Semi-weekly herald., 1910-10-20
COUNCIL
MEETING
Mayor and Aldermen
Listen to Talk by
Trinidad Visitors

regular session. Mayor Pro TEN Snrth
presided All aldermen Wers pres.
eat
The minutes of the regular meeting
of Oct. q, and the regular adjourned
meetings sof Oct. and 10 were read
aid approved
The following petitions were read
and granted: Griggs & Co, pool table
license; Clifford & Henry, livery Ii
cense; J 7. Brewer, livery license;
b. j. ochsner, auto license. and La
Plata Transfer company trausfer Ii.
cense.
Engineer Goodman submitted the
following estimate of work completed
on sidewalks and curbs by the con.
tractors IN Improvement district No.
4 duringfthe month of September:
3S,709.1 square feet sidewnlkssG,145
5,o29.5 linear feet of curblng s2,25G .oS
Less 20 per cent retained as
per contract t...,....... $6,T21 AZ
A resolution that bonds for the
"aio"ht uut ths toiltidclDi - lSsutu
was introduced and adopted
communication from Engineer
Goodman. which stated that ty using
. .6o-pound steel rails $500 could be
saved on the construction of Ike June
ton crock bridge, was read and or.
dered placed on file.
Mr.. Tom Jamison, superintendent
OF paving in the city OF Trinidad, Colo.
and Mr.. r, d. Mitchell. street super.
visor OF that city, were present and
were Invited to address the council by
the mayor pro TEN. Mr.. Jamison sald
that results In Trinidad had convinced
the citizens that paved streets were
one of the most valuable assets OF
their city While they met with much
onnQsjti = IN their work in the begin;
mig those making the strongest pro-
test were among the most highly pleas.
ed when the work was completed. He
advised that If the council was con.
sidering having paving done in Du.
rango next spring that they start the
petition at once and secure the neces-
sary 81 per cent of the property own
ers within the district and to proceed
with forming the district and letting
the contracts. He especially advised
that the petition contains no
/ legal errors and the estimate of the
| cost given be greater amount than
would be entailed by doing the paving.
Mr.. Mitchell stated that he was not
| q contractor nor did he have material
for street paving for sale. but he was
an enthusiastic advocate of paved
streets and good roads, and he be.
longed to every association that pro-
noted this work, to which he was elig-
ible.
Four years ago Mr. Mitchell said
that Trinidad was a city with more
than the usual quota of mossbacks
There were adobe streets, adobe
houses, adobe minds and a super.
abundance of adobe microbes abroad
in the town. But when the citizens
once became inocuated with the i'm
provement spirit they wanted to pave
everything, even the alleys.
Something over year ago the city
of Trinidad sent Mr. Mitchell east 10
study the different materials used for
paving He found that much OF the
material being used was the same in
substance but designated under diff
ferent names Trinidad has used as
phaltum and brick, the latter having
been the more satisfactory, but on ac
count of the freight rates and cost OF
Installing brick paving plant it made
its use practically prohibitive in Du.
range In Trinidad twenty-five miles
of cement sidewalks have been built
and five miles of paving done. Six
o. seven miles more of either asphal
tum or macadam viii be started as
soon as spring opens. Tenants were
anxious to have the paving done, but
many real estate owners either op-
posed it or thought II should be done
few years later. After the work
was completed in some instances the
increased rent covered the entire ex-
pense in six months, and there were
no vacant buildings.
In Kansas City he investigated the
use OF oil for street sprinkling and as
a sanitary measure, he advised against
It's use. The cost OF asphaltum pay
t.. -
yard, although in the beginning the
cost ran as high as $3.50. The cost OF
curbing Is 40 cents per linear foot and
cutters 35 cents per linear foot, or a
combination gutter and curbing for rs
cents per linear foot. In Durango he
estimated tue expense would be about
rs per cent more. On account OF the