Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-22
FOR STREET WORK.
COMMITTEE AWARDS CONTRACTS
AND ORDERS THEM PRESSED.
RESULTS OF TESTING BRICKS
a Pamphlet to He Issued-New city
Ambulance Driver-Poor DEPART
ment Committee Holds an in'eres'-
ing Session.
ing Session.

The street Committee met In the city
Hail at 5 o'clock last night, and awarded
contracts for the numerous street I'M
provements ordered by the Council ana
approved by the Mayor. The City Ensi-
neer was instructed to press these mat
| ters forward as quickly as possible.
| The result Of the recent brick tests was
| submitted. and proved most interesting
IL will probably be printed In pamphlet
! form in the near future.
The committee met shortly after
O'Clock. Chairman Otway S, Allen in the
chair. and present Messrs. King, Gibson
Whittet Woody Burton, Peters, Bahen
| and Lawder.
The meeting was called for the purpose
Of giving out contracts for street improve
ments and the construction Of sewers IN
accordance with resolutions passed by
tho Council and approved by the Mayor,
a list OF which has already been printed
in the Dispatch.
RESULT OF BRICK TESTS.
Before going into the question of award
ing contracts. the City Engineer read 10
the committee his report of the tests
made by him of the various xmas OF
brick manufactured here, the tests
having been made at the request OF the
committee in order 10 ascertain what
kinds of brick were suitable for use In
city work, mainly the construction Oh
sewers.
After stating in detail the severe tests
which had been made under the directioh
Of Messrs. Bolton and Bates, Colonel Cut
shaw thus concludes:
"Yhile ALI these bricks can be I'M
nroyed in their manufacture, most OF
them need correction of defects before
we should use them in sewers anu sue
walks. The bricks of Burton bass
Mann. and Maynard are recommended lor
all uses The bricks of Balm ana lnonnas
& Gibson are recommended lot al useS
as soon as they can show satisfactory in
side structure. better burning, ana
minimum of surface cracks. The bricks
~ READY. Davis. and Westwood are
recommended now for street inlets, ordl-
nary stalks. and general purposes, but
should he brought to a better stanuafd
before we can recommend them for sew
ers and sidewalks"
In connection with the above recon-
mendations Colonel Cutshaw submitted
a table showing the qualities OF the va
-.
rious bricks named. and the thoroush
test to which they had been subjected
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
After a full explanation by the city En-
eineer and a long discussion OF the
renort the bids were opened ana
no contracts were awarded as follows:
pricl-work on the Fffth-street sewer TO
= q Burton. with the proviso that Sur
ton G. Rass or Maynard & Mann brick
sbould be used: excavation-work on the
Fiftb-street sewer to the lowest bldder
AR A. A. Chapman. The committee IN
ceased the bond required for this last
named work TO $1,000.
The contract for the Eleventh-street
sewer was awarded to Mr.. w. r. Fletch-
or. for the Graham-street sewer 10 MI
A Guide; for street basins, to MI &
@. Burton. ..oeor-
Bids for all the other work We're reIel
red TO the City Engineer, with lnstruc-
lions to figure out in every instance the
lowest bidder and award the contract ac-
cordingly. with attention to the pohoS'
So that in each instance suincleht Sc
curitv shall be required.
The City Engineer was also lnslructe,u
70 push the street work forward as much
as possible.