The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-17
PAVING THE STREETS
MANY IMPROVEMENTS TO BE
MADE THIS YEAR.
WORKING ON EAST BROAD.
NOT ENOUGH BRICKS ON HAND To
BEGIN HENRY STREET.

Probably He Looked After-TwO
Lanes VIII BE Paved Within n
Few Weeks and Park Avenue
street Paving FOrce-PavinE of
Habersham and Price Streets Has
Done Much to Relieve Congestion
On DraytOn street.
The street paving policy of the pres
ent city administration will be more
apparent during the present year than
ever before. and delays in the ship
ments of vitrified sbrick will alone pre-
vent the director of ~public works from
keeping a large force of men busy on
this work of Improvement. 1t is con-
tended by the Mayor and Council, and
by Chairman Watson of the Streets
and Lanes Committee that the city's
money can be expended for no better
improvement.
Paved streets, show q city off to adj
vantage. all classes of citizens profit
by the Improvement in the condition of
the streets, and the taxpayers can see
just what is being done with their
money. Paved streets, it is argued is
an ocular demonstration of the pro-
gressiveness of a municipal govern
ment. The fact that this sort of i'm
provement is becoming popular is
shown by the fact that where a few
years ago stubborn protests against
street paving were made by property
owners in many cases.
Want More Paving.
The wisdom of street paving is now
beginning to be realized, with the re-
suit that Council is frequently urged
to pave streets that were not contem-
plated when the work for the year was
mapped out. In the opinion of those
who preside over this department of
the city government the time is not
far distant when taxpayers will clamor
to have streets paved, and Council will
be called upon to show preference in
the localities selected. OF all the known
street paving materials vitrified brick
has given the most universal satisfac-
ton, and will be the material used in
Savannah for long while, unless some
material that is not on the market now
more satisfactory than brick.
Smelling East Broad.
The street paving force, under the
director of public works, is at pres
ent engaged in paving East Broad
| street, from Gwinnett to Henry, with
shell, at the expense of the Savannah
Electric Company, Habersham street,
one of the prettiest paved streets in
| the city, is now open for traffic, and
| along with Price street, as far south
| as CASTOR, has relieved the congestion
on Drayton street to a perceptible de-
! gree. The street paving force was put
| to work on East Broad street as soon
as Habersham was completed. 1t be-
gan work at Gwinnett and is working
| southwark to Henry.
| The shell that is being used on the
| street is hauled at night by the street
| railway company, and for this reason
| the work is not progressing as rapidly
| as 1t might. This, however, is due to
| no fault of the paving force, but rather
| to the seeming lack of facilities that
| the electric company has for securing
| the required amount of shells.
Not Enough Brick.
There are not enough bricks on hand
| at this time to start the work of paw
| ing the streets that Council has already
authorized the director of public works
| 10 pave. 1t is probable that Broughton
| lane and Perry lane. from BUR street
| to Drayton street. will both be paved,
| however. within the next few weeks.
East Broad street from Gwinnett to
| Jones must also be paved with vitri-
| fed brick. and this work will be done
| in the near future.
The biggest piece of work In the
street paving department, as contem-
plated by ordinance, will be the paw
ing of Henry street from Price street
to Waters avenue. This work will be
started just as soon as the required
number of bricks arrive. and will be
pushed rapidly to completion by the
head of the public works department.
To Pave Park Avenue.
At the meeting of Council to-mor-
row night the ordinance calling for
the paving of Park avenue. from East
| Broad street to West Broad street
will be read for the second time and
passed. Vitrifed brick will be used
but the work will hardly be begun be-
fore East Broad street and Henry
street. have been completed. There
will be a great deal Of street paving
done during the present year and
Abercorn street is reasonably certain
to be paved from Henry south This
Improvement has beer contemplated
for more than year, and water
mains are being laid now, so that
when the ordinance for the paving of
this street is passed there will be
nothing to hamper the paving force in
it's work.
Thirty-sixth street. too, is on the
list of streets that will be paved The
paving will extend from Bull street
west to Florence, as is now contem-
plated. West Broad street too, may
be extended several blocks south and
something will be done with Castor
street during the present year, not,
however, until all differences between
the property owners and the city have
! hearn adindica ted the Irnifad GtnAa-