Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-20
QUARTER MILLION IN PAVING
Immense Sum to Be Spent on Streets
This Year.
TWENTY CONTRACTS ARE LEI
Thirteen Are for New work and
seven for Repairs, the whole COW
ering Eighty-Three Blocks,
or six Miles.

Nearly $4,000 will be expended in paw
ing in Omaha this year, this amount being
represented in one lot Of paving contracts
let by the city council Tuesday evening.
Twenty contracts were let, thirteen for
new paving and seven for repaving, the
total representing eighty three blocks, or
six miles.
Most Of the paving will be brick, though
several of the contracts let are for as
phalt paving. Hugh Murphy and Charles
E. Tanning secured the bulk of the con-
tracts, which total S24l, O45.
The contracts for repaving are as fol-
lows:
Eighteenth street, between st. Mary's
avenue and Leavenworth street. one block,
asphalt paving, Hugh Murphy contractor,
1895.
Sixteenth street, between Farnam and
Douglas streets, one block, asphalt paw
ing, Bryant. Ford & Mclaughlin con-
tractor, $500.
Grace street. between Sherman avenue
and Twenty-fourth street, eight blocks,
brick paving. Charles E.. Tanning con-
tractor, S24, 1880.
Fourteenth street, between Howard and
L~eavenworth streets, four blocks, brick
paving, Hugh Murphy contractor, SIS, $50.
Leavenworth street, between Thirty-sev-
enth and Fortieth streets, three blocks,
brick paving. Hugh Murphy contractor,
S15,95O.
jackson street. between sixteenth and
Nineteenth streets. three blocks, brick
paving, Charles z. flaming contractor,
S5. 925.
Fifteenth street, between Howard and
Davenport streets, eight blocks, asphalt
paving, Hugh Murphy contractor, 50. 200.
The contracts for new paving. all of
which provide for curbing and gutterlng
with either natural or Bedford stone, are
as follows:
Ames avenue. between Twenty-fifth and
Thirty sixth streets, eleven blocks, brick
paving, Charles e. Tanning contractor,
Sal. $50.
Burdette street, between Twenty-first
and Twenty fourth streets, three blocks,
brick paving, Charles E.. Tanning con-
tractor, $3.50.
Twenty-seventh street, between Ames
and Fowler avenues, two blocks, brick
paving. Hugh Murphy contractor. S,oSs.
Fowler avenue. between Twenty-flfth
and Thirtieth streets, five blocks, brick
paving, Hugh Murphy contractor, Sl4,2SO.
Twenty-eighth street, between Parker and
Franklin streets. two blocks, brick paving,
Hugh Murphy. contractor, $3.50.
Nineteenth street. between Emmett and
! Pinkney streets. one block, brick paving
Hugh Murphy. contractor, 5000
Twenty ninth street, between Cunning and
Hamilton streets. six blocks, brick paving,
Charles F.. Tanning, contractor, S1l,6m.
Fort street, between Twenty-fourth and
Thirtieth streets. six blocks. brick paving
Hugh Murphy contractor, $24,OS.
Meredith avenue, between Twenty-fittf
! and Thirtieth streets, five blocks, brick
having. Charles f. Tanning, contractor,
Sl4,670.
Jones street, between Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-eighth streets, two blocks, asphalt
paving, Hugh Murphy, contractor, $3.50
Martha street. between Thirty-second
avenue and Thirty-fourth street, two
blocks, $7,05.
Thirty-eighth avenue. between Dewey
avenue and Pacific street, seven blocks,
asphalt paving, Hugh Murphy, contractor
$4,000.
Twenty-eighth avenue, between Cunning
and Indiana streets, three blocks, brick
paving. Charles z. Tanning, contractor,
s6.125.
In addition to the paving contracts, one
good sized sewer contract was let by the
council. This is for a main sewer to be
laid on Leavenworth street, from Forty
second street to Forty-sixth street, at a
cost of $4,000. The contract was let to
Mckay & Cathroe.