The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-20
CITY INVITES BIDS
FOR SMOOTH PAVING
Administrative Board Announces List
of Streets TO Be I'm
proved.
PROVIDED FOR IN BOND ISSUE
Boulevard to BE Smooth Paved From
Monument Avenue 10 Embark.
men in William Byrd Park-Curb
and Gutter Work Also Ordered.

surface improvements aggreSatinz
S3l5.oo0 In value are provided for in a
comprehensive plan outlined bv tho AID
illustrative Board at n special meet
ing Yesterday afternoon. The board
Large number OF streets and alley.
we'll distributed over the city, and di,
rectcd city Engineer Boiling to advcr.
tise for bids
several DAYS have been spent By the
board In pcrfectinK tho street improve
ncnt plan II calls for tho larres,
amount OF street work ever attcmpte 81
At ono time in tho history OF tho city
Payment will he made from the funds
made available by the recent $500. 1000
bond issue.
large number OF the important
streets In the West End are listed for
smooth paving. Bids viii be invited
on all classes OF smooth paving rro,n
block 10 asphaltic concrete and btu.
lith!c. Except In the case OF street.
where asphalt block viii suggest Itself
for tho sake Of uniformity with having
already down. tho bulk OF the smooth
paving. It Is believed viii be M ma
sheet asphalt form.
Inc street improvements outlined in
yesterdays plan are exclusive or tho
contract for smooth paving Broad
street 10 Laurel Street. which Inns al.
ready been let. OF all curb and gutter
work In Paramount, and all sidewalk
paving. When the work already con.
tractcd for or underway and the i'm .
provements just announced are paid
Tor, there viii remain out OF tho $500 /.
quo bond issue, 1t Is estimated. about
100000. This fund Will be used in side
walk work and in providing for other
street improvements that may later he
decided upon by the hoard
City Engineer Boiling was directed
by the board TO invite bids for the
following work:
LIST or STREETS To
RECEIVE SMOOTH PAVING
Boyd Street. from Park Avenue 10
Burch street. from Park Avenue to
Grace Street
West Avenue. from Harrison to LON.
Addison street. from Broad to Park
Avenue. " "
Grace Street. from Addison to Rob.
Monument Avenue. from Robinson to
Boulevard 70
Boulevard from Monument Avenue
to Reservoir Bank.
Grace street, from Twenty-eighth 10
the east curb OF Twenty ninth Street,
Twenty-ninth Street, from Grace TO
Twenty-s to Thirty-second Street,
Government Road. from Southern
hallway TO corporate limits.
Allison Street. from Monument Ave-
nue. to Park Avenue
stuart Avenue. from Meadow to Rob
inson Street
Hanover Avenue. from Rowland to
Grove Avenue. from Robinson to
Boulevard.
Alien Avenue, from Park Avenue to
Lombardy Street. from Grove Avenue
to Main Street.
Park Avenue, from Meadow to Rob-
Floyd Avenue. from I-ombardy to
Meadow Street. from Grove to Main
! Street
=, Eleyenth Street, from Marshall TO
Clay Street. from Ninth to Tenth
Clay Street, from Seventh to Eighth
Street.
Granite curb and gutter--Washing-
ton Street. from Mosby to Bryan Street
Curb and Eutter-,Dickerson from
C..owardin. to Canapa Street: Rodgcr
street, from Cowardin to Canapa
SS,rset' - street; from rhirty;siSth
from Thirty-fourth TO Thirty-sixth
street: Thirty, NTH street, from Clay
y to K Street: X Street. from alley to
oakwood Avenue. north side only.
concrete curb and Gutter-South side
ark Avenue, ROBINSON TO Boulevard,
Mulberry Street (portion not curbeoD,
Beverly to Broad Street; West Street,
from Cary to Grove Avenue Dooley
Avenue. from Grove to Cary Street;
Crenshaw Avenue, from Grove to Cary
street; Deep Run Street, from Grove
to Cary (portion not curbed); Shep-
pard from Floyd TO Cary Street; Stuart
Avenue. from Sheppard TO Roseneath
Road: Kensington, from Sheppard 10
Roseneath Road: T street from Twen-
tieth to Mechanicsville Pike.
Grading and graveling streets
Uooley. from Cary to Grove Avenue;
Crenshaw. from Grove to Cary; WASH
ington, from Mosby to Bryan Street;
Mosby. from Jay. to Darlington Street;
alley between lakewood Avenue and
Dickerson. from Blakey to line OF s
street; Dickerson. from cowardin
street to Mill Road; Garrison Street,
from Cowardin to Canapa Street;
apa Street: alley between lakewood
Avenue, Dickerson Street; open IN
Rlakey Street from Garrison TO =
Street: also put In fountain in the tri-
Granite spall paving-Twentieth
Street, from Franklin to Marshall
Street; Twenty-ninth Street, from
Leigh to @ Street; Twenty second
Street from NJ to Pleasant Street:
Ninth street, from Main TO Grace
Street; No | Belgian block, Baltimore
specification, Bank street, from Ninth
to Twelfth Street.