The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-06
Property Owners
 On State Street
 May Take Choice
Public Hearing Friday Concern ing Virtues of Various Kinds
 of Paving

Property owners in State street, from Broad street to the junction of Fairfield avenue, which section is soon to be permanently paved, will be giv- en a chance Friday evening of this week to voice their sentiments in re- lation to what kind of pavement they desire in the street. A public hear ing is to be held at the council cham Der when the representatives of the various pavement concerns will be heard.
 Last evening the Paving and Sewer Commission held meeting at which bids for the paving of State street were opened. This stretch between Broad and Fairfield avenue, about 7,500 feet, represents the largest paw ing job ever undertaken by the city. The lowest bid for wood block was from the Barber Asphalt Go. at S1.S0 per square yard with the Wyckoff Pipe and Cresoting Go. lowest upon the blocks per thousand, $32.4S. Van Kuren and Son of Boston were the lowest on the foundation SIPS per square yard.
 Following the opening of the bids. Attorney Alexander L. Delaney repre- senting many property owners in State street, west of Park avenue asked that the bid of the Warren Bros. Co. of Boston, manufacturers of the Bithu- lithic pavement be considered. He showed whereby the use of their pave ment, saving of s13,O00 would be made. Attorney Delaney presented petition which bore the following names:
 H. w. Hair (by James E. Hair), C.. P. Dimick, Mrs. G. Pokras. F.. c. Johnson, John Cullinan, William Griesinger and Son (agent for T. R. Ceballos estate). L. J. Garbarini, Elizabeth Coles, Harvey Hubbell, Inc. (Harvey Hubbell, president). Hathe- a Hathaway, presidenD, Charles H. Armstrong, Marcia Beardsley co. T. Hathaway, agent), N. F. Wordin. La zare G. Garand. P. J. Donovan estate Edward F.. Donovan. admistrator), Harriet E. Sterling, Kate c. Hamil- National Realty corporation (J. T. Butler, president), Joshua T. Butler, Sarah Zimmerman (per A. Z), John Hanson. N. E. Stevenson. administra- tor, estate of Etta N. Lee (George H. Lee. exscutor), Burr and Knapp, rick Fitzpatrick (by P. H. FO. Jen- nie Reid. D. R. Norman. George Mall olry estate (by R. E. Lewis), Mary A. Cook (agent).
 Wood Block Figures.
 The figures for wood block paving follow:
 Silliman and Godfrey, $1.S5 per yard with or without guarantee; founda- ton $1.37 per pard, using American Creosoting Go. blocks.
 Wyckoff Pipe and Creosoting O., per thousand. $32.48, per yard s1.81 7-S, with foundation $3.04 7-S, with or without five year guarantee.
 U. s. Wood Preserving Co.,, per thousand $32.52, per yard s.S1. with or without guarantee.
 Barber Asphalt Co.,, per thousand $32.5O, per yard $1.s0. with or with out guarantee.
 Patent Pavements.
 Warren Bros Co.,, bithulithic, six inch foundation, s2.49, five inch foundation s2.S9.
 Blome Co.,, granitoid pavement, $40 per yard.
 Hassan Paving Co.,, Wyckoff wood block, without guarantee s1.S5. with s1.75 without guarantee, with guar antee, SIP.
 Foundations.
 Burns Co.,, $1.65 per yard; Silliman and Godfrey, $1.37; Wyckoff Co.,, com bined bid. s3.04 7-s; B: D. Pierce. Jr.. Coleman Bros, $1.60; Van Keuren and Sons, s1.25; Hassan Paving Co.,, s1.44.
 The B. D. Pierce Jr. Go. were awarded the contract for the construc- tion of 200 feet of sewer in Ellsworth street. They bid v per foot s3.75 for man holes and s5 for rock excavation.
 The Silliman Godfrey Go. promised by July 1 to have the work of re- pairing the brick pavement in East Washington avenue completed There is about 237 yards of the Reese-Ham- mond brick in that street in need of repair
 Bids were ordered for the laying of granite blocks in Barnum avenue be- tween Seaview and Central avenues. Granite blocks will give a very good foothold for horses making the incline in that section of the street.