The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-17
PAVING AND SEWERS
Council Contracts For Some an.
Advertises For More.

Bids were opened and contracts let
for the paving of First Avenue east
between Ninth and Eleventh streets
and for the construction of a storm
sewer system of drainage at the spe-
cial called meeting of the city coun-
Gil last night for the purpose of con-
sidering paving and sewer matters.
The bid of the Carbon Construction
Co. of Oskaloosa was the only one
presented for the paving of the two
blocks on First avenue and It was
unanimously accepted The specitica-
tons call for the new paving to be
constructed from vitrified brick paw
ing block, Portland cement concrete
base four inches thick, sand cushion
one and one-half inches thick, Port
land cement grouting, combined curb
and gutter to be constructed with
Portland cement concrete. The unit
price per square yard quoted in the
bid is $1.S5 and the total cost of the
paving is $2,627.00. The curb and
gutter will cost 60 cents per unit and
a total of $72.00 while, the excess ex-
cavation will cost rs cents per cubic
yard Oskaloosa Block brick will be
used and the sand will come from the
Des Moines river. The city engineer
is authority for the statement that
this is the lowest price he has ever
known quoted for this type of paw
ing. Work will be started immediate
ly.
The bid of the Independent Con.
struction Co of Davenport was &C
Cepted for the construction of the new
storm water system of drainage out
of total of three bids offered for
the work by a vote of to 2, Lafol-
lett and Penders voting nay. This
storm sewer isto be installed in that
section Of the city south of High ave-
nue. and east of D street
Several property owners we're pres
ent at the meeting last night to pro-
test against the construction of GER
tain new paving included in "a resolu-
ton of necessity passed by the coun-
Gil on June 10. Frank s. Stone, mail
ing clerk at the Oskaloosa postoffice,
and others were heard in regard to
the paving of F avenue between C
and d streets, and II. H. Sheriff spoke
for the residents of North A street
I between High avenue and A avenue.
presenting a petition signed by the
property owners on that street pro-
testing against the street being paw
ed. Mr.. Sheriff also presented pc
tition signed by property owners
along High avenue west requesting
that the pavement on that street
should not be torn up and entirely re-
laid, but merely repaired. The plans
outlined by the council are to tear
up the top layer of bricks on High
avenue and repave with the new Wit
bricks from the top section to repair
the foundation of the paving Messrs.
II H. Sheriff, Chris Winter. w. w.
Williams and Warren KalbaCh were
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the council.
1t was when Roberts moved the
adoption of the resolution of neces-
sity of June 49, including the paving
of all the above streets as we'll as
others, that the first real diScord was
struck to jar the harmony that had
prevailed all evening. Wells second
ed the motion and then offered an
amendment to the resolution to strike
F avenue between C and D streets
from the list The amendment was
carried, Lafollett voting the only nay.
Then the vote was called on the mo-
tion to adopt the resolution and or
der the city clerk to advertise for
bids, which should be opened at the
meeting of August 4. Nearly every
one had something to say for or
against and the argument waxed
warm at intervals. The final vote
showed four ayes and three nays, La
follett, Penders and Williams voting
nay.
The storm sewer was let and the
meeting adjourned.