Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
MUCH PAVING
 ID BE DONE
City Engineer Is Working on Plans for Extension of Work North on Central Avenue and on West Washington Street

As planned now by the city coun- cil and City Engineer Holmquist Phoenix will shortly enter upon
 period of street paving operations un-
 paralleled in the history of this city Already it has been definitely deter mined that the entire stretch of North Central avenue, from Monroe street,
 north to the city line, a distance of about 4500 feet will be paved just as soon as the city engineer completes the drafting of the necessary plans and the preparation of the council resolution. It is also planned to be- gin the work of establishing the grade on West Washington street from Seventh avenue to the Capitol, the drafting of the plans and the presentation of the proper resolution. Under the present system of adVer- Using and placarding the district, and calling for bids, there is some delay in beginning the work even after it is decided that q certain dis trict is to be paved. While an effort is being made by the city engineer to have his part of the work on North Central completed shortly, it is likely that this will commence in about six weeks.
 T believe l will be able to have the maps and resolutions for the North Central avenue work in readiness by october To- The field. work on this 1horoughfare has already been done and is now in the hands of a draughtsman in my office.
 These should be completed by Oc- l tober 10 and l will have a resolution prepared immediately thereafter for presentation to the city council. Inci- dentally 1 expect to place q force of l surveyors at work on West Wash l ingtOn street within a very few days, | establishing the grades and doing l such other field work as is necessary l before the plans can be drawn l Tn this connection I ask that all l property owners in the districts al- | ready designated who may be desr- | ous of establishing private driveWays | from the street to their property 1 make their wishes known to me so l l can arrange for them in drafting the l plans.
 l Tn paving North Central avenue l We expect to go as far north as 200 feet beyond Westmoreland street 1 This is the point where the city line 1 comes down the middle of Central 1 avenue from the Mcdowell road and then strikes westward. If we were to continue further north We could
 pave only the east side of the street
 | as the west side is not within the city 1 limits"
 While the office of the city en- l gineer is engaged in the preparation
 of plans for the paving of these two | thoroughfares inquiries are being re
 l ceived every day by the city recorder
 and other officials as to when other ! districts are to be given attention Ir l many instances it would appear that | the majority of those residing in the 1 blocks concerning which inquiry is
 l being made are anxious hat work
 l should begin in their localities at the
 l earliest possible moment
 1 MT. HOlmquist stated yesterday that
 he has a large force of men at work
 and that in every way possible his
 | work will be expedited
 | It is understood that the Barber
 | Asphalt company has a large number
 of private contracts for small pieces
 of work. Some of this work. the
 property owners are demanding be
 completed before the week of the
 1 state fair