The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-25
TO INSPECT DRAYTON STREET.
The New Pavement VIII BE Passed
Upon This Week

The New Pavement VIII BE Passed
UpOn This Week.
Owing to numerous details recurring at
tention, the final inspection of the Drayton
street asphalt pavement has been delayed
but 1t will be taken up to-day by Public
Works Commissioner Willink. accompan-
led by members of the street and lane
committee. The commissioner win likely
report his acceptance or rejection of the
work at the NEE ting of Council Wednesday
night
While the matter rests wholly with Com
missioner Willink until he reports to Coun-
ell yet as II is the custom 10 refer such
matters to the street and lane committee,
IL was considered a saving of time that all
directly concerned in approving the work
should go over il at one time. 1t is
hot believed much objection will be found
however, as Commissioer Wiilink has gone
over the street several times during the
last two weeks. and has indicated the OBJ
Jectionable places, which have been
promptly remedied.
If the present intentions are carried out
the street Will get a thorough washing as
a result of the inspection. Alderman Davis
says one or two sprinkers will go in ad
vance, in order that the drainage may be
properly observed. This is considered the
main point to be noted, as all other con-
sidera tons, such as the thickness of the
cushion and asphalt, We're seen at the
time The paving was being laid.
The durability OF the material used can
can now be told to some extent as il has
been put to a rather severe test since its
Complei ion by heavy and continued traffic,
which has probably been greater for the
past month than on any other street in
the city. Trucks moving heavily loaded
from the Plant System depot to the whole
sale section, ice wagons, coal carts and
other loaded wagons have been running
over the street at least long enough to give
some idea of what the material is worth
1t is understood there are few indentures
in Nthe paving and where they were found
the asphalt company promptly put down a
better composition
Property owners are considerably inter
ested in bringing matters to a focus, as
they are anxious to know what amount
they will have to pay which cannot be
determined until the total cost is ascer-
tanned and a number of calculations made.
While abutting owners pay their pro rata
share of the total cost according to the
number of feet frontage, the city will pay
by far the largest amount after all. IL
Is in for the cost at all street intersec-
tons, and fronting all city property, such
as school buildings and the parks 1t
are to pay a lavish amount, but
when the large number of inter-
secting streets from Bay to Anderson are
considered, together with the Savannah
Hospital property, from CASTOR to Hunt
ingdon streets, and the park and extern
sion, from CASTOR to New Houston, 1t viii
be seen The city is in for a pretty good
share Of the debt.
1t would be difficult yet to even esti-
mate the approximate cost of the work.
The Southern Asphalt Company will re-
ceive $l.Sl per square yard for the paving,
and in addition TO this must be added the
cost of changing the grade of a number
OF side walks, which will run the amount
up. Both Commissioner Willlnk and AL
derman Davis have roughly estimated the
aggregate cost win be in the neighborhood
of from $4,000 to $62. zoo, though there is
little data yet on which to base even a
rough estimate.
As the task of making the calculate tons
of the cost to individual property owners
VIII be tedious 1t may be some little time
before they viii get positive information
about it. Commissioner Willink never
lets moss grow on work waiting for at
tention in his Office, however, and ii Is
pretty sure there will be no unnecessary
delay in attending to the matter