The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-17
PAVING OF V|TR|FIED BRICK.
MIX. GEO. Il. WARING OF COLUM-
BIA GETS CONTRACT FOR
MAIN STREET Paw
ING.
Five Contractors Bid for Work; Brick,
Asphalt, Bithulithic and Wood
Block Paving Acknowledgements
OF Weights-J. B. RafIield Re-elect-
cd Cotton Weigher.

for the. paving for Main street with
Aldermen Wright and Glenn and.
City Clerk Hurst absent Incidental
ly few other matters were attended
to at the meeting.
Main street will be paved with
Bessemer vitrifed brick and work
will begin within the next thirty
days. If present expectations are car
ried out as it is probable that they
will be.
Mr. Geo. P. Waring Of Columbia
secured the contract for the work,
over four other bidders, his bid for
the same kind of work being less
than that Of any of his competitors.
The other contractors to bid were:
The Charleston Engineering and
Construction Company. of Charleston;
j. j. Cain, of Columbia; The Palmetto
Paving Company. of Columbia; and
the Atlantic Bithulithic Company,
Of Richmond, Va.
The resolution to accept the War
ing bid and to award the contract to
him for the Main street paving was
made, after much discussion Of the
subject, by Alderman McKeiver and
was seconded by Alderman Cuttino.
The paving put down will be Of vitri-
fled brick on a concrete base on
nf al. nf 40
cost IF the work will be s2.26 1-2
per square yard.
Mr.. Waring is given ten days in
which to sign the contract and thirty
days more In which to begin work on
the street. The street is to be paved
with the brick from Bartlette street
to Canal street, there not being suf-
ficient funds to pave more than this
stretch Of the street, and the cost Of
this amount of paving being slightly
more than the $4,000 voted for the
Main street paving bonds.
The first matter taken up when
Council met was the discussion Of
the Main street paving and council
went into executive session while the
discussion was going on. Mr.. Nc
Keiver told of the various kinds of
pavement that he had seen at differ
ent places and Of these kind he
thought that the verified brick on
the present old macadam base was
the best pavement, especially as this
was business street and had to un-
dergo considerable traffic. Major Lee
made a statement as to the best kinds
Of pavement on different kinds of
base. 1t was shown that the asphalt
and other preparations were better
pavements for residence streets, but
that the brick or bithulithic were the
Lest for business streets.
After a discussion lasting consid-
erably over an hour the matter was
decided by the motion made by Mr..
McKeiver.
A letter from II. c. DesChamps in
which he requested that something be
done towards rectifying the use OF
false weights in the city was read.
The letter referred especially TO the
weights made by the parties selling
ice from their wagons. The matter
was referred to the city attorney for
information as to the law on the sub
ject.
Mr.. McLaurn reported, for the fin
ance committee, that he had checked
over the city clerks books and found
them correct.
1t was decided on a motion made
by Mr.. McKeiver that hereafter all
work done in the city be done by con-
tract, if by having it done that way
1t he To the city's advantage.
The City Council put itself in rec
ord as endorsing any movement look
ing t. the betterment Of health and
sanitation in Sumter.
Mr.. J. Il. Ranield was unanimously
''>''N W 'i'' pDSl(lOH OF cotton
weigher during the year 1911-12.
Mr. McKcivcr moved that the
Commissioners Of Public Works be
instructed to lay two-inch water
main on Corhctt street for use in the
manufacture of drain pipe and for
the use Of citizens on the streets The
motion was carried
1t was decided that all water and
sewer connections ought to be put
down before the street was laid as q
measure for the preservation Of the
street and as measure for the CON
N"nincc and economy of citizens. In
TINS connection it was ordered that
notice be given t. the public that the
rates of making these connections u,il1