The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-30
BIDS TO Be OPENED
FOR MILE OF PAVING
Street Committee Will Meet Tomorrow
Afternoon to Dec.de Who Will
Get Contracts for Big
Batch of Work.

The street committee of the city
council will meet tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock for the purpose of re-
ceiving bids from paving and maca-
dam companies for the Improvement of
city streets, and it is expected there
will be keen competition between the
paving representatives, as the Rich &
Harris Construction company was this
week successful in securing the con-
tract for the first call.
Following are the streets contained
in the macadam districts: No. "a, East
Sumach from the intersection of North
Rose to a point near the intersection
of College avenue; No. SIS, North Rose
street from East Rose to East Sumach;
No Sc, Craig street from Park to Pa
louise
In the paving area are the following
districts:
No 81, North Palouse street from
East Main to East Rose; No. SO, East
Main street from Palouse to Isaacs
avenue; No. SO, Isaacs avenue from
East Main to Bellevue avenue; No. 81,
Colville street from East Main to
East Rose.
More Than a Mile.
Those who have taken the trouble
to aggregate the territory on which
bids will be received tomorrow, an
nounce with some degree of pride that
the paving district alone will total
nearly a mile and a half, while the
streets to be macadamized under the
call will materially increase the snow
ing of 1909 street improvements in
Walla Walla. The Improvement Of
West Main street by paving, together
with East Main and Isaacs avenue to
Bellevue avenue, will give the city one
continuously paved thoroughfare more
than two miles in length.
According to figures which have been
compiled, the following totals are
available in the respective sections:
Macadam in districts Nos. "a, SIS and
56-Excavation, 1871 cubic yards;
straight curb, 3240 iineal feet; curved
curb, 90.3 lineal feet; macadam in
place, 1871 cubic yards.
Paving in districts Nos. 81, So, So
an 57-Excavation, 5719 cubic yards;
straight curb, 1O,49S lineal feet; curved
curb, COL lineal feet; paving, 1852
square yards; stops, 1920 lineal feet;
catch basins, 10; thing, 8 or 10 inch,
5219 lineal feet; thing, six incn, 722
lineal feet; inlets, &c.
Remarkable Showing
Although property owners who are
for the great wave of street
take but little interest,
except in their respective districts, the
city now has under way streets en-
braced in 81 improvement districts,
which will require more than 10000
cubic yards of crushed rock. With
every available crusher in operation
from this date until the rainy season
sets in there may be difficulty in COM
plotting the work, as it will be neces-
sary to crush an average of 200 yards
of rock a day in order to close opera
tons by December 1. In all, there will
be between four and five miles of ex-
Cavation preparatory to putting down
the macadam or paving.
The number of men who will be re-
CURED to carry on the work would
seem outrageous to anyone not con-
versant with the facts, but is is a Ger
with a small army as soon as the con-
tracts are all awarded. The total cost
of improvements cannot be told until
bids are opened tomorrow but the bid
of Rich & Harris last week reached
100000, and the territory on which
bids are to be received tomorrow en-
braces even more yardage, leading to
the belief that the bid will be some
what larger. In that event Walla
Walla will enjoy the distinction of
having more than $250,000 worth of
street work under way.
Same Bidders.
AS far as known, there will be no
new paving bidders in tomorrows
event, the additional bids to be entered
for macadamizing in those districts
where such Improvement is desired.
Two contractors will probably COM
pete for those contracts.