The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-11
CONTRACT GOES TO
BITULITH|C FOLK
Company Agrees to Pave Broad
Street in Sixty Days From
Time 1t Begins.
DIVISION IN COMMITTEE
City Engineer Advocates AS
phalt Block as Most Dura-
bic Material

BY a vote of to c the Council Com
mite on streets last night awarded
the contract FOR the smooth paving Of
Broad Street 10 the Atlantic Bltulithic
f Company. the contract price being $256
per square yard. The action was taken
against the advice Of the City Engineer
and over the protest OF several mem
bers of the committee who hcid that It
WAS neither the cheapest nor the best
paving for the thoroughfare. Only
three bids were submitted in the sec
! through the failure OF the !. J. smith
X Co. to get the material under the
former award.
only Three Bidders.
! The smith concern entered no bid
! in the contest last night. nor were the
makers OF wood block paving repre-
scnted.
/ The bids were. The Washington
Asphalt Block and Tile Company. four
inch block. laid on concrete base with
sand cushion. S2.s5. same with mortar
cushion. $3.O5; thrcc-incn block with
sand cushion. $3.50. two-inch block.
Sos
Crawford Paving Company. OF Wash
ington improved sheet asphalt. work
TO bc completed IN ninety days $3.50
per square yard.
Atlantic Bi,uluth!c Company. War
rem formula. $3.50 per square yard.
boiling FavorS Asphalt Block.
city Engineer Bollins. who at the
former hearing advocated the asphalt
block similar To that which has been
in Richmond rannote,i Nc ,Sco,,,,,,a,,,S.,
ton. Tho aspn.lt blork aroi,,'6 ~
JEFFERSON. he stated had been do,.r, st
teen years while that around tho city
In renlarire !, sf,.r .,,,, 80
trenches /, rad hec, noestbfo -. s
ns, 80, IN H. go. t'yss'"t' 60 uSs ~
pe IN. otd ma'etial MI Boiling
oxnor,sr - ''ot nav PERSONA
-, -. ~ u''Ntlt"4S' ttoNEh
ne,a - \. t5s'y Haeusoils streets
49, - az WIS ~ o4H"to". now
e ''!H. thvle Wou!f DC an increased
80 IN !epi4riHs IL after cutting for re-
pat.s OF PIN t'ehches. as only small
hsalh. In comparison OF cost he called
attention to the fact That the bltulithic
io'tnuia eai!ei FOR three-inch surface
al $. 30. The three-inch asphalt block
ne pointed out cost but cents more
= .e5-though he recommended the
iorr-inch asphalt block at $eSs as
more durable. The Crawford Company.
he stated was laying practical- thc
same paving as the bitulithlc ana ran
bid $3.50
Not Lowest bidder.
Later MI Boiling explained that
there was now some lttiratio1 60 ~
: le-ed irfri,,pe,so-, 49,. ~ - a.
/ Crawford COMPANY IN, ns me
ma i.,,.o O.'.r''., ~, w company
/ had offereS 70 p.ive ~ hona sil'hston and
] its contract ,z-+b III. ~ AIRY on,
go. - p. - VIZ ms city. n con-
S6 'ne oTa .i pacing offered at
li,bic "a, 80 49, - 3s"ae az the hltu-
tS".S az so though admitting that
of ine ~, yar ,i smooth payings the
Nh nc Be,, va not quite so slippery
MT. Pollock. speaking In behalf Of
~, ne melton to award the contract to
ts = .iahtlc bituhtnlc Company. stated
, M ~ Was not necessary to resurface
w oitulitnic paving every two or
.nuec ysars al cost OF 10 cents per
s square yara. as had been stated It
vas not zone he SAID, save whore tho
surface OF the street showed ind!ca
uons OF dryneSs; where new flush
coat was applied as precautionary
measure II vas also stated that it
Was nQt necessary FOR city us ng the
oltuH INC paving TO purchase plant
10 take care Of repairs and replace
inentS II given the contract the Btu
ntnlc Company expects to erect n CEN
trai manutacturins plant here TO cost
approNi mately $4,000.
| Complete In sixty Days.
! An argument used With effect be-