The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-03
A SOLUTION PROBABLE.
The Jasperite Pavement Middle About to
be. Solved Satisfactorily.
The Asphalt Company Proposes to Make
Douglas Avenue Street Superior to
Main Street and One of the
Finest Highways in
the State.
the State.

In few weeks. if nothing unfavorable
happens, an army of laborers will be seen
in Douglas avenue and great deal of
money will be put in circulation.
Oscar 2. Smith, agent of the Asphalt
company that had the contract for the
paving of Main street, quietly arranged a
deal by which his company will obtain the
base or foundation of Douglas avenue and
build on it one of the finest thoroughfares
in the state, If not in the entire western
| country. OF course there is one thing
necessary first and that Is to have the con-
sent Of the city council. This will be ask
ed for at the next regular meeting of ths
body by a petition signed by majority OF
the taxpayers whose property abuts o.
the street to be paved and as they
are the gentlemen most inter
ested OF course the petition will
have great weight with the council By
the terms of the deal the Barber Asphalt
company is to pay to the Jasperite Pave
ment company $50, 900 for the foundation.
While the Japerite itself is very rotten il
is said by competent judges that the base
ment is the best in the state by all odds.
1t consists OF solid rocks, as large as the
! average sidewalk flags one sees on Main
street but that they are much thicker and
consequently more durable In fact the foun-
datiOn itself is calculated to last forever
| One can form an estimate of its durability
| by imagining two layers of sidewalk flags
layed upon one another. This is what is
| known as the Tiford base which is the
best foundation known for streets taxed
with heavy traffic. II the proposition is
it is to the citizens who will pay
for the pavement corps OF men
will be set to work Immediately
to remove the remnants of the Jasperite
and the sand under il. This work will
necessitate an immense amount of labor
As it is the intention of the company to
rush the work along at rapid rate so as
TO give the people the free use of the whole
street as rapidly as possible. When the
Jasperite and sand are removed the Til
ford base will be thoroughly washed and
cleaned aud then another five inch base of
clean broken rock and concrete will be
laid on top of it and thoroughly compress
ed by rolling with gigantic steam roller.
On top of this the asphalt will be laid so
that the pavement when completed will be
about thirteen inches in thickness or about
five inches thicker than the asphalt pave
ment on Main and Market streets. The
Main street pavement when put down was
guaranteed for five years. Four
yeasr have already passed and
it seems to be as good today as the day ii
was LAID. There is not broken place in
1t or any evidence whatever of 1t giving
out. If the Main street pavement wears
so well, it is reasonable to suppose that
the Douglas avenue pavement five inches
thicker and having the further advantage
or element of durability, of Tilford base.
will wear much better. The probabilit is
that the company will make no money on
the contract if they get it. They are
reaching out for the business of the south
west and particularly for Texas, and it is
their intention to use Douglas avenue in
the event Of getting the contract to pave
it, as a sample This will make Wichita
the objective point of all the city council
men of the southwest wherever there is |
paving contemplated when they take a
junketing trip. This fact will naturally
prompt the company to do their best work |
on Douglas avenue for they would not be |
likely to use poor piece of work as a |
sample Of what they can do.
pany, but as a citizen deeply interested in
and having pride in the city, is very
hopeful that the contract will be awarded |
to his company. He has an insight into |
their plans and he is satisfied that If !
Douglas avenue is paved with asphalt it !
will be tie best paved street in the west. |
He has been circulating two petitions, |
which are printed in connection with this |
article, during the week and the encour- |
agement he is receiving on every hand is |
very 1attering
If the city council acts favorably the en- |
tire proceedings which have occupied the /
attention of the people for the last two |
years, including Doodle cases, law suits, !
injunctions, ETC., will end happily and the |
people will have well paved street. The /
following are the petitions:
To the Mayor and Council Of the City OF Wichita, !
Kan:
The undersigned, owners of property |
abutting on Douglas avenue, in the city of |
Wichita, in the state OF Kansas, between |
a point thirty-seven feet west OF the east |
curb line of Wichita street and the west |
curb line of Washington avenue, in said !
city, respectfully petition your honorable |
body, that you will cause the necessary /
proceedings to be taken for the laying, and I
avenue, between the limits herein named, |
a pavement of genuine Trinidad Lake /
asphalt, to be laid upon a base or fOunda- !
tion of stone, and require from tue per-
sons or company 10 which the contract for |
laying said pavement shall be let, the /
usual guarantee of maintaiuance for .
period of five years, from the completion |
of the work; and your petitioners will /
ever pray:
State National bank. Citizens Na;iona /
bank. VI. W. Levy, VI. NJ NGrdock q Bro,
Skinner s. NermilliOu. w + Green, 0. /
B. Stocker, receiver Of Fechheimer
block: Charles a. Walker. adj /
line Schnitzler, J. L. Allen. .. {. Daisy.
Biting Bros, !. \. Wallace, > ". Cooper !
Z. V. Healy, Malau Bros. JohG Exton,
John Braitsch. hos Harris Barnes & son,
A w Oliver, Oliver, imboden & Co; II. {
Imboden. VI. !. Oliver. Leonard Jackson, 4
Jake Ecker, Dr. (. c. Furley. Q. II. Bent
lev, W. {. Little, Peter G-tto East Doug
las Avenue Land company. Eermjilion x
Harding, Robert Lawrence, Emil Werner,
II. Bottle, Chris kimmeriy. jacob BIsssntz,
John Goodyear, Chester EtreOau-u. K. H
Rows, T. \. Van Ness, T. VI. Lane W, \.
Polk. The Alliance Trust company. j.
Sheets. \. Basley. A {. N-ider amber, J.
p Dieter, Q. ). Goldstein, y. I. Nieler-
lander.
To the Mayor and Council Of the C.sy O; Wichita
Han:
Tn undersigned, owners Of property ac-
cording 10 the frontage set opposite our
names, on Douglas avenue between WIch-
tia street aud Washington avenue in the
city Of Wichita respectfully petition your
honorable body that 10 contract for the
paving Of Douglas avenue be slgGsd by
the city OF Wien "a until full aud a0-
solute release shall have been executed +
and filed with the city BY Robert II. VII
san lad his associates n the contract for