Arizona republican., 1911-11-26
CIty Council SOPder t0Street
 Railway Co. PAVING BETWEEN RAILS
Requirements of the Work Are Fully Set Forth for Benefit of All Concerned and to Prevent Threat ened Friction.

At a called meeting of the city
 council last night, motion was
 passed requiring the Phoenix Railway company to bring it's track on East Washington street to a level with the street grade before the paving of that street between the tracks could be continued. This action was taken upon a report of the paving committee and the city engineer which stated that
 certain sections of the line were as much as two inches off grade-the
 grade which had been observed in paving the rest of the street. The section directly in question is that part between Fifth and Third streets
 on East Washington, Wher> the street i up to two feet of the rails ls already paved, and the paving company has announced it was ready to start pay ing between the rails Monday The action was thus timely taken before ! the paving had begun. or some of the work would necessarily have to be
 done over
 1 The contract between the city and
 the paving company calls for the ap- Iproval of the city council and gives the council authority to pass" upon
 the work as it proceeds. and this au-
 thOrity was placed with the city en- gineer. with whom the paving com pany and the railway company will have to reckon before the job is com | pleted Also the same inspector em- | ploycd over the street paving will be | employed upon the job of grading and paving between the rails.
 The street railway will be allowed ! d 'leaway" of from three to five-siN- teenths of an inch either way from
 the standard grade. as it is deemed impossible to obtain an exact grade
 and this play will assure level and satisfactory travelling.
 Whether this action calling for d certain grade will delay the paving in
 these sections temporarily has not
 been ascertained, although the matter of reducing the grades an inch or d
 fraction should not require q great amount of time.
 The city engineer was authorized to make proper changes in the gutter 1 levels. and to establish a uniform grade for crowns on the streets west 1 of Central avenue the changes upon some amounting to approximately three -eighths of an inch.
 The city engineer was also author ized to establish grades for paving in
 the sections north and south of Wash ington street within the added area
 of paving.
 Regarding the paving between the I,.,f of an0inpar of fered some suggestions from Mir. Geo. Warren, the expert on paving, who was recently in this city. Mir. War ren said that it was almost impossible to get good results by merely tamping
 the paving on each side of the rails
 now used on the Phoenix line, that the rails would work loose, and bulge the paving. and the result would mean a constant job of repairing of the road
 bed. He suggested that creosoted
 blocks be fitted into the cavities on
 each side of the rails, the paving eN-
 tending only to the creosoted blocks
 and touching the top and bottom of
 the rail. It was also suggested that
 solid cement bed be extended across
 the bed of the track, which would 1
 hold the rails securely in place. but
 it was determined that the city would |
 not have the legal authority to en- |
 force such construction, as 1t was
 not in accordance with the rest of | the roadbed. No decision was reached | upon this question, though the mat | ter may be taken up again at the | succeeding meeting.