Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-02-11
-FOUR BLOCKS
WILL Be PAVED
Decision Was Reached at Meeting
Of City Council Friday.
a GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT

Expert Spoon Desires to Test the Ma
terial Here for Street Building Pur
poses and Will Pave Three Blocks or
West Main and One on East Main.
A special meeting OF the City Coun.
Gil was held Friday afternoon, al
which an order was passed directing
the paving OF three city blocks with
flint rock.
As has been stated before, the ques-
ton has been agitated by those who
love good streets that the government
experts, who have come to build a mile
Of object Lesson road for the county, be
induced TO construct also mile Of
streets within the city limits
Government Expert w. L. Spoon
Friday afternoon presented the coun-
ell, in behalf Of the department Of
road inquiry Of the governments, with
A proposition to the effect that the
government would be willing to con.
struct the street. furnishing necessary
machinery and the services OF a prac-
tical road builder, II the city would
bear the expense Of material and la
Dor.
This special meeting was called for
the purpose of considering the matter.
As the best evidence that the city au-
thorities are interested, II may be
mentioned that every alderman was in
his place at the appointed hour, and a
general discussion OF the matter fol-
lowed. Col. Spoon was also present,
and gave the council the benefit Of
some valuable practical suggestions.
He stated that the flint rock owned by
the city would make an excellent
paving, firm, smooth and durable, and
that roughly estimating, he figured
that a substantial pavement Of proper
thickness could be laid at a cost OF
$3.50 per yard, from curb TO curb, on a
seyenty.foot street.
DR., T. f. Thomas, who is an enthu.
siast on good roads and good streets,
stated for the information Of the coun-
Gil that he had seen personally every
property owner on West Main street
between Mechanic and Masonic, dis
lance OF three blOcks, and that all were
willing to bear their expense OF two
thirds the cost q putting the pave
ment down. Alderman Taylor
also presented petition signed by
property owners to that effect,
with the result that a motion was
made, seconded and carried, TO
the effect that the proposition Of Hon,
Spoon be accepted, and that West
Main street from Mechanic to Masonic
streets, a distance OF three blocks, and
East Main street from Liberty to the
intersection OF Union street, one block,
be paved with flint rock; property
owners TO pay two-thirds the cost OF
said paving on street fronting their
property, said cost not 10 exceed e.
per lineal foot, the city to pay the bal
ance.
The aggregate distance OF the pro.
posed paving will be ] eco feet, which
will make very creditAble showing
Col, Spoon took occasion to remark
before the meeting that it was not the
custom Of the government TO construct
streets and highways In municipalities
and that the city might feel compi-
mented that it has been agreed TO do
so in this lie gave as his reason the
fact that, after careful inspection and
subsequent analysis, he was Of the
opinion that the material az command
here was the best for street-buildiug
purposes 90 Doe found IN the State. and
he desired to test il, While IL might
be termed little selfish upon the part
OF himself aud the department Of road
inquiry, he was willing TO make this
concession in order TO make the exper-
iment The council was perfectly sat-
istied With this, aud 10 did not require
long TO decide upon the matter.
Col Spoon stated that be proposed
10 bring his machinery into use as
soon as possibly The material TO be
used is that taken from University
street, and has been deposited ON
SweetwSter branch Col. Spoon will
proceed 10 crush the stone at once,
and within the next few days the actu-
n work OF paving viii begin.
Gard From Alderman Taylor.