The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-09-17
MORE THAN 60 CONTRACTS
FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT
ARE OUTSTANDING In CITY
Much Work Has Begun VIII Probably Be Finished Before
the Rainy Weather Sets In

More than 50 contracts for street
improvements are now outstanding
IN the city. As work has begun. aud
In some cases IL almost flushed ON
the ma jortty OF these contracts. fully
twice as many streets are torn up
from one 20 eight or ten hiocka
In most " these improvements the
work viii be completed by the time
the rainy weather sets In. but some
of them the wet weather viii stop
and the citiaene living on the ahut-
ting property viii have 10 suffer.
IL u almost impossible to lay con-
crete walks In wet weather. hence
any Of those contracts not completed
before a begins to rain may not be
finished for weeks or maybe months.
The contractors realize this and In
the majority Of cases ARE as anxious
a. xet the work done and their
money for u as the people who Will
use the walka-
Complete List
A complete HAT OF improvements
fer which contracts are NOW out
with an approximate estimate when
each job Will be completed was Sc
cured from the city engineers office
by a reporter for the star.
The contractors are. as rule. Tar
not wholly to blame. as under the
contracts issued thssssummer up 10
the present time they were not re-
Qufred TO 20 ahead with the work
when notified 20 do 50 unfll after
the Improvement of the assessment
roll. Another feature that has
tended 10 delay improvements "a the
Inability to set lumber for the
wooden sidewalks and also pipe for
naent giving the status Of the street
improvements as reported during
HE last two weeks follows.
The grading aud wooden sidewalk
inx OF Comstock and Prospect streets
ard willard and sixth avenues. on
Queen Anne hlii. Il almost completed
end win he finished BY october !.
First Avenue South
Work on the grading and wooden
sidewalking Of First avenue south.
from King to Atlantic streets. has
Just been started. though the con-
tractor wss notified to begin work
July - II viii take several months
In which to complete the job.
The grading and laying wood
walks on Fifteenth avenue from
East Cherry to East Colun bta
streets wiil be completed in the early
part OF October.
The brick paving and concrete
eideNaiking on Fifth avenue between
Pike and Pine streets n nearing COM
ptefion- The contractor In this case
WIS notified 20 begin work May -
ard the time set for the completion
Of the contract was June %.
Work on the grading and concrete
e:fewslklng on First avenue north
between Mercer and Aloha streets Is
va~stasfv .-~.n<.kas..t IRA ~w.as~r
part Of the walks are Laid and the
streets win Be finished and the street
cleared bsfore wet weather sets tn
Fourteenth Avenue
The work u grading Fourteenth
avenus northeast l. progressing
very zlowiy. but II the contractor
pushes the work from now on he
viii Be able to finish IL within %
days. The time set for Its compile
fton In the contract was July II.
The contractor il rushing the con-
crete sidewalktnx on Howell street
and East Lake avenue from Ninth
avenue 10 Denny way. The work
Wns started the first OF the month.
but n pushed can be eompieted with
IN 20 days
The concrete slaexalksnx OF Har-
Yi@Gn street from Fifth avenue north
to Fourth avenue west 10 more than
three-quarters done and will he
easily finished by the time wet
weather IL here
The asphalt pavement on Highland
drive will he completed by October I.
The grading and curling OF East
Howell street from Magic place TO
Beiiyiew avenue Will be completed
IN the early part Of October. No
eId<wA1kinK has yet been contracted
for.
The work Of laying concrete walks
on East Jefferson street from
Twelfth To Twentieth avenues win
have 10 be rushed 20 be completed
before the rainy season n here. The
contractor was notified 10 so 70
work August q. No concrete has
been laid up to this time
On Jackson Street
Concrete sidewaIking on Jackson
street from Twenty 20 Thlr-
tiefh avenues viii be completed by
October !.
on account Of the delay In the APP
proTement Of the assessment rolls.
which has as yet not been done, the
work OF laying wooden block pave
naent on Marion and Madison streets.
between Western and First avenues.
has not been commenced When once
started this can be completed In a
short time
sub-xradinR. preparatory 10 laying
asphalt pavement on Ninth avenue
and University street. on the brow
of the hill, IN begun. Under favor
able conditions the work can be COM
plefed by November /.
A scarcity Of lumber has held up
the plank sidewafking on Nineteenth
avenue from Columbia 70 Madison
streets. The grading has been com
pEefed for several months. The side
walks viii be laid within few
weeks
The concrete sidewaiking on East
Olive and cross streets, about q
blocks in all. has Just been started
ana the date OF completion II very
Indefinite