The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-14
The 1913 PAVING
Contracts Let for 73 New
Blocks.
Seven Miles of Streets, Alleys
and Roads.
THE COST WILL BE S140,000
Be a Big Help to City, Says
Tandy.
Asphaltic Concrete Be Material
Used Most.
THE COST WILL BE S14O, 900

The complete paving contract for
1913. issued from the mayors office, and
approved by Street Commissioner Tan
dy. was made public this morning To-
peka is to have 70 new blocks of paving,
the cost to the city and property own
ers being estimated at a total of $780,
900. over seven miles of city streets,
roads and alleys will be paved
One interesting fact brought to light
by the completion of the contract shows
that twice as many alleys will be put
in order this year as were paved in
1912
This is going to be big help to
the city" Commissioner Tandy de-
clared, lit looks well for Topeka. We
paved only four alleys last year. and
have contracts for paving nine at
present. They will be paved with brick,
with a four-inch concrete base"
Sand is no longer used as foundation
for brick sidewalks and pavements. The
old form has been completely done
away with. A four-inch concrete base,
securely capped with brick is used ex-.
clusively
Last year brick was the popular paw
ing material, and this year it is asphalt
tic concrete-aSphaltic concrete being
materially different from the old sheet
asphalt and gaining in popularity every
season. In 1912 only eight streets were
paved with it. This year the contract
includes 391a blocks
Fifteen blocks were held over from
last years contract because of a law
suit. If they are included in this years
paving, they make the total exactly So
blocks-a larger amount than has ever
been contracted before by the city of
Topeka.
There is a contract for SO Y blocks
of aSphaltic concrete-four less than
was originally listed, owing to the
protests which killed the paving of
Eleventh street from Fillmore to
Lane. The contract for paving eight
blocks on Boswell avenue is being
warmly protested. If the protests car
ry, the contract will be lessened to
BIZ. The complete list is as fol- |
lows:
Thirteenth street-Two blocks
west line of West to east line of
Mulvane.
Lane street-One block-west line |
of Buchanan to north line of alley |
running north and south between |
Huntoon and Williams, buchanan and |
Lincoln. =. |
Ninth street-Three blocks west |
line of Western to east line of |
Buchanan.
Liberty street-Two. bIocks-north
line of Sixth to south line Of Fourth |
street. /
Thirteenth street-Two blocks-l
west line of Topeka to east line of
polk
Lincoln street-One block-south
line of Tenth to south line of Eleventh.
Lane street-one block-west line
of Huntoon to north line of Williams.
Lincoln street-One block--north
line of Fifth to north line of Sixth.
West street--four blocks-South line
of Tenth to south line of Huntoon.
Huntington avenue-One block
west line of Topeka to west line OF
Tyler.
I-1oir 10 n |
field Park.
Euclid avenue-1z blocks-west
line of West to east line of alley west
of Boswell.
Fifteenth street-Four blocks
west line of College to east line of
McVicar.
Western avenue-One block-west
line of Second to First avenue.
Boswell avenue-Eight blocks
south line of Tenth to- north line of
Huntoon street-Boswen to College
Place addition.
Arch street Half block-south line
of Eleventh to north line of West.
Williams avenue-One block-West
line of Lane to east line of West.
This 1913 contract includes "a "a
blocks of brick paving, to be laid out
as follows:
Douthitt avenue-Two-west line of
Topeka to east line of Polk.
Huntoon street-Two-west line of
Clay to west line of Lincoln.
College avenue-Two-south line of
Tenth to south line of Munson.
Elmwood NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line
of Willow to south line of Grove.
Grove avenue Half-east line of
to west line of Elmwod.
Lake street -Half-end of present
pavement north of Fourth to north
line of Third.
Fourth saskatchewan line of
Western to east line of Clay.
Central Park Neutrality-suspicious.
line of Fifteenth to south line of
Euclid.
Ashland avenue-one-west line Of
Greenwood to east line of Woodlawn
avenue.
Lane street-One-so line of
Willow to south line of Fifth
Polk street-One-north line of
to north line of Euclid
to north line of Euclid
Lane street-1-south line of Fifteenth
to north line of Sixteenth.
ty-first to city limits on Kansas avenue.
Tyler Street-1-soutfp line of Fourteenth
to north line of Douthitt.
Jackson street-repave-3-west line OF
Fourth to c. r. I. & F. railroad tracks
The contract for the paving of the nine
alleys is follows:
Between Harrison and Topeka from
Between Monroe and Quincy from
to Twelfth.
Between Western and Fillmore from
Between Ninth and Tenth from Topeka
to Tyler.
Between Polk and Taylor from Eleventh
Between Fillmore and Clay from Eighth
to Ninth.
Between Topeka and Tyler from Fourth
Between Harrison and Topeka from |
to Fourteenth.
Between Seventh and Eighth from Fill
more to Clay.