The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-04
IN ADVANCE WILL
AGREE ON PAVING
TO BE DONE NEXT YEAR
ALL OF THE PAVING FOR 1908 TO
BE MAPPED OUT.


ord-FOrecast of Some of Work
That is to BE Done Next Year.
Before the end of the present year,
the city officials will get together and
determine upon all paving work that
is to be done during 1905.
Not only will this work be outlined
and positively determined upon, but
the probabilities are that the ordi-
nances for the work will be passed by
Council before next year. According
to the present plan these ordinances
are to be drafted and passed during
November or December.
The advantages of mapping out all
the work that is to be done before the
beginning of the year can readily be
seen. The amount of the appropria-
ton and the work that is to be done
can thus be agreed upon at the same
time and will hear the proper relation
to each other. This year an approprla-
ton was made of $4,000 and streets
were then passed for paving until the
amount was used up.
The Systematic Plan.
The plan suggested is the systematic
one. The aldermen will meet together
and discuss the matter from every
standpoint. There are some streets that
the officials feel must certainly be paw
ed, while there are others that they
say should be as soon as possible. 1t
will be determined just what work is
desired, and then the cost will be esti-
mated. Ii the streets at first deter
mined upon cost more than the officials
feel can be appropriated for paving
some of them will be cut out.
The most important reason, however,
for wanting the work mapped out in
advance is that the street railway COM
pany has to change its tracks on all
the streets that are to be paved. Where
the company is not given plenty of
notice, it almost invariably delays the
city in beginning work. The heavier
rails have to be ordered, and some
times they are hard to secure. BY
planning all the work ahead, the COM
pany can be told at the beginning of
the year just what streets that have
car tracks on them are to be paved.
There will then be no excuse for not
getting the tracks ready.
But when the paving is decided upon,
it will be settled once and for all.
The appropriation and the work that
is to be done will be decided upon
some time before the beginning of the
year, quite a while before the appro-
priations for the departments are usu-
ally made up. Ordinances providing
for the paving of all the streets deter
mined upon will then be passed, either
towards the close of this year. or at
the very beginning of 1905. And after
the passage of these ordinances there
will be no more streets even consld-
cred for paving until the following
year.
Much Better Results.
The director of public works believes
much better results can be obtained if
the work is mapped out this way at
the beginning of the year. BY knowing
exactly what is to be done, the work
can be prosecuted systematically in
stead of jumping from one end of the
town to the other as now often has to
be done. He is very much in favor of
having the work mapped out before the
end OF the year.
The matter was taken up immediate
ly after the publication in the Morning
News OF the proposed paving of Lin
coin street next year. The matter was
discussed in the Mayors office before
Mayor Myers left the city, and Alder
man Dixon then suggested that the
aldermen get together before the end
of the year and agree on just what
work is TO be done next year. Mayor
Myers and all the other officials agreed
at once that the plan was a good one,
and it will be carried out.
Lincoln is among the streets that
will be paved next year, from Ogle-
thorpe to Bay. The paving on Whita-
ker street will very probably be ex-
tended south for a number of blocks.
Abercorn street will be paved from
Gordon to Park avenue, where the
present pavement on that street be-
gins. The pavement on Price street
will probably be extended few
blocks south. An effort will be made
TO have Barnard street paved also.
Possibly the most important work
that will be done, however. will be the
making of number of short connec-
tions between pavements already laid.
From each of the squares on Bull
street, a block will be paved to Dray-
ton, so that vehicles may at almost
any point go from Bull TO Drayton, or
Drayton to Bull without getting off a
pavement. This will obviate the
necessity OF driving around the
squares on Bull street and will be a
great convenience. If the Whitaker
street pavement is extended. as il
probably will be, the blocks connect
ing Bull and Whitaker at each of the
squares will also be paved.
The work This Year.
The balance of the paving that is to
be done this year will be started Mon
day week. Hall street will be paved
first. State street and Park avenue are
also to be paved with vltrified brick.
The paving to be done on Park ave-
nue. is only from Jefferson to West
Broad.
Farm and Indian streets are to bt
paved with cobble stones. This work
will take a great deal of time. 1t is
probable that the paving of all these
streets will occupy the remainder OF
the year, and it is not thought that
any other work will be taken up unit
next year.
Though the department had small.
or appropriation this year than last
almost as much work has been accom-
plished. Counting the 5000 squar,
yards Of vitrified brick that are yet e
be laid and the 10000 square yards OF
stone to be laid. the total number Of
yards laid this year will amount Il
about $4,000. which is only about 400
less than was laid last year.
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