
Wabash avenue is being pushed, and on the
Southside heights several streets are being
paved, among them Grandview avenue.
President Holiday, of Common Council,
who lives in the Thlrty-fifth ward, says that
some of the streets up there are in fairly
good condition, but others are almost i'm
passable.
Walnut street. Sbadyside, is in bad con-
dition, but the property holders will not
petition for the paving of the thoroughfare.
They will benefit largely by the action of
the Duquesne Traction Company, which will
run track down this street, and will pave
between the rails and one foot on either side
with Belgian block.
Chief Clerk Bingaman, of tine Depart
ment of Public Works, said yesterday: 81
think we will have the streets in very fair
shape this winter. The rainy weather has
hindered US terribly and kept the work
back. but now, if we have little dry
weather, everything will be cleaned up and
put into shape. The contractors have been
losing money OF their contracts. They have
been working in the rain and mud, and
much of the work has to be done over sew
eral times. OF course the streets are in
bad condition where the work is only par
TALLY completed, but think all the con-
tracts now under way will be completed this
fall"
East End streets, are laying heavy plank
Sidewalks for the benefit of pedestrians un-
til the work is completed.
CRAIG STREET UP AGAIN.
The Department of Awards met yester-
day afternoon and opened bids for the paw
ing and curbing of a number of streets, but
the bids were referred TO Clerk Bingaman
Tor tabulation and the contracts will be let
at the next meeting.
Among the bids opened there were several
for the paving and curbing of Craig street,
which improvement has been for two years
DELAYED on account of a contest among the
property holders whether the street should
be paved by Booth & Finn or another and
lower bidder. The decision of the Supreme
Court, rendered three weeks ago, settled the
matter as far as the contract was concerned
and it was readvertised. The street will
now be paved and it is more than probable
from the bids offered yesterday that Booth
& Finn will get it to do.
Other bids opened were for paving Thirty
sixth street, from Charlotte to Railroad;
Virginia avenue, Kearsarge to Wyoming;
WoolsIayer alley, Thirty-seventh to Thirty
eighth streets; Poe alley, Fiity-second to
McCandless streets; Hopper alley, Overhill
to Roberts streets; Clark alley, OverhiIl to
Roberts streets.
Mayor Gourley did not visit the ground
on the Marbury street vacation in the Four
teenth ward yesterday, but says he will not
sign the ordinance until he gets time to per-
sonally investigate.
The Board OF Viewers were out yesterday
making assessments on sewers on Webster
avenue ard kirkpatrick street.