Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-12
CONTRACTS TO PAVE
CAPITAL CITY AWARDED
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pavement, still at this time We do not
! feel like recommending it. EMS
! ut is the belief of the undersigned
that a pavement built from any one
Of the four materials mentioned will
last for 20 years if properly con-
structed; we recommend eternal vigil
lance in inspection both of materials
and construction-too much inspec-
ton cannot be had.
"Our inspection leads US to renew
ed confidence in our city engineer
and the specifications he has prepar-
3D. 1t also discloses the fact that
the arrangement made with him for
compensation is a favorable one for
the city,"
Attached to this was a voluminous
report, setting forth the results OF
the inspection in the various cities.
The report is signed by r. C. Battey,
C. Bertsch, Jr, and C. N. Kirk, for
the commission, and E. A. Hughes
and w. E. Lair, for the Citizens
Committee.
Introduce Resolution.
The paving committee then intro
duced the following resolution, which
was adopted:
BE 1t Resolved BY the Board of
City Commissioners of the City Of
Bismarck, That it is the sense of the
commission that 20 per cent of the
cost of the paving covering intersec-
tions and exempt and city property,
shall be assessed up to the city gen.
orally and collected as general taxes,
provided that it can be done legally"
1t was also decided by resolution
not to allow the city engineer to in
crease or diminish the work under
the paving contracts except under
the direction of the board of city COM
missioners, and that all inspectors on
the paving work be subject to the
approval Of the board of city commits.
siOners.
The Contracts.
The resolution awarding the con-
tract in the two districts is in sub.
stance as follows:
Be 1t Resolved, That the contract
for paving in District No. be award
ed to Hanlon & Okes and that the
material to be used to be bitulithic,
they being the low bidders on that
material. This work to be complet
ed by Nov. l, 1916,
Further, That the asphalt used in
said bitulithic must be. Natural Lake
asphalt.
Further, That the bitulithic repre-
sentative be required to file a written
agreement that they will keep chem
list on the work as long as it is in
progress, who shall report daily to
the city engineer and to the paving
committee of the ely commission, to
be furnished without cost to the city.
And Be 1t Further Resolved, That
the contract for paving in District
No. 2 be awarded to the Ford Paw
ing company, and that the material
to be used shall be sheet asphalt
(Trinidad Natural Lake Asphalt),
they being the low bidders on that
material. This work to be complet-
ed by Oct. I, 1917.
1t is also provided that the Barber
Asphalt company is to keep a chem
list on the job without cost to the city
and to furnish Chicago laboratory re-
ports daily without cost to the city.
The payment for the paving is to
| be spread over period Of 20 years,
he rate of interest to be charged on
deferred payments is per cent The
| first payment in District No. I will
be due May 1, 1918, and in District
No. 2, May /, 1919.
The streets to be paved follow:
District Number One.
On Main street from the west line
of Second street to point $50 feet
east of the east line of Seventh street;
on Broadway from the west line of
Second street to point $50 feet east
of the east line of Seventh street; on
Second street from the south line of
Main street to a point $50 feet north
of the north line of Broadway; on
Third street from the Northern Paci-
fic railway tracks to point $50 feet
north of the north line of Broadway;
on Fourth street from the south line
of Main street to a point $50 feet
north of the north line of Broadway;
on Fifth street from the south line of
Main street to point $50 feet north
of the north line of Broadway on Sixth
street from the south line Of Main
street to point $50 feet north of the
north line Of Broadway; on Seventh
street from the Northern Pacific rail-
way tracks to a point $50 feet north OF
the north line Of Broadway.
District Number Two.
On Main street from point $50
feet east of the east line of Seventh
street to the east line of Ninth street;
on Broadway from point $50 feet
east of the east line Of Seventh street
to the east line Of Ninth street on
Thayer street from the west line of
Second street to the east line of Fifth
street and from the west line of Sixth
street to the east line of Ninth street;
on Rosser street from the west line of
Second street to the east line of Fifth
street from the west line of Sixth
street to the east line of Ninth street;
on Avenue A from the east line of
Diamond ctroof IN tho east line of