Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-05
STREETS TO BE PAVED NEXT
YEAR TO De CONSIDERED
NEXT MONDAY.
WILL LET NO NEW
CONTRACTS THIS YEAR
Plan is to Let Contract During the
Fall for a Large Yardase to Be
Paved Next Summe~PartiaIl List Of
Streets to Be lncluded-others Will
Be Added.

After the uncompleted paving con-
tracts that have been let have been
finished there Will probably be no
more paving done this year. This was
nra ctically agreed to by the council
this forenoon. and at the same time
preliminary arrangements were made
for paving that is to he done next year
1t is probable that in week or two
the council will consider a long list Of
streets to be paved next summer.
It is also probable that the paving
to be done during the coming year will
be let in one big contract some time
this fall, the work to be begun in the
spring. If the same, or nearly as low
price, can be secured for next years
paving as was secured this year. it is
probable that the yardage to be paved
next year will be much larger than was
. paved this summer.
Streets That May Be Paved.
Altho it will not be definitely de-
ciied what streets will he paved next
year until the city gets ready to adj
vertise for bids, the council has al
ready a tentative list some of which
will be included in the new contract.
These streets are:
North Second street, Lincoln to
Center.
North Third street, from the end Of
the asphalt paving to Center street.
Center street, from First to Third.
State street, Seventh to Tenth.
Eighth street, Main to State.
Ninth street, Main to State.
Tenth street, Main to State.
South Third street, Church to Boone
West Nevada street, from Second
avenue to perhaps as far west as
Eleventh street.
These streets have total Of about
twenty eight blocks, but it is prob
able the council will add others until
it has three miles or more to include
in the contract.
Want Many Streets Paved.
The property owners on several OF
the streets listed above have petit
toned to have their streets paved.
Some Of them are insisting that the
council order the paving at once and
| have it completed this year. But the
council is Of the opinion that Ely &
Carlson, who have this years con-
tracts have already about all the pav>
ing they can complete up to the time
the paving season will end.
For this reason it was agreed to
carry over until next year three streets
contained in resolution ordering paw
ing that Councilman Herman intro
duced at this forenoons meeting of the
council. These streets were Second
from Lincoln to Center; State, from
Seventh to Ninth, and South Third
street, from Church to Boone.
Submit Lists Next Week.
| On the suggestion Of Mayor Jones
the councilmen will submit at next
Mondays melting a list Of streets to be
paved next year. Soon afterwards, as
sono as the list can be definitely de-
termined, the city will begin to take
| steps to advertise for bids for the
work to begin probably in May. The
councilmen are Of the opinion that by
letting a large contract at that time
that as low bids will received as the
contract was let for during the winter
The council adjourned until Thurs
day morning, when it will hear objec
tons to the proposed assessment!
against the property for the paving o
section No. g." which includes Fourth
Fifth, State and South Seventh ant
Eighth, street. The schedule of pro
posed assessments for section No. 8
|. are being prepared.