The record-union., 1893-05-10
THE FIRST BOULEVARD"
Contract Let to Pave K Street With
Bituminous Rock.
The California Petroleum and Asphalt
Company to Do the Work-Other
Street Contracts Awarded.

A meeting of the Board of Trustees
was held yesterday for the purpose of
passing upon the bids for the improve
ment of X street. A number of con-
tractors were present, as well as many
citizens who were interested in the work.
There were six bidders: The Santa
Cruz Rock Paving Company, A. J.
Raisch, W. Z. Dennison for City Street
improvement Company, the California
Petroleum and Asphalt Company, the
Pacific Paving Company and D. Lam
bert.
The bid of the California Petroleum
and Asphalt Company was declared to be
the lowest for granite and asphalt, and
the contract was awarded to them.
Following are the features of their bid
for the different parts of the work: 96, l5S
square feet of bituminous rock pavement,
at y cents; 25,640 square feet of gutter
pavement, basalt blocks, at % cents; gran
lite blocks, 20 cents; 264 lineal feet of cast
iron pipe at 81; Ii catch-basins for altera-
ton, including cover, S20 945 2l-l00 cubic
yards OF earth hauled from abroad at 80
cents; 81 75-l00 cubic yards of scraper
work at 20 cents; 2,5S0 lineal feet of curb
ing, granite, at 81 cents: sandstone, 10
cents; l6 round corners, at SO.
The granite cutters would cost S7G9 20
less than the basalt, and the sandstone
curblng S25S 80 less than the granite.
Mayor Steinman decidedly favored the
granite curbs, as the most durable, and
therefore the cheapest.
As the company has ten days in which
to file their bond the matter of deciding
on the curbing material was left till the
next meeting.
petition was received from property
owners on X street, representing 924 front
ieet, asking for the appointment OF Will
lam Snarr as superintendent of the i'm
provement on that street.
NINETEENTH STREET.
r. w. Parker presented contract
with property owners for improving
Nineteenth street between L and NJ, by
grading and graveling it for 81 per front
foot, and it was approved by the board.
WILL HAVE CRUSHED COBBLEs.
The bids for crushed granite, cobbles
and basalt for street crossings were then
considered.
b. Labs was awarded the contract on
motion OF Trustee Green, to furnish from
1000 cubic yards upwards of crushed
coobIes at Y 80 per cubic yard.
ToUHEY WANTS HIS MONEY.
James Touhey complained that some
PASE LSAo 1OAdSCN W pay ulul LOT
work he had done for them on Fourth
| street, between q and r, because they
alleged that the slope at the railroad
crossing is not properly graded. 1t was
not his fault, he said, but the neglect of
someone else, and he wanted it attended
to so that he could get his money.
Trustee Green said he had notified the
railroad company twice, and Mr. Palmer
had promised to attend to it as soon as
they could get material from the pits,
| which had been flooded. He thought the
water was receding from there now, and
the company would soon be able to do the
work.
City Surveyor Boyd said that by the
terms of their franchise the company
were to take care OF the slopes, and had
| always done so. He thought all that
would be necessary would be to call the
matter to their attention and they would
do the work.
On motion of Trustee Green, the Clerk
was instructed to notify the company to
go on and do the work, and the board
| then adjourned.