The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-18
RI STREET PAVING
.,.tst,ye Il ne Ayres csnpsU Dls'
susses he msttcr.
|s,IHe TO REST on PREVIOUS RtcoRi
aaysutages OGered ~ the
a. n Addition 70 the Fact
ssst Il u the sLowest.

~ NJ. Carpenter, the ropresen's.''s
Y. .v,.s Asphalt company, who has
y, ~ business Of that concern In
'. h, for some time past was seen BY
" rsrorter yesterday and asked for
q ars..icn regarding the actisn taken
~. NJ. council 1t its meeting on Mon-
nc ~ w rstter OF the bids for the Main
M ~ IL will be remembered that
Pss'cs public works reported IN
0o ss MD made by the Ayres people.
~ NJ ~ co,,ncil deferred action In the
tns. ~ nil the condition Of the Fifth
.sss which was laid 'soniething
~ sso under Mr. Carpenters per-
yrsrvision. could be investigated.
sEsr to questions, Mr.. Carpenter
Snl.ta WAS a little surprised at the
~ No council, as outlined above, In
s.he unanimous report OF the board
v uD.'v ~ Won KNOW he continued. the
= innited uuon as the body which IL
..shia for improvements Of this char
INA its members are obliged to shoul-
~. resuit. success or failure. as IL
-, - Their recommendations are there
ssnerally accepted as Anal unless they
= and flarrantly disregard the public
f,iherwise there would be no neces-
hard Of that character. Still, It
G,sc thing for tho aldermen to interest
Sssivss n This matter to the end that
r,av become thoroughly familiar with.
rranositions which we're made to them
Ssr;nr Main street, and have no doubt
they will recognize in the end the
~ III the award made to my company.
nave nothing to fear from all investt-
NJ carried on along purely disinterestcd
On the contrary, we invite Just that
AZ thing, and hope that 1t will be
Is searching and thorough as pos
yow about those cracks In your Fifth
4 work?n asked the reporter.
M pavement In the Fifth ward" re-,
t7Mr. Carpenter, lin the opinion OF
4 Who use 1t daily, from the. bicycle
IA the truckman. lis first class. One
assipRn told me of a load OF eleven
which he hauled over 1t with ease.
cracks do not iniure the pavement At
but are simply unsightly. ! would BIO
clad indeed to rest our case upon this
snent alone before any party Of dis
fested men who are familiar with the
4it pavements laid by all the other
panies In various cities and who will
bully consider the enormous traffic to.
III this pavement has been daily sub
n, and the climatic conditions prevail
during the time Of Its construction.
lIhe difference between the Caroline
II paving and our Fifth ward work.
that's easy. The Third ward pave
bt.is constructed with concrete under
stteet, railway tracks and the asphaltic
lice is Trinidad Pitch Lake asphalt.
bur work the street railway construction
Without concrete and the asphaltic sur
Is Standard California asphalt. The
brsnce In traffic conditions, however, la
Ereat. The Caroline street pavement
pstween two paved streets and is SUBJ
sa to the lightest kind OF travel, while
pavement goes through an unpaved
fict and is constantly subjected to the
vtest traffic in the city. The fact is,
comparison can be satisfactorily made
leeh these two pavements because the
Billions Of traffic are not at all similar.
the other hand the traffic over our
Ayard work is more nearly what may
expected on Main street.
What do you know about the plan on
eh the board made the Main street
IN your fayor?" inquired the re-
V9der the specifications, was the re-
We were invited to submit figures
e three plans of guarantee and on, four
g 81 concrete. The board selected the
year plan OF guarantee and concrete
pleken stone and Portland cement. I'm
lnh classification we are the lowest
psFs; according to these figures, which
as totals OF the four lowest bids:
s s barber Asphalt Paving company,
voe; Hipp 4 Key, si4.642; the Louisiana
H!osement company, s43,597; the Ayres
~ raving company, s42,s56.
~ wili notice from these figures that
sle WOO lower than the Improvement
psny, nearly $500 lower than Hipp &
~ sezVo lower than Barber. In ad-i
y g this we offered in our bid to com
snN work within sixty working days
~ cate we We're notified by the engi- |
nv NJ commence work. feature which |
DID contained and which In itself |
ysa many thousand dollars to the
eet merchants. for we have surely
IN this city our ability to
Hssploiy and complete our contracts In
' han specified regardless of obstacles. /
Nj every reason to feel that we
fs,r.'.e,ve at the hands OF the council |
MN KIND OF treatment and a most |
49, Investigation. Under those con-