The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-31
TO Be NO LET UP
IN BUILDING ROADS
SOUTH nosro, AND wsrHa,llLn,
VIRGINIA CITIES, porN3s
WORK.
M,1ED
MANY inequalities ARE RE
cEIyINc BIDS FOR WORK 70
BE DONE DURING
SUMNER.

The week record IN the Southern
States. as shown by the Manufacturers
Record. OF Baltimore. indicates there
is to he Nc let up In the carrying on Of
the work OF construction ard improve
ment Of the public roads Many Of
tire counties and munich palitles are
voting or pre- pairing 10 vote bond is
sues for the building OF new perrIan-
ent streets. sidewalks and roads.
Several con tracts have been awarded
during the week and moro are almost
ready for contractors. The week s
raad developments as shown by the
Record are.
Bonds Voted.
Charleston. W. Va---Citv voted
5000 900 bonds To Improve streets; ten
q twelve miles.
Denton. Tex--Denton County Road
District Ne. voted s22,50 bonds 10
construct gravel roads.
New Cumberland. W. ya---C9ay
Road District rt Hancock county voted
May 2srd on ssQ0 road bonds
Srn3fhfela, " C-Townsh!p OF
Johnston county voted $685. bonds
10 build roads.
Bonds to Re Voted.
Arcadia. Fia.-D.strict No. .. OF De
Soto county votes June gard on s52.-
SEQ bonds for road construction. etc.
Arcadia, Fla.~-District No. 6 Of De
Soto county votes June 23rd on $780,
600 bonds for road construction etc.
Ennis. Tex.--City votes June a3rd
on s35, 600 bonds 10 pave streets.
Contracts Awarded.
Baltimore. Md,--City awarded $2,-
1908 contract to construct concrete
walks and steps in various parks
Baltimore. Md.--Ctty awarded ST2.-
1850 contract for grading. curbing
and paving on several streets, l0,3a0
square yards cement concrete.
Birmingham. Ala---City awarded
S5,T35-i0 paving contracts.
Brooksville. Fla--Hernando coun-
" awarded $4,000 contract to con-
struct ten miles vitrified brick roads.
Chattanooga, Tenn.--City awarded
s36.2oa95 paving contracts.
Clearwater, Fla---Pinellas county
awarded $1,000 contract for one and
one half miles OF brick road
Fort Worth, Texas Tara n I
county awarded s17,994,l0 contract TO
construct four and one-half miles of
road.
Houston. Tex--City awarded con-
tract to pave streets with vertical fiber
bricks, appropriated $500.
Little Rock, Ark.-City awarded
contract for concrete paving to cost
ABOUT lD,Uup.
Mount Airy, n. C.--Mt. Airy town.
ship awarded contract 10 construct
twenty-five miles of roads
New Orleans. La----Bossier parish
awarded contract to construct 6.3
miles of gravel road: cost about $685.
00o
san Antonio, Tex.--Bexar county
awarded contracts aggregating sls3.-
l72h1 to improve about sixty miles
of road.
awarded $l6S,563 contract to Grade
sixty miles of road and macadamize
thirty miles.
South Boston, Na--City awarded
contract for about $500 square yards
concrete sidewalks.
st. Louis, Mo.--City awarded con-
tracts aggregating $l2s,731.s6 for
street paving
Contracts to Re Awarded.
Alexandria, La.-City receives bids
until June 1st for 5000 square yards
hituiithic pavement.
Baltimore, Md.--State receives | ids
until June 2nd. to construct six sec
miles.
Birmingham, Ala--City will ex-
pend $15, 900 for street paving.
Cameron Tex--Road District No. 2.
Milan county, will build about forty
miles Of gravel roads to radiate from
Cameron. ].
C1endenin. w va--City receives
bids until June 10th to grade. pave and
curb one mil. Of street
Decatur. Ala--Ctty council parsed