The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-24
DRAYToN STREET TO BE PAVED
ALCATRAz ASPHALT TO DE LAID
FROM BAY TO ANDERSON.

The Contract Awarded to the south
ern Asphalt PAYING Company of
Baltimore Mt SI.O1 Per square
Yard-The Asphalt Company TO
Buy the CObbIe PnvinS-The Cost OF
the Improvement About $4,000.
Work to Begin at Once.
Drayton street is to be paved with Al
catraz asphalt. Alderman Hulfs ordi-
nance for this purpose, which was intro
duced last fall, was taken up at the meet
ing of Council last night aud adopted
without discussion. The matter had been
considered by the aldermen in caucus and
agreed to before coming into open coun-
ell. The ordinance was taken up at once
and placed on its second reading. Alder
man Hull said he had delayed bringing up
the ordinance on account of the house
drainage work, but an agreement having
been reached by which the house drainage
contractors had agreed to lay the pipes
crossing Drayton street in advance of the
paving, there was no longer any reason
to delay the work.
"Drayton street must be paved" said
Alderman Hull. 1T is a crying necessity
The people who want it paved are making
life a burden for us with their demands
for the pavement"
The ordinance was unanimously adopted,
all present voting in the affirmative as
their names were called.
The Council then proceeded to accept the
bid of the Southern Asphalt Paving Com
pany of Baltimore. Md. When bids were
called for Some tiua 400 for Daxing Urax-
ton street with asphalt, vitrihed brick or
gravel, the Southern Asphalt Paving Com
pany put in bids for the work on all three
materials. Their bids for asphalt was
somewhat lower than that of the Warren
Scharf Asphalt Company of New York,
which has heretofore done all of the as
phalt paving here. The bid of the South
ern was 81. 81 per square yard, while that
of the Warren-Scharf Company was $205.
Mr.. A. L. Alexander, the local represen-
tative of the Warren-Scharf Company
was not on hand, and probably did not
know that the matter of paving Drayton
street was to be taken up
It is known that Mr.. Alexander was pre-
pared to make an argument as 10 the rel
alive value of the two varieties of asphalt
used by the two compan with a consid-
cradle difference of course in favor of his
company. The Warren-Scharf Company
uses Trinidad lake asphalt, while the
Southern Asphalt Company uses Alcatraz
asphalt from California. Mr.. W. r. Leak
EN- represents the Southern Asphalt Com
pany.
The cost of paving Drayton street will be-
in round figures about $4,000. of which
the city will pay about one-half on ac-
count of the large frontage of public prop
erty, including Forsyth Park and the pa
rade ground. There are about $4,000 square
aFsfg IN he
agrees to pay 10 cents per square yard for
the cobblestone now on the street which
practically reduces the cost to $1.S1 per
square yard, about 81, $50 for the dis
lance between Bay and Anderson Streets
Then there are curblng, catch basins and
other expenditures which will bring the
cost up 10 about the figure stated.
The ordinance adopted provides that the
Commissioner of Public Works shall pave
the street but the aldermen interpreted
this to mean that he should have the SUI
pervision of the work. He will probably
put in the curbng and catch basins and
do all the work except that of laying the
asphalt pavement.
The work is to be undertaken imme-
dietely, that is as soon as all arrangements
can be made for it, The successful COM
pany is to be required to give bond for
maintenance for a period of five years,
similar to that given by the Warren-Scharf
Company for the streets paved by it, and
also to undertake the maintenance of the
street after the expiration of that period
at cost not to exceed the price now paid
by the city 10 the Warren-Scharf Com
pany for the maintenance of the present
asphalt streets. 1t is also required TO com
plete the work by May !. The trees, some
of which intrench upon the street are not
to be cut down, but are to be curbed
around.
Alderman Hull, in speaking of the Dray-
ton street ordinance, said that the subject
had been discussed at such length at pre-
vious meetings that there was no necessity
for further discussion. The only thing for
council to do he said was to act, which
1t did entirely TO his satisfaction
Bull street, south of the perk extension,
is also to be paved, and the Commissioner
of Public Works is directed to undertake
the work. The pavement, of course is to
be Augusta gravel. The ordinance rro-
viding for this work was adopted some
time ago. but the Council was unable to
decide how the work should be done,
whether by the Commissioner of Public
Works or by contract
Alderman Guckenheimer strenuously op-
posed having the work done by the Com
missioner of Public Works contendlng
that the city should get its work done as
cheaply as possible, and that the way to
do this was 10 advertise for bids. after
he had twice prevented the passage of The
ordinance, bids We're advertised for. but
none were received. Alderman Charlton
prevented the passage of the ordinance ct
the last meeting of Council, holding that
there was some street opening work in
that section which should be attended to
before the paving was done. Both Alder
men Charlton and Guckenheimer
were absent from the meeting
last night, and the resolution instruct
ing the commissioner TO proceed with the
work was adopted without discussion. II
is proposed to undertake the work as soon
as possible.
APPROPRIATION INCREASED.