Arizona republican., 1913-12-15
MUCH WORK IS
 NOW UNDER WAY
Planned to Make Van Buren Street from East ern City Limits to West ern City Limits One of Finest in State

One million dollars and more ex- pended or to be expended for street paving in Phoenix. where not much over two years ago there had not been a single square yard of pavement. sounds like pretty big figures. But there are some incontrovertible facts to base this estimate upon. If the record Phoenix has made in 1913 in the build- ing line is not sufficient to convince any person of the wonderful growth of the capital of the greatest state in the southwest, the street paving figures should prove a clinching argument
 In about two years, since the first contracts were undertaken, over $4OO,- OO0 worth of bitulitic pavement has been laid in Phoenix. There are now under way contracts representing an aggregate valuation of more than $150.- 900. Proceedings have been started in the way of resolutions of intention, etc, representing at least $45,00O more. Pending the construction of the storm sewer petitions representing paving that will cost upwards of S125,0 ,0O0 are being held up. South Central avenue ! from the railroad tracks to the city ! limits is to be paved a a probable cost of a bout $45,00 seventh avenue from Van Buren street to Jackson street is to be paved at an estimated cost of not 1 less than S4O000. When the street ! railway company has compiled with the double tracking order of the corpora l tion commission. West Washington street is to be paved from Seventh avenue to the Capitol. This work will cost not less than 5000. There is a movement afoot that is bearing fruit | to pave the entire length of Van Buren street from the eastern city limits to the western city limits. a project that ! would probably cost between $200.000 1 and $225,OO0. HOW many lesser tracts will be contracted for within the next
 few months it is impossible to esti- mate. but is is pretty safe to say that not less than S1OO,000 worth of work
 not included in that mentioned here { with will be contracted for before the close of 1914 and it would not be sur prising if that figure were more than i doubled
 1 The figures given herewith are mere lv estimates but they are based on rec ords in the office of the city engineer and are about as near correct as it
 would be possible to obtain so for as
 
 expert aCOuntant were employed to go into the matter thoroughly.
 As for the work contemplated. it has been shown in the past that the style of paving adopted in Phoenix has been costing all the way from S6,000 to $7.000 per city square according to the
 width of the street to he paved. In | estimating the probable cost of the work projected. the cost of a city
 square was estimated at $6.500 it being considered that this is fair average. 1 There is single instance in the fig
 ures given herewith where the estimate may be more than the actual figures may show when the work is under 1 taken and completed. That is in con- nection with the proposed paving of
 South Central avenue where it is pro posed to employ what is known as a concrete pavement with a skin coat of , oil and sand. It is estimated that this class of pavement may be laid for ap- prOXimately $50 per yard, a saving of about 65 cents per yard over the class of pavement employed in the business district This of course would
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