The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-06
WILL ADVERTISE FOR
TEN KINDS Of
PAVING
At Meeting Last Night the
Paving Matter Was Given
Full Attention.

Bids for the paving of the major
part of the business district of the
city, to be called on May s, were au-
thorized by the city council at the
meeting last night.
A resolution was adopted providing
that the following portions of the city
be re-Daved in 1907: Third street
from the Great Northern railway to
northwest side of University avenue;
DeMers avenue from the Red river
bridge to Seventh street; Kittson
avenue from Third street to Fifth
sereet; Fourth street from the Great
Northern railway to DeMers avenue;
Fifth street from Kittson avenue to
DeMers avenue.
The report of the committee on the
general specifications was adopted as
we'll as the report CT the committee
on specifications ether than general.
Report OF tho Committee. 900.
ITO the Honorable City Council of
Grand Forks, n. D.
Gentlemen: Your committee beg
leave to report that they have careful
~ gone over the paving specifications
prepared by the city engineer and that
they have found the general specifica-
tiCns satisfactory with the exception
of the following changes that have
been made:
"First-The option of five inches of
concrete base has been eliminated and
base of six inches called for.
"Second-Because of the fact that
some OF the specifications were
probably furnished without knowledge
OF tho fact that natural cement and
no IN nj 10
land cement and crushed stone and
that such use would mean a lower
bid and closer competition, bidders,
under such specifications, have been
given the right in the general speci-
ications to submit alternative bids for
natural cepent and gravel, both of
which, of course, are to meet with the
requirements of the general specifi-
cations.
"Third-Under the resolution Great
ing the district, that part of DeMers
avenue between Third street and the
Red River of the North is to be paved
with stone. In the general specifica-
lions all bidders are required to make
separate bids for paving this portion
of the district with stone upon sand
base.
THE committee recommend that
the general specifications, with these
changes and additions be accepted ami
approved.
THE ether specifications are ten in
number, namely: Brick blocks, Gre
soted blocks, asphalt (guaranteed),
asphalt without guaranty, bitulithic,
blome, granite block, sand stone, Has
sam, tar macadam.
"A third specification for asphalt
was eliminated because thought to be
unnecessary and specifications for
sand stone or granite block through
out the whole district, upon sand
base were eliminated because believed
Objectionable. Specifications which
made changes in patent pavemenrs
were also eliminated because your
committee believed that proprietors of
such patent pavements should rely
solely upon their own specifications.
TO some of the specifications emu
merated in the above list, there were
objections on the part OF the city
engineer and some members or men,
bers of the committee and your COM
mittee deems it best to report all Of
the above specifications to the council
at this time and have it decide
whether it will advertise for bids for
all OF the above and decide upon the
merits when the bids are received or
whether it will consider each set of
specifications separately at this time
and decide now whether or not it will
eliminate any of them from further
consideration.
-"R. NJ. Carothers,
willis A. Joy,
&C. w. Buckingham,
John Lynch,