Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-23
CITY PAVING PRO-
POSITION SEEMS WINNER
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Bismarck. which has stood the test
OF very heavy teaming for a NUMBER
of wears, is of yitritied brick. the mCSt
expensive, but at the same time prob
2hiy the most durable of all materials.
Tie creoGoted block referred to liaS
no connection with the old ceda" piles
driven in to the roadway vertically,
which Bismarck folk have jolted and
jounced over in Chicago and other OF
the older cities This type of paving
has been abolished. The creosote
block is similar in shape and size to-
brick, is laid in much the same way,
and it forms smooth, resilient pay
ing, whose wearing qualities are
greatly enhanced by thorough treat
ment with creOsote.
Special Paving Commission.
To assure Bismarck the very best
type of paving at the best possible
price, a member of the city commits
sion has suggested that there be man,
ed to work with that body a property
holders committee consisting of men
familiar with public Improvement
work and who are capable of making
thorough investigation of the paw
ing question, as it has been solved in
other cities.
f. With AN expenditure of $3.50, 100000
in view, the capital city can well af-
ford to proceed slowly and with care.
This committee, it has been suggest
ed, should visit Grand Forks, Fargo
and Minot and possibly the Twin
Cities, where it can go into the paw
ing experience of these cities and
bring to Bismarck the profit of their
mistakes and their good judgment.
Big Saving Possible.
1t has been estimated that as high
as ten percent on the total contract
can be saved Bismarck by letting the
entire LOB" at one time. If half of
this amount can be saved, large prop
erty-hOlders urge that the big district
is justified on this ground alone, to
say nothing IF the prestige which it
will bring to Bismarck. There is no
criticism of the extent of the district
except on the part OF prOperty-hold
ers, in outlying sections no included
in the original plat, and for these spe-
cial petitions, covering their own par
ticular communities, are being circu
| lated.
Enthusiasm General.
No project which Bismarck has
ever undertaken has met with such
general enthusiasm and universal sup
port. There is no opposition appar.
ent in any quarter: everyone is boost
ing with true Bismarck spirit fol-
an Improvement which they realize
has long been needed, and whose
coming will place the capital city in
the foreground of North DAKOTA nun
icipalities.
Expense Not Great.
Bismarck is a $10,000,00000 corpor
alton. The Improvement contemplat
ed will cost less than half million
and it will add to the valus of Bis
I marck property many times thai
amount. The average property-hold
err eXpends in paint and repairs every
| two years as much as it will cost tt
pave in front of his premises. The
paving. once in, is good for at least g
4 generation. No repairs should be re
CURED within that length of time. AnC
every year the paving will earn the
city big dividend in the saving or
the upkeep Of Streets in the elimi
nation of ninety percent of our sew
er and storm drain troubles: in free
dom from dirt and dust and mud ant
in the vastly improved appearance q
the paved district.
Cannot Afford Delay.
Big property-holders back of The
movement feel that Bismarck can NJ
longer afford to greet her visitors
with mud-hole at her front door
Bismarck is too big, too progressive
its future is too full of promise, the,
contend, for it to continue to be helt
back by its lack of so economical g
necessity as well-paved, well-kept
trim and neat street, curbing ant
parking strips.
BY the time the first block of new
paving is opened to 1rafic every red
blooded individual in Bismarck will
the advocates of this project believe
be an enthusiastic paving booster
everyone will want it, and it will ther
be merely question of supplying the
demand.
"The man who talks bankruptcy il
connection with paving can see yer,
far ahead, said one of Bismarck:
largest property holders last evening
He fails to see that it is not tax
but an investment which will pay fol
itself many times over before it is {
year old. ! haven't lot in Bismarck
! which do not regard worth at least