The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-29
so MILES OF PAVING
sAvANNAH'S STREET IMPROVE
MENT IN II YEARS.
FIRST ASPHALT LAID IN 1886.
1908 THE BANNER YEAR IN PAVING
WORK.

Paved with CObbIe StOnes-Gran-
lite. Asphalt and Vitrifed Brick
Now Cover n Great Part of the
City-Street Paving Enhances the
Value of Real Estate-Review OF
street Paving in Savannah.
With more than thirty miles of paved
! streets in Savannah, and the amount
of street paving being increased each
year, it will be a matter of only short
while when this will be one of the best
paved cities in the South. During the
| present year all records in the way
| of street paving will be eclipsed two
| fold.
With the paving of Abercorn street
! from Henry street to Estill avenue,
! the East Side will be connected from
! Bay street to the limits with vitrified
| brick, Price street being paved from
| Bay to Castor, and Habersham from
CASTOR TO Henry. On the West Side,
Jefferson street is paved from one end
of the city to the other, and this years
schedule contemplates the paving of
West Broad street further south. The
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ty well connected up and the paving
of Henry street through Collinsville to
Waters avenue will give that section
what it has wanted for a long while.
Helps Real Estate.
The vast amount of street paving
that is being done not only enhances
the value of real estate, in the opinion
of real estate agents, but 1t attracts
the attention of visitors to the city,
and causes general favorable comment
The present administration has put it
self on record as being a paving adj
ministration, and the amount OF work
that has been cut out for this year is
beyond anything of the sort ever at
tempted before in Savannah. OF course
not so much paving can be done next
year, but there will not be as many
streets that will require immediate at
tention In view of the fact that 1903
will go on record as the banner year
it is interesting to look back at the
work that has been done in Savannah
in recent years in the way of street
paving.
First Asphalt Street.
In 1886 Savannah was plugging away
with cobblestones on Bay street, Dray-
lOI street, East DIOcld SblCClp W AAN0-
ker street and West Broad street, and
these thoroughfares were rot paved
their entire length. In that year the
first asphalt pavement was laid on
Broughton street, and the work of
street paving was started. Not great
deal was done until the director of
public works department was establish
ed under the Myers administration in
1896. During that year total of l., 499
square yards of paving was done, as
follows: Bay street extended, 4,977
yards; Abercorn street, from Ogle-
thorpe avenue to Liberty street, 3501;
Habersham street, between the same
streets, 3,439; Wadley street, $50.
In 1897, 49.515 square yards were laid,
as follows: Barnard street, near the
city market, 1,049; Bryan street, 1852;
Farm street, 1,1S4; Jefferson street, L.
600; Louisville road with cherD, 9,255;
Railroad street, 6,097; President street,
at the Court House, $50; Oglethorpe
avenue, 25,932; York street, by the
Court House, 446.
Drayton Street Paved.
In 1898, 1925 square yards were put
down. There was a slight falling off
in distance, but the material used was
more expensive. The paving was divid-
ed as follows: Barnard street, east of
the City Market, 937, on the west side
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street, with Augusta gravel, 1850;
south of Anderson street with the same
material, 1921; the Drayton street
cobble stones gave way for asphalt
measuring 22,522 square yards; Park
avenue, from Whitaker street to Dray-
ton street, 1925; st. Julian street, near
the City Market, 1,119.
In 1899 Director of Public Works
Gadsden took charge and in his first
year superintended the paving of 3D.,
4e2 square yards as follows: Wheaton
street. 1856; Congress lane, 2,0S5; st.
Julian street, east of the City Market
1854; Gwinnett street, 11.4S9; Presi-
dent street, near the Tybee depot, 1861;
Bull street, with gravel, from Fortieth
street, south, Apt; Barnard street, at
the northern end, 1850.
In 1900 only 28,942 square yards were
put down, some of the work having
been carried over from the previous
year. In 1901 the figures jumped to As
2S7 square yards as follows: Harris
street (graveD, 2026: jefferson street,
with brick from Henry street to Forty
| second, 1850; Thirty-eighth street,
from jefferson to Bull, 5,09S; st. Julian
street (vitritied bricD. 1.452: Mont
gomery street, 405; Indian street (gran-
ite), 7,179; Waters street, 2,297; Farm
street, 1870.
Increased Last Year.
Last year the figures were increased
to $3.50 square yards as follows:
Forty-second street, from Jefferson to
Montgomery, 1.165; West Broad street,
| 20910; Jones street, western end, 255:
Berrien street, 2,351; Tattnall street,
| 1881; Stewart street, 4,663 Old Plank
road, 5,244; Price street, 1912; Ma
| con street, one block, 211; Thirty
sixth street, west, 1853; Roberts street,
| CSC.
During the present year the appro-
priation will cover the paving of H.
| 434 square yards. Habersham street,
| 1880 yards, has been completed, and
so has Perry lane and Broughton lane,
! from Bull to Drayton, amounting to
! 1000 square yards each. Ordinances
have been passed for the paving of
Henry street, 1854 yards, Park Ave
! nue., 10000 yards, East Broad street,
| 1000 yards, and Abercorn street, % 900
! yards. This leaves 1000 square yards
| yet to be selected. West Broad street,
| Thirty-sixth street, some of Abercorn
| street from Henry street north and
| CASTOR street will use up the rest of
| the appropriation.
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