The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-13
DOING MUCH PAVING
CITY AUTHORITIES MAP OUT MANY
MILES OF WORK.
PAVING BEGUN ON PARK AVE.
WHITAKER STREET SOON TO BE
SURFACED WITH BRICK.

Assistant City Engineer Has Been
Engaged for Several Days in
Establishing the Grade-WOrk on
East Broad Street Has Just Been
COmpIeted-AbercOr Street Will
Be Paved From Henry street to
EstiII Avenue, a Distance of About
IL BIOcks-Other Work COntem-
plated.
"A great deal of important street paw
ing is now being done by the city, and
still more will be undertaken within
the next few weeks. The city author
tiles have mapped out work enough to
occupy the forces of the city for the
summer, and when the residents re-
turn in the fall from their summer
outing they will find many improve
ments in various parts of the city.
The work on East Broad street, be-
tween Jones and Gwinnett streets,
which has occupied large force OF
men several weeks has just been COM
pleted, and the men have been assign
ed TO Park avenue. The bricks have
arrived and are on the curb ready to
be laid on this thoroughfare. The
contemplated Improvements consists
of paving the avenue with vitrified
brick, all the way from Jefferson
street to East Broad street. Jefferson
street is already paved, so that the
completion of Park avenue will give a
continuous paved road from Bay street
across the western section Of the city
to Park avenue, and then east TO East
Broad.
The paving of Park avenue is one
of the most urgent bits OF work Whlcn
the city will undertake. The thorough
fare is at present In a condition which
renders it very undesirable for traffic,
since the sand is so thick as to mate
rally impede travel. The work Will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
Whitaker street will next be paved
Assistant City Engineer j. w. How
ard has been engaged in establishing
the grades for the paving OF that street.
Already the curb stones have been
placed by the road side, and as soon
as the bricks arrive the work Will be
commenced. There has been an unaVoid-
able delay in getting the bricks, ana
1t is not probable, in view OF TINS
delay and the urgency of the work on
Park avenue, that the paving VIII De
undertaken before August.
Boon to business Men.
The paving of Whitaker street
means much TO the business men.
When the work is done the necessity
OF rounding squares, and thus losing
much time, as is the case on Bun ana
Barnard, the two streets on either side
OF Whitaker street, will be oovlated.
Because Of the roughness OF the pres
ent paving. which is cobble stone the
thoroughfare is not used as much Tor
heavy traffic as IL would otherwise be.
The street win be paved as far south
as Oglethorpe avenue, from the Bay
II may be that the work contemplate
ed on Abercorn street, from Henry
street 40 Estill avenue, VIII be UNDER
taken before that on Whitaker street.
This win depend upon how long the
men are Engaged IN the work on Park
avenue This work extends over
distance OF about fourteen squares, ana
Us completion VIII mean great deal
% the residents IN the southern section
Of the city.
Other work has also been mapped
ont by the city authorities. Tue pfin-
Cipal improvements which Dil BE- un-
dertaken ln che near future are these