The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-16

Newcastle and G street. Extra work
in taking up and relaying old tile and
curb to conform to grade was paid
for by the city and cost $3.50. Re
pairs TO sidewalk at n. r. corner I'm
ion and Howe Upper estate, $500.
The walk was laid on the north side
OF Mansfield street, between Amherst
and Cochran avenue, and $50 feet of
curb on west side Albany south of
Monk street and paid for by property
owners, filling done with the city
force. Total cost OF sidewalks $l6.60.
ShelIed and Gravel Streets.
Norwich street from Gloucester street
was reshelled most of the way nsing
30.724 bushels OF factory shell, 92c
per bushel. Cost at factory. $6l4.4S.
These We're hauled by the city team
at a cost of rs per bushel, figuring
50 per day for double team and driver
(about cost to city,. A top surface
of cement gravel about ID inch in
depth was spread on the shell from
Gloucester to X street, using lis Gu
bic yards 81 so, cost of material $lT2.
so. From Q street to Palmetto cem-
etery 4.400 bushels of factory shell
were used at PC, $SS. First avenue.
between Albany and Union was re-
shelled using $3.50 bushels at &c, cost
at factory, $3.50. A top dressing of
cement gravel was used for 200 feet,
east of Union street and cost Z cubic
yards at $3.50, $1,000 Sand was used
balance of the way for filling in the
vods and cost of material was, APP
proXimately, $15. The hauling was
done with city team and cost 1 Sc
per bushel. figuring 81 per day for
double team and driver.
Newcastle street was graded and -
snelled from G to streets, using TO-,
90. These were hauled with city team
and cost 7-Sc per bushel, figuring :oam
and driver at So per day, equal to 0.103
per square yard. Richmond street
from George to Dartmouth was graded
and shelled, using 1880 bushels at &c
cost at factory $l56, hauling done witt
c'Iy team. Prince street. from Union
81 Richmond wa, Graded anu ShcllGG
using 2,2S3 bushels at &c, $4566, haul
ing done with city team. Carpenter
street, from George to Prince was
graded and shelled, using $3.50 bush
els at &c, $11520. l. street from Nor
witch to Boulevard was, repaired, us
| ing 300 bushels at &c, SIG From
| Lee to Boulevard, finishing contract
Smelling their track. using 5000 bush
els at &c, 121.S0, hauled with city
team. Glynn avenue from near |
street to near oyster factory, was re
graded and repaired, using $500 bush
els shell at &c, 1872, hauling done by
city team M street from Reynolds
to near Newcastle was graded ant
shelled using $40 bushels shell at &c
| $l7.40. Gloucester street from Coch
ran avenue to Union was regarded anC
now being resheled (about three
| fourths completely, $500 bushels a
&c, cost at factory 1910, hauled by city
team, cost 7-8c per bushel for haul
ing at So per day for double team anC
driver
General Repairs to SheIled Streets.
The streets are very badly worn ant
considerable patch work has been nee
essary to keep them in good order, us
ing 1892 bushels dead shell, % lie
$3448O, and $4,000 bushels factory
shell at &c on streets not mentioned
above, $3.50 IS cubic yards cement
gravel at $3.50. Bay street from
George to near Albermarle was graded
and paved with shell and cinders gath
cred from the street and London
street from Union to Oglethorpe and
Reynolds from Georgia to Prince was
paved with cinders from the gashoust
and Light and Water company, which
was given for the hauling
There is a credit due the public
works department for filling in vacant
lots, paving car track on Norwich and
l. streets, repair to sidewalks, etc.
amounting to $1,12403. G. street was
cleaned and graded from Kay avenue
to Glynn avenue, and Johnson street
from Atlanta avenue to Gloucester
with city force.
Stag Paving.
An experiment was tried With Stag
from the birmingham Stag company
October 49, 1870 feet on Oglethorpc
street, just north of Gloucester was
graded, leaving a fairly good founda-
ton of shell and gravel that was al
ready there. This was rolled with the
ten-ton steam roller and 2 inches Of
Stag was spread 12 inches deep and
II feet wide and rolled IL inch top
dressing of cement gravel spread on
this, wet thoroughly and thin layer
of Stag sand spread on this to keep
from sticking to roller and rolled with
steam roller. This is now hard and
smooth and think makes an excellent
pavement for the money costing 19c
per square yard, for material inch
in depth, $41.80. It cost &c per square
yard to lay this, figuring labor at $3.50
per day. Gloucester street between
Grant and Oglethorpe streets was laid
about November 209, with Stag and
with she'll on each side II feet wide
and inches deep with mixture of
Stag sand and roofing Stag, on q fairly
good foundation of s:leil already on
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