Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-20
QUARTER MILLION PAVING
Over Hundred Blocks Laid and Fifty.
Nine More to Be Laid.
BRICK AND ASPHALT ARE USED
Bulk of the work Done In Omaha
This season IL by Contractors
Hugh Murphy ana Chsrles
E, Tanning.

One hundred and three blocks OK brick
and asphalt paving have been laid in Omaha
this year. and fifty-nine more blocks have
been contracted for. the majority Of which
will be laid this season. The paving so far
laid has cost approximately $4,000. on
all streets paved, ourbing has been laid and
tina has cost In excess of $4,000. Twenty
four blocks Of asphalt paving have been
laid and the other seventy-seven blocks
have been pa we'd with brick.
All paving so far completed has been done
by Hugh Murphy and c. E. flaming, the for
mer having paved flfty-nine blocks and the
latter forty-four. The Grant Paving com
pany has three contracts amounting to ten
blocks and the Bryant Paving company
has one contract Of two blocks, but these
contracts have not as yet been completed.
Murphy Brick streets.
The following streets. together with the
amount Of the final estimate, have been
paved this year by Hugh Murphy, brick
paving being laid:
Twenty-first avenue, st. Mary's avenue to
Howard street. one block, S,S25,4s.
Chicago street, Twenty-sixth to Thirtieth
streets, four blocks. S14,3l44I.
Dodge street, Park avenue to Thirty
first street, two blocks, ~S7.09s.49.
Lake street, Sherman avenue to Eigh-
teenth street. two blocks. A,O52S.
Clark street, Sherman avenue to Twenty
fourth street, eight blocks, S26, 4A.O6.
Jackson street, Twenty-eighth to Thirtieth
street, two blocks, -S,227.66.
Cass street, Thirty-second to Thirty-third
streets, one block. $2,75S.50.
Davenport street, Twenty-sixth to Thir-
tieth streets, four blocks, $lS,624..6 SO.
Tenth street, CASTELAR, to Spring street,
seven blocks, $l9,629.35.
Lake street, Sherman avenue to Eigh-
teenth street. two blocks. $4,4O7.25.
Murphy Asphalt streets.
Mr.. Murphy has paved the following
streets with asphalt:
Thirty-first street, Leavenworth to Pa
clfic streets. three blocks, s7,7Sos5.
Lothrop street, Eighteenth to Nineteenth
streets, one block. $2,S5s.4s.
Nineteenth street, Writ to Emmett streets,
three blocks, A,S74A.
Fowler avenue, Florence boulevard to
Twenty-fourth street. four blocks, S,Ss0.56.
Thirty-seventh street, Leavenworth to Pa
cific streets. three blocks, ~$s,6Ss.55.
Maple street, Eighteenth to Nineteenth
street, one block, Sl,639.S3.
Capitol avenue, Twenty seventh to TWEEN
ty-eighth avenue, one block, S3,2lS,69.
Twenty-seventh avenue, Capitol avenue
to Dodge street, one block, Stills.
Capitol avenue, Twenty-eighth avenue to
Thirtieth street, two blocks, A,Z2s.a.
Hickory street, Twenty-sixth to Twenty
eighth streets, two blocks, $3.50.
Twenty-eighth street, woolworth avenue
to Shirley street, four blocks, $9,O4O2e.
Farnam street, Forty-second 10 Forty
fourth streets, two blocks, S,s29.06.
Tanning Brick Streets.
The following streets, together with the
amount of the final estimate, have been
paved this year by {. K. Tanning. all Of
the paving being brick:
Twenty-fifth street, Indiana to Parker
streets. eight blocks, tl5,127.2s.
Twenty-fourth street, Ames avenue to
Fort street, eight blocks, 1ls,5s5.os.
Fourteenth street, William street to Lin
coin avenue, five blocks, 81, s41.9 So.
Thirtieth street, Farnam to Cunning
streets, eleven blocks, $27, 249.a.
Webster street, Twenty-seventh to Tween
ty-eighth avenues, two blocks, $4,lS7.5S.
Ames avenue, Florence boulevard II
Twenty-second street. two blocks, S. 29. 36
Twenty-eighth avenue, California street
to Central boulevard, two blocks, IS, l12.0 W
Twenty-eighth street, Farnam TO Dodge
streets, two blocks. A,OSS.S.
Cass street. Thirtieth to Thirty-second
streets, two blocks, 35,sS4.62.
Park avenue. Farnam to Dodge streets
two blocks, S,S57.9S.'
Contracts for Others.
c. Z. Tanning also has the contracts fol
the paving OF Pinkney street from Sher
man avenue to Twenty-fourth street, Thir
ty-fourth street from Dewey avenue t
Central boulevard, Twenty-fifth street
from L~eayenworth to Mason streets anC
Fifteenth street from Cass to Davenport
paved on these streets.
The unfinished contracts of Hugh Muir
ply aggregate thirty-three blocks, on tn,
following streets: Thirty-third street from
Charles to Parker streets, Harvey stree
from FOrtieth to Forty-first streets, Ham
ilton street from Twenty-fifth TO Forfeit
streets, Jackson street from Central boule
ward TO Thirty-sixth street, Thirteenth
street from Harvey to Farnam street an,
Douglas street from Ninth to Sixteenth
street.
The Grant Paving company's contract
are on Blonde street from Twenty-fourt
to Twenty-eighth streets, Twenty-sixtI
street from Hickory street to Lincoln ave
nue. and Burt street from Thlrty-second t
Thirty-sixth streets.
The Bryant Paving company has tn
contract foI paving Forty-fIrst street iron
Davenport to Cass streets.