The sun., 1910-05-21
SHRETEPORT, -. ~ HERE.
CiU Father, ami Others On = Long Jauni
to Investigate street PaNs smeHts

10 hhNFsAtAaNF ~aNFEA NaNFAhF"NN
Pretty much the whole municipal gov
ernment oT shreveport. La was shifted
o. New York yesterday. when Mayor \ A.
Dixon and a bunch ~ nine distinguished
citizens of the place including several
of the city fathers. the city attorney and
the city engineer. arrived AZ the Imperial
The greater part u the party consti-
tutes a commission which IL studying the
having question. while the others have
come for a trip. J New. Ford. who
- a member ~ both tho Improvement
and finance committees of the city. eK-
planned yesterday that the paving com
mission was not doing any studying IN
New York. nor do its members expect to
pore over pavements when they 20 20
Atlantic CITY where they are due some
time tonight But the work has been
arduous
Studies have been purused in New
Orleans. Montgomery. Ala; Atlanta.
Philadelphia and Pftsburg. and a. only
Boston Trenton and Camden, y. J., are
left on the programme. the proximity
81 New York and Atlantic City suggested
20 the commission that here was a chance
Z, rest. 10 on Monday work will be resumed
with renewed yigJr N
Other members ~ the commission.
besides those named are n. Bodenheimer.
chairman Of the finance COMMITTEES Of
the CITY Council: DR. J NJ l.edbetter.
chairman of the Improvement com
rnittea. and George r. Wilson, the city
engineer L. G. Butler. the city attorney.
II r. SchoReld and representatives ~
pavtng firms are with the commission
n Is expected that the tour will take
twelve days longer. Mayor Dixon IL in
the drug business. Councilman BOden-
hainer u an Insurance man. Dr. Ledbet,sr
~ a retired physician and Mr.. Ford IL
a grain dealer.
We have thirty-fve miles of good paw
inr IN shreveport % said Mr. Ford Yester-
dsy and We have voted a bond issue 20
nut IN seventy-fve miles additional
After We had advertisnd for bids We got
offers 10 put In paving " M many kinds
that We had never seen down there that
the Citv Council thought Il would bs a
" ice thing n a study of various systems
were to h. made before We undertook
% pass upon any.
We have had experience with vithu-
lithic. asphalt and brick in the thirty five
miles already completsd. and all u them
have been down az least five wears. When
ye finish what We are now undertaking
We shall have all the streets and alleys of
the city we'll paved
The bond isSle amounts ~ e750. .O0O
for having and for storm sewers. hut the
work will cost gT5O.OO0, the property
owners being obliged % pay twO-thiris
Of the cost u improvements % he made.
We have Just refunded our bonded IN
debtaelness. and the tar rate haa been
lowered a. ~ mills This - baaed on a
new assessment valuation ol Slf0o. .OoO.
whereas the old rate Of ~ mills was bassd
on a valuation ~ between 81 600. 900 and
ssHOpO.
zone thing that has been Responsible
for the great development Of shreveport
in the last few year, h the fact that y "a
in CaddO Parish. the great oil fields Of
Louisiana During the last three years
The natural gas business has assumed
large proportions. There h 10 much gas
In the region that u ~ estimated that
5O 100 on cubic feet goes n waste annu-
ally. One well has been burning for four
years
As for improvements. we are building
a $50 an post ONCE. a ten story bank
building and q new eight story hotel. In
faci tho business huiidinga now n cuuFns
~ erection represent an outlay n q .c1n.-
OO0. 20 aay nothing q the money being
spent IN hne residences.