The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-13
Outlines Work on Street
Paving at 8 Per Cent.
Commission Basis.
ALL ASSISTANTS WILL BE PRO.
VIDED AND PAID FOR BY HIM.
SELF - COUNCIL VOTES TO
MAKE CONTRACT WITH HIM
FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK.

The council last night voted to
adopt the recommendation of the
bond trustees to engage T. Chalkley
Hatton, consulting engineer, who al
ready has supervision of the sewer
age system, to supervise Pensacola's
proposed street paving and to pay him
a commission of per cent on the
amount of the money expended.
Previous to the action of the coun-
Gil, w. K. Hyer, Jr., of the bond trus-
tees, read the following letter from
Mr.. Hatton explaining his proposition:
MIR. Hatton's Letter.
Wilmington, Del, Aug %, 1906.
Mr.. William K. Hyer, Jr., Board Of
Bond Trustees, Pensacola, Fla.
My Dear Sir:-Your letter of Au-
gust 23rd, has just been received and
my letter of the 25th. must have
passed your letter ON the road, but in
as much as that letter was not as full
as you indicate your desire in this last
letter, l will write you in full my ex-
PLANTATION of the proposition submitted
to your Board, although l have not a
copy of this proposition before me.
AS | remember it the proposition
provided for the furnishing of all en-
cheering services required in the lay
ing out of the streets proposed to DE
improved, the fixing of the grades, ad-
justment of curb lines, sidewalks and
road ways, the testing of all materials,
the furnishing of all assistant engi-
neers required and my personal su.
pervision so far as such was necessary
IT, h. ~ hn L frrr-
Their stated, if not in the proposition,
at least to the Board, that If the full
amount appropriated was expended on
the street paving, that would prepare
the grade plan, fix and adjust the
curbs and sidewalks of the streets in
Pensacola as now laid out and would
prepare ordinances for the council so
that such grades and widths could be
officially fixed. Now / think in brief
this is my proposition. The whole
work to cost an amount equal to 3
per cent of the total cost of the con-
struction of the work done.
Nust Have Competent Men.
In explaining this proposition and
the reasonable cost of the work, beg
to state that in order to fully comply
with this proposition, 1t will be neces-
sary for me to employ upon the work
q competent man, whose duty it will
be to test all material used upon the
work as it is not advisable in street
paving work to take any material that
may be offered on the strength of its
appearance. In making contracts, the
materials offered are tested, and from
this test standard is fixed and there
after all materials furnished must
meet this standard. Now If standard
tests are not made of the materials
as they come upon the work. no one
can tell whether the city is getting
what it is paying for, or whether this
standard is being met or not Paving
work done under any other system
would certainly prove failure.
Cost of Assistants.
This tester must be competent
man familiar with this class of work
and his salary is usually from $1,000 to
81, 800 a year. This is one man.
Then employ an engineer In the field
to give grades and lines of all of the
paving work as 1t proceeds This man
must be thoroughly qualified to run
grades properly and to understand the
adjusting of templates for the con
struction of the paying work. His
salary runs from $1,000 to $500 q
year. This is the End man.
The third man to be employsA 4