Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-26
COUNCIL COMMITTEE
To SEE PAVING
IN FL PAS0
City Officials viii Inspect Work
and Report 10 Aldermen, Who
Are Ready to Start Paving
Here.

\ committee representing the city
council win go to El Paso sunday
night and spend Monday and pos
sibly Tuesday inspecting El P8so $
street paving and Investigating the
cost and methods ~ laying pavement
in order To- advise the aldermen of
Albuquerque when the paving of the
business district is undertaken in this
( eits The committee, which consists
Nof Mayor Lester Chairman Reid2 OF
fhe street committee. city Attorney
Collins ana CITY Engineer Gladding.
Was appointed at q special meeting OF
tho council held last night.
The council il ready 70 undertake
the paving of the district selected
some months ago as the first part of
the city 20 have "A pavement and
which embraces practically the entire
business section Most Of the prelimi-
nary work has been done. but the
paving has been delayed until the new
sewer system was laid in the streets
on which the pavement is 70 be plac-
ed. 50 that sewer building would not
disturb the pavement after IL is once
down
The council took no action other
than appointing the committee TO Wis
ii III Paso, but discussed several feat
ures of the proposed work and the
method 10 he followed Several
samples of various kinds OF pavement
have been submitted and the wearing
qualities OF each in the New Mexico
climate investigated. AS FL Paso has
been doing a large amount of pavins
the council thought it advisable to
have a committee inspect the work
there as "A means of guiding the city
officials when paving is undertaken
here After the committee reports.
which will probably be at the next
regular meeting. December 5. the
council will select the kind of paving
and decide on the details OF the work.
The first step will be To call a meet
ing of the property owners along the
streets To be paved. the owners To dis
cuss with the council the advisable
fly of paving. methods. cost, methods
Of payment. etc. This advisory meet
ine VII be held early in January. the
date ia De determined at the next
meeting of the council Each proper
iN owner must be notified and the
city attorney last night WAS directed
TO ascertain the names eff all the own
ers in the district TO be- paved and
70 prepare notices TO be sent them
THE paving in front of property is
paid Tor by the owners but the cuun-
Gil has rot decided how the street
and alley Intersections shall be paid
fer. 81 neither ba the property owners.
pro rata. on by the city as "A hole.
This WAS discussed last night. but acc
fiDn deferred until the next meeting
Mayor Lester said la%t night that
the paving would probably be lei
by contract 20 the lowest bidder. uu-
Il ss thu council sees fit To adopt some
other method. while estimates vary
an estimate on SAMPLES of hithuliiic
paving submitted 10y The Barber conl-
pany of California is sixteen cents a
square foot which the mayor fisur-
ed woulG cost about s1D6 Tor the pave
ment in front of q twenty-five foot
lot on Central avenue. eliminating the
center ~ the street car track and a
foot On either side. which win be
laid by the street car company
city Attorney Collins said that
AR Chadbourne of the street ear
company told him the company was
ready e. DO the work whenever the
cupncH ordered ID ami Alr Lester said
lhe SANTA IT.. was also ready to 40
i-s share az the crossing on Central
avenue
The district proposed to pee paved
Includes the following streets. First
street lf"m Ttieras 10 Coal Second
from Copper t. silver. Third street
from copper 10 silver. Fourth street
lra Tiieras 10 silver: Copper aveuue
,ron l-Wst tn Fourth central ave.
nuc from east side of broadway ia
Sixth. Gold avenue from First 10
Filth. Siltes avenue from First To
Fourth.