The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-16
TO USE SHEET ASPHALT.
THE WA 7FEN-SCHARF COMPANY
GEFTHE BULL STR EFT CONTRACT.

Bull Street to be Paved From State to
Liberty the Same as Congress street,
Part of Broughton Street and Parts
of Bull and Harris 5treets-A Fight in
Council for Block Asphalt Paying.
The city council awarded the contract
last night for paving Bull street from State
street to Liberty street to the Warren
Scharf Asphalt Paving Company Of New
York at 81 SIS per square yard. The esti
mated amount of paving is II 900 yards.
The cost of the work will be in the neigh~
borhood OF $25. 0OJ.
There were two bids for the contract. The
first was from the Warren Scharf Company,
which paved Congress. Broughton and
other streets, and proposed to furnish all
| materials aud do all the WORK required TO
pave Bull street, as required in the contract,
with Trinidad asphalt street pavement, sim
| liar to that on Bull, Harris and other
streets and under the same specifications, or
substantially the same, as those under
which these streets were paved. The price
named was 81 35 per square yard, oil ma
| terials and workmanship to be of excellent
| quality and the pavement guaranteed to be
| maintained in good repair, without cost to
the city or property owners, except as
mentioned below, during period OF 1--WE
| y
the work. The company also agreed
TO make all repairs necessary
| by cutting into the pavement to reach
underground works or for other purposes,
at a cost per square yard not exceeding the
| original cost of the pavement by more than
| 10 Per cent, and to restore the pavement
thus repaired to as good a condition as 1t
was in before the cuts were made.
| The second bid was from T. A. Huguenin
| Of Charleston, S. G. He offered to lay the
paving as required with compressed asphalt
| blocks, a description OF the composition and
manufacture of the blocks being given, at
81 rs per square yard of surface
! paved, tlo blocks TO be of the best quality
| manufactured and subject to the inspection
Of the city engineer. The bidder stated
! that if awarded the contract that he would
| begin the work of excavation within five
days after the award and would push the
| work with all possible dispatch.
| lie would enter into bond for the prompt
| execution of the work and its maintenance
in good order, except where torn up, for
| five years. He referred to the blocks in
front OF the city exchange as sample OF
| the blocks to be used, the difference being
that the block lie proposed to use is manu-
! featured by greatly improved machinery
| and under much heavier pressure than
| those used in front Of the exchange. The
| bid was submitted by DIR. W. s. Wilkinson
| for Mr.. Huguenin.
| Considerable discussion upon the COM
parative merits of sheet asphalt and asphalt
| blocks followed, tire opinions seeming to be
about equally divided.
Alderman Bailey moved the adoption of
| the sheet asphalt.
Alderman Harmon advocated asphalt
| blocks, and referred TO the splendid condi-
ton of the blocks in front of the city ex-
change
Alderman Cam favored the blocks, be-
cause he believed they would wear better
and look better than the Broughtou street
pavement, and he offered q substitute to
| accept the bid for asphalt blocks.
! Alderman Mcclure favored sheet asphalt,
because it gave large amount of work
here in the city, 1t being necessary to
manufacture the pavement here; while the
| blocks we're manufactured abroad.
| Alderman O'Brien favored the blocks be-
cause they are cheaper and it is so much
easier to take them up for excavations.
Alderman Meldrim argued in favor Of a
uniform pavement. H said that Bull street
| was the popular promenade OF the city, its
| boulevard, in fact, and it would detract
from its appearance to lay two styles of
pavement on the same street
The sheet asphalt had been tested,
he said. and had proven reasonably
| satisfactory, and for the sake of uniformity
he believed it should be continued as the
pavement of that street.
Alderman Haines had strong doubts as to
the durability Of the pavements on Brough-
ton and other asphalted streets, and was
anxious for a change.
Uaif0rm.ty carried the day. The substi-
tute in favor Of asphalt blocks was lost, the
vote standing 4 ayes to nays.
The amended motion to accept the bid of
the Warreu-Scharf Company on condition
| of their giving q satisfactory bond for the
fulhllment Of contract was carried. Alder
men Bailey, Cam, Meldrim, Mcclure and
| Reid voted in the affirmative, and Alder
men Harmon, Haines, O'Brien and Carson
| in the negative, Alderman Myers not voting.
Alderman Mills was in the chair, Mayor
MCDonough having retired.