The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-26
REPAIR or TIRE PAvEMENTs.
The City's Long Contract With the
Warren-Scharm Company

The Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company OF
New York has billed the city for Sl.0sS.1O
FOR keeping the asphalt pavement on
Broughton street, between Abercorn and
West Broad streets. in repair for one year
from June !, 1894 TO June 1. 1885.
The bill was referred to Alderman Glea-
son as chairman Of the street and lane
committee for his approval He made an in
yestigation and found that the city had a
contract for twenty years with the War
rensselaer, Asphalt Company TO keep the
portion Of Broughton street named in re-
pair at the rate Of 10 cents per square yard
Of surface. There being 10, ss1 square yards
Of asphalt in the section Of the street
named this makes the annual bill Of tho
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company for this
work $l,0es.l0 as rendered.
Alderman Gleason was already aware
that there was some such contract in ex-
istence but after receiving the bill he
made an investigation OF the records and
found that the city had a binding contract
with the asphalt company as stated
THE city is required By this contract to
pay the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company
Sl,OsS year for keeping a small portion
Of its asphalt pavement in repair" said
Alderman Gleason, while I am allowed
only 500 by the budget to keep all the rest
OF the asphalt pavement in repair. The
contract was made by the last administra-
ton and the least that can be said about
II Is that II looks very queer. II we had
10 repair all our asphalt pavement al that
rate II would prove a dear luxury indeed F."
alderman Gleason referred 10 the city
engineer and the clerk of council for fur
ther information as to the contract The
contract was looked up by Assistant Clerk
Hernandez. 1t showed that in 1SS6 the city
contracted with the Warren Scharf
Asphalt Company for the laying Of 1O9S1
YARDS OF sheet asphalt on Broughton street
between Abercorn and West Broad
streets. By its contract the company was
required to keep the pavement in repair
Tor hve years from the date Of the com
pletion Of the work and 10 turn 1t over
TO the city at the end of that time in good
condition. 1t was further specified that
should the city so desire, after the expira-
ton OF the five years stated, the Warren
scharf Asphalt Company would continue
10 keep the pavement in repair for the
space Of twenty years, at the rate of 10
cents per square yard of surface per an
mum.
The first pavement having been laid in
1856, the five years during which the COM
pany was TO keep il in repair without extra
charge to the city expired in 1891. and the
company then continued TO keep it in re-
pair under the twenty-year clause of the
contract. Judging by subsequent corre-
spondence in 1898, there was no additional
action by council upon this twenty years
contract. In 1898 there was some corre-
spOndence between Mayor McDonough, the
IA
Lawton & Cunningham, attorneys for the
Warren Scharf Company, as TO the bind
ing nature of the contract the
result Of which was a statement of
opinion by the city attorney to the effect
that the contract having already been
entered into by both sides there was suf-
ficient evidence 10 make 1t a binding
without the necessity Of making any fur
Their contract with the company. This will
run the Warren-Scharf repair contract for
the portion of Bfoughton street named to
June /, 1911. The company agrees TO keep
the pavement in first-class condition, to
resurface IL with sheet asphalt If neces-
sary, and to turn it over to the city at the
end of the twenty years I'm good condition.
From the amount Of repairing that is re-
CURED on Broughton street, it is very prob
able that the company will find it neces-
sary to give the street a new surface of
sheet asphalt more than once before the
expiration of its contract. so that the con-
tract may not be altogether a one-sided
one.
The asphalt pavement on Bull street is
also kept in repair by the Warren-Scharf
company. under the clause of the contract
by which 1t agrees to keep
pavement in repair for five
years free of charge before turning it over
to the city. Liberty street and the portion
of Broughton street from Abercorn street
west, was paved by the Southern Vulca-
mite Company, which company was also
under contract for keeping this pavement
in repair for five years. This term has ex-
pired now. and the city will have these
pavements to keep in repair.
ANEW GENERAL MANAGER.