Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-15
Approximately $160,OOO I
Be Expended During Yen
To Improve Streets
TEN CONTRACTS ARE q
ALREADY AWARDED
Keokuk Firm Has Sever
Blocks to Do; Getting u
Resolutions Ready \

The city Of Ottumwa is preparing
enter upon the busiest paving yoer
its history
In the neighborhood OF $4,000 =
De expended for new and rosurfo
paving work this spring, summer a11
fall. Five resolutions for pavi
were given the first reading bY r.
commissioners this morning and e11
eral more are In the making by RI
city engineer at present.
During the year Of 1915 there We
$l11,347.SS expended on paving w.
but the contracts to be let this "
will call for much larger expenditu12
At the present time there aro h
jobs contracted for and about tweSl
more to be advertised In the NJ
future.
The resolutions given the first REL
Ing this morning were for West Mar
avenue between east line OF Noel
Fifth street and west line Of Wapol
street; West Second street. from ClS|
to about 200 feet west of the MilWa2
kee crossing; West Main street, Ca6
to Mclean street; Washington stree
Second to Main streets; East SecOiS|
street, Market to Green streets aS1
Green street, Second to Main sire
and the alley between Second aH9
Fourth streets, from Mclean to Haf
street. Two kinds of paving, creosC
block and vitrified brick will be ~
mitted for the work on Maple avofll
and In the alley from Mclean 70 H0
streets. M
To Pave West Second. "a
A resolution to pave West Seem
street, from Court to Clay street.
being prepared by the engineer
present. This work will cost approx
mately $4,000 for brick paving On
will cost considerably more II U
creosote block is used This resOlutil
was ordered by the commissions
sometime ago but the heavy work
engineers Office has delayed It's mG
ing. The street is in very bad con1
ton and the commissioners win IN
and get it repaved this year.
Contracts Let.
Ten contracts have been let and tl
estimates for the work given and 6l
as follows:
Ash street, Main to Fourth. .$12 .206J
Center Ave-, Jefferson to Elm IL ,114s1
Union St., Second to Fourth. 2,S103
Cara and Camille. Green to
East Court .............. 5.241s
Pennsylvania, Court to 30
feet east Of Camille i...... 1O.0O7.I
South Wapello, Main to G. M.
& st. P. tracks. .......... 6,401y
Alley block No. 16, Green to
TO Jefferson 1,s7ss
A'to' to College siSes ~ :. .. 1,s7s
Ai1es msntha a0nla.ef''al :. = 4ss,
Total .374,773.l1
The paving to be advertised for
Clay street, Main to Second; Bente
street, Main to Second; Holt sire
Main to Fourth; Fourth street, Bent11
to MCPHERSON; Mcpherson ayont
Second to Fourth; Mccullough stre3
Holt to Benton; Woodland ayeny
Wapello to East Division; Nor1
Green street, Fifth to Cara; East Mar
avenue from present paving to Jef(
son street; Park avenue, Court
Wapello; Clay street, Second
Fourth, and Fourth to Sheffield all1
in Hendershott's sub from Market
Green; alley north side Of Hend4
shott's sub from Market to Greel
Second street, Market to Green O.
Green to Main; West Main stre1
Cass to Mclean; West Second stro1
Clay to 200 feet west Of Milwau1
crossing; Washington street, Sec01
to Main; alley between Second a
Fourth street from Mclean to H6
and West Second street from Court
Clay street.
Has Good Foundation.
The paving on West Second Str1
will be laid on a good foundations,
four inch crushed rock base, whiS
now supports the present paving.
engineer inspected the street and h
ports that the foundation Is In g0c
condition. The using Of creos0G
block on the street would raise tn
grade Of the street. S
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