The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-04
ROBINSON Street
MUST Be PAVED
|r Company Told to get Out
side Contractor if Its Force ,
SIS Is Inadequate.
READY
MATERIAL
Nv Has Paved Twenty-Four
Streets This Year Not Blocked
!: by Car Tracks.

3 Realizing the importance OF PAVING
.RSbinson Street this year anG the EN-
& barrassing position in which the CITY
Ihas been placed with its contractor
&,hs,uph the delays OF the street car
Scopn uany In renewing its rails on tna'
sstkeet. the special committee on IN
Eyestigation of delays In street con,
sstrxc;s yesterday afternoon oi1ecteo
xAStins City Engineer p r. Iaiiaielio
sto.take up with the virginia naii"a'
-und Power Company at once the ques.
-tion of paving that thoroughfare aEa
.asser,ain IL IL could not have its tracks
@relaid by an outside contract AT
Cpreyious meeting A. b. Guigon' at'or-
@nes for the company. SEATED that on
4aceount Of the enormous amount OF
@lIa n, work in other sections IL hau
.be4n found impossible u get on ROD
.,nson Street. and Chief Engineer !.
sNorman Jones estimated that with the
force the company now has at "oFk
sit would be practically impossible to
fireplace those tracks this year.
/. ) Has Bought the Material.
h was reported to the special COM
-smittee yesterday afternoon mat ths
contract for paving the ciy's part OF
s-Robinson Street from Broad TO Main
sStreet was awarded by the Committee
Gont Streets to Captain Charles Gasser
iSons April 5. He entered into neeota-
ssioGs with the car company. which was
s1henE petitioning the committee 10 Dc
Sreuer6d of the necessity OF PLACING
@coAcrete under its tracks ana 10 Dc
allowed to substitute broken stone. ana
sale was finally given contract by the
sronpany late in August for paving It's
~patt of the roadbed.
= As result OF these contracts cap
sSain Gasser stated he had purchased
.1nore than $1,000 worth OF material
(Which he now has ready for delivery.
SaIe had experienced no difficulty In
Securing all the stone needed at the
s3ocal quarries. In view Of the state
slnent, of the car company that it would
:be aupracticable to relay the tracks on
sSaobinson Street this year with It's
Sarssent construction force. the Lee
.Nard delegation Of the Committee on
.streets had announced its intention d
asking that the fund set apart for that
Street be transferred to grading Park
avenue.
Would Push Work Forward.
CAPTAIN Gasser merely wished TO
know where he stood and what was
:, to be done with the $1,000 OF mate
rial he has purchased. He has been
ready with men and material since the
f. contract was signed in April and mas
been waiting the reconstruction OF the
.car tracks, and under the circumstances
Gid, not feel that he should be blamed
5br that he should suffer the loss OF
A7atua bic contract.
. In view Of the importance OF having
abe work done and the admitted ina
sbility of the car company to relay its
Iracks with its present force. the com
ssnittee directed Acting Engineer Tai
5aferro to take up with the company
3hs question Of bringing competent
Tailroad contractors here to do the
work without delay. Little or no cleo
Srieal construction Is required. a. II
Is proposed to electrically weld the
rails at some future day. A competent
contracting firm. with an adequate
zorce, il was believed, could do all the
work pending IN a few weeks.
Use Streets to Wash Car Windows.
: The committee also instructed the
Scring City Engineer to look Into the