Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-04
THE PAVING OF A TOWN.
WHAT THE APPROPRIATION
WOULD DDO.

City Clerk Miller ana The Cttf.
zen" Indulge in a Little Paving
ON Their Own AccOunt--Ten
MiIes Ofsplentiid streets.
1t is just one month until the day OF
the municipal election.
And, therefore, only one month until
the voters Of Asheville will say whether
or not they will vote $500,OO0 Tor the
improvement of the streets of the city.
1t will no doubt be of interest to the
people to know just what the proposed
appropriation will do in the way of i'm
proving the streets and sidewalks.
The bill provides that property own
ers along street shall pay two-thirds
and the city one-third Of the cost Of par
ing. That does not include the paving
of the sidewalks, which is to be done at
the cost of the property owners.
So THE CITIZEN went to City Clerk
Mller's office, and with that gentleman S
aid is able today to give rough idea OF
what can be done with the money pro-
posed to be expended.
The estimates used are made for a
thirty foot street, and includes the cost
of constructing sidewalks, which is to be
done by the city and assessed against the
abutting property owners. Mr.. Miller
calculated on paving Of the kind recent
ly put down on North and South Main
streets. and figures the cost Of paving,
curbing, etc, at so per front foot.
Following up that calculation THE
CITIZEN finds that the appropriation
would pave the following streets, giving
the cost of the work on each street:
Patton avenue from Main to
Buttrick, z, 400 feet..."......$ 3O,60O
Depot street from Patton
avenue to bridge, 1890 feet. 20, 700
Haywood street from Patton
avenue to Spring street, 1900
feet M, 2OO
North Main street from Farm
cr's warehouse to Hillside
street, 1900 feet ................... Al 400
South Main street from Swan
nanoa hotel to Mcdowell
property, 400 ieet............... $500
College street from Pine to Hay
wood, 3,400 tect.................." 30,60e
Woodhn street from Pine to
North Water street, 1900
feet 20, 100
Chestnut street from North
Main to Pine, 5000 feet,."." 80, 100
East street from North Mainto
Seney, 800 teet................... 200
Eagle street from South Main
to Valley, 200 fect............ l0,S00
Spruce street from Eagle to
Woodfn, 1,600 fcet,............" 14.400
North Water street from Patton
avenue to North Main, 1000
feet .".......,.................... ID 400
South Water street from Patton
avenue to Willow street, 700
feet O,oUU
Church street from Patton ave
nue. to South Main, 2,400
feet t............................ 21,60O
Bridge street from Woodfn to
Chestnut, | 900 ieet............" l4,400
Charlotte street from Woodhn
to Chestnut, 300 ieet......o. l1,700
Davidson street from College to
Eagle, 800 feet......,.............. 200
Oak street from College to
Wood6n, 500 feet.........'...... 7,2OO
Montford avenue from Hay
wood street to Venable prop
erty, 500 feet. 1850
Willow street from Church to
South Main, 500 feet.."..,..., $500
Walnut street from North Main
Main to Haywood, 500 feet. 1900
Bailey street from Patton ave
nue. to Phillips street, 1000
| fect .u"............,...,........". S,uUu
Grove street from Patton ave
nue. to Phillips, 900 fect...."... s,10C
French Broad avenue from
HAYWOOD street to Captain
Cookies property, 1900 feet. 1880
Merrimon avenue from North
Main to Chestnut, 500 feet 1886
Orange street from Merrimon
avenue to Bridge street,
| l,OOO feet.,.,,,,.""...r.,,....." S,OOl
| Clayton street from Bridge to
Charlotte, 900 feet.......,......". S,l0C
Valley street from College to
| Eagle, 900 feet.........,......,,.. 500
Cherry street from North Main
| to Montord avenue, 1,S00
feet.................................. 1920
Making total of.,.......,.....$499, 800
The total number OF feet thus pavet
will be SO, 500, or 10 1888 miles.
What contrast to her condition nov
Asheville would present with ten miles o