Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-06
TEN MORE MILES
PAVING PLANNED
LARGEST CONTRACT IN CITY'S
HISTORY IL PROPOSED.
includes l2j BLOCKS
Approximate Cost About S275, 900
Bids Are Ready on 10Th
Where 10 VIII Go. "a


Tulsa newspaper hve years ago
in it's columns made the optimistic
announcement that, Judging from
the present growth OF the town, there
will be twenty blocks of paving here
within three years" Today, just five
years since the prediction was made,
Tulsa boasts Of more than thirty
miles Of completed paved streets, and
yesterday the city commissioners. af-
ter an all day session. authorized the
city auditor, Il. o. Cline, to advertise
at once for bids on the construction
Of l25 blocks Of asphalt pavng-al-
most ten miles-to be laid the coming
winter, Il
Tho approximate cost Of this new
paving will be $275,OOO, and the final
estimate will probably exceed this
amount
The resolution passed yesterday,
authorizing the advertising for bldg.
sets the date for receiving bids as
September 10, on or before which
date they must be filed 10 insure con-
sideratlon. This is the largest single
paving contract ever contemplated in
the city of Tulsa, and will compare
favorahly with any in the state. When
the proposed new paving is completed
Tulsa can boast of between forty and
fifty miles Of paved streets. With the
exception of oklahoma City, Tulsa
will have more miles OF paved streets
than any town In the state when the
new paving Is completed.
The enormity Of the contract, II Is
thought, will result in bids being en-
tered by the most prominent con-
tractors Of the United States and the
City Commission are anticipating a
comparatively low contract price on
the work
Last spring the city let the contract
for seventy blocks of asphalt paving,
which. up to that time, was the ban
ner contract in the history Of Tulsa.
, Some OF this work Is still in progress.
and before II Is completed activities
will have been begun on the s275,O00
. contract to be let this month.
Ere this latter paving is completed
another, and perhaps larger contract
Will have been let II Is confidently
predicted, for hardly a week passes
: without from one to five petitions for
new paving being received by the
city commissioners, and the majority
OF these are approved and turned over
to the city engineer for estimates.
The new paving contract Will in
clude, probably, more than 1875 blocks
of paving, according to Street Com
| m ttrhn t,,1yr 20
tai number OF blocks viii be between
; 125 and 1870.
Said a well known local represen-
tatlve of large paving company,
yesterday, following the announce
ment Of the calling for bids on the
S275 900 Tulsa job:
The letting OF contract of these
dimensions at this season Of the year.
when admittedly there is a financial
depression all over the Southwest, Is
especially commendatory Of the city
\ of Tulsa, and shows that the city's
progressive spirit Is kept awake even
while other cities and towns are MAX
ing vain efforts to withdraw from
similar contracts already let. II shows
cOnclusively that Tulsa Is growing,
and that not even a temporary flnan-
clal depression retards this meteorlc
but substantial growth. The an
nouncement OF the big contract to the
world at large will mean much for
Tulsa. for It proves to the doubters
that the town is really substantial
and In fact "city In the making"
1t was decided to call for bids on
the 1875 blocks Of paving at the meet
, ings of the commissioners held on
/. August s and August 10.
The streets Included in the big paw
Ing CONTRACT and the portions OF
them to be paved, follow:
Boston avenue. from block to
Fairvlew street.
Cheyenne avenue, from Fifteenth
to Beuna Vista place.
Carson avenue, Fifteenth to Beuna
Vista place.
Madison avenue, First street to
Frisco right Of way.
i Chicago Place. Denver to Elwood.
4 Easton street, Main to the city linn
Its west.
Ninth street, Elgin TO Elwood.
Tenth street, from block 1877 TO
Boulder.
| ialtN tllii HiiftNt hldiI W LlNbNus
Twelfth street, Boston to Cincin-
natl. and Denver to Guthrie
Thirteenth street, Cheyenne to Dem
yer.
Fifteenth street. Boston to Perry
man.
Tenth street. Burgess Hill Addl-
tion. Denver to Main.
Eleventh street, Burgess Hill Addi-
tlon, Main to Denver
Detroit avenue. Archer to the vest
erly extension Of block is.
Frankfort avenue. First street TO
Seventh.
Green wood avenue. Third to First.
Kenosha avenue, from the easterly
extension OF the north line Of block
1i2 to Main street, and from Second
to Third. "a
Denver Avenue. First to Easton.
Frisco avenue. Seventh to Ninth.
Archer street. Cheyenne to Elwood,
Brady street. Elgin to Elwood.
Seventh street, Main to Kenosha.
Eighth street. from the southerly