El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26

Los Angeles, from California 10 Man,
. blocks. 1900 feet
Bliss. from Magnolia to Piedras
blocks. $3.50 feet.
stevens between the c. H. ~ = A
reservation and Franklin canal l4SV
feet.
North Oregon. between Arizona and
Cliff, 4 blocks. 144O feet
South st Nrain. between san Anto-
MO and Fourth. ; blocks. 1900 feet
Chihuahua. between improvement
district No. l and Second street. ,
blocks. 72O feet.
South Campbell, between improve
ment district No. I and Fourth, ) Il
blocks, 1880 feet.
Erie. between Cotton and Ohio, 1
High. between OchOa and oregon.
blocks. 2OS0 feet
cliff from FL Paso to Stanton. 3
blocks. $40 feet.
Alamogordo and White Oaks streets.
running eastward from Piedras. have
been partially graded and estimates
may be worked up soon for their paving
and curbinG for several blocks each
BituIithIc Costs $50 IinenI Foot.
Roughly calculated. IL costs $3.50 per
lineal foot to pave the streets OF Fl
Paso with bitulithic material. and this
does not cover the cost Of cement curb
ing which is estimated AT 30 cents per
foot on each side Of a street. These
figures are furnished as an approx
mate average from the city engineer
office Paving is done by the con-
tractor assuming the responsibility OF
collections from the property owners.
instead of the former method in force
prior to the Lea administration Then
there was a revolving paving fund con-
troled by the city government. into
which assessments were paid and from
which the contractors received liquida-
tion as fast as the work was accom-
plshed.
New Method More SATISFACTORY
The chief difficulty of the old sys-
tenn while il promoted the paving Of
many miles OF streets, was that when
collections We're poor there was in
sufficient money TO push the work on
new streets. Generally il may he said
that the new method is more satisfac-
tory than the old. Estimates are pre-
pared. following presentation Of petit
lions. bids are called for and the con-
tractor is authorized by ordinance to do
work The city pays for street inter-
sections and the property owners set
tie for their respective improvements
The favora HE attitude shown by own
ers toward extensions of pavement IS
shown by tho fact that very few per-
Sons on a street refuse 10 join in petit
ton. when il is clearly the wish Of the
majority Of neichaOrs that the street
be paved
Parking Provided For.
Most of the new paving through resi-
dence sections for the past few years
provides for a 90 foot driveway and %
feet of sidewalk parking on each SIDE.
on business streets the parking is elm
mated. giving wider space for vehicles.
All Paving Il BituIithic-
All the paving done IN TO this sum-
MGR for the city has been laid of btu
lirhic material Arguments have been
advanced for the trial Of concrete for
ro1d work. hut outside Of few alleys
this material has not been tried. The
most notable stretch of concrete ever
laid in this section Of the southwest is
that now being completed on the up
per valley county road L has been
suggested that concrete be laid by the
county on Maple avenue in the Grand
view addition for a road connection
with Fort Bliss
Outside Additions Spending Thousands
The foregoing reports do not include
the pavement that has been laid out
side Of the city limits in the new addi- !
itOnS ~ their owners In Austin Ter
race. the new restricted residence place I
opened the first Of the wear on the east :
mesa south Of Fort Bliss $50. 600 has I
been spent for paving. besides $4,000 !
On Trnwhrid=e street. which leads !
through Government Hill to the ter \
ace As Improvements progress in the I