El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

/ Erie streets-eight blocks. or 2ssO
High street. between Oregon and
| Ochoa streets-six blocks, OF 2OS0 feet
lCliff street, between FL Paso and
Stanton streets-three blocks. or $50
( feet
Additional Work to Cost s275.OOO.
The new work undertaken during the
present year and already authorized
10 De done approXimates eight miles,
and viii represent an outlay of be-
tween SZ6o,000 and $3.50 As hardly
a council meeting passes that one or
more petitions are not presented, il is
probable that the work already under
way and authorized represents less
than half OF the paving that will be
done during the present year In all
probability the year 1916 will be the
greatest paving period the city has
ever seen
Most Of the new work provides for
Se-foot driveway and 20 foot parking
on each side. California. paved in 1915
has a 30fOOt driveway, as well as
Montezuma street, Circle, east Nevada
and Prospect. Streets that viii have
a S0-fOot driveway are West Nevada
East Rio Grande. Erie and High Fed
eral street will have a 40-fOot drive
way with 15-feet parking. while
Piedras, Myrtle. South Kansas, New
man, South Campbell, South St Vrain.
Chihuahua and Oregon viii be paved
the full width Of 50 feet
All the paving now being done under
the supervision OF the city is Of btu
Hthic material
Sidewalk Construction.
Sidewalk building has kept pace with
the paving, as is evidenced by the fact
that during the year 1915 SIS miles OF
sidewalks and a similar amount OF
CURLING were laid At the close of the
year there were 77-5S miles Of side
walks. which is a larger, in proper
ton to population, than that OF any
otner city in Texas. Except in some
sections Of the outlying additions, FL
Paso has complete system OF side
walks The city has authority to or
der sidewalk construction within the
city limits and this has resulted in q
large amount of sidewalk building.
Suburban Work Not Included
The figures given above do not in
clude sidewalks in sections outside the
city limits. There has been during the
past year much work Of this character
nearly every instance where a house
mas been built cement sidewalks and
curbs have been put in.
More Than 10 Niles of Sewer.
Nearly l012 miles of sewers were
laid in the city limits during the year
1873 To be exact there were 1O.4S
miles. briging the total Of sewers to
9LS5 miles.
The largest work undertaken during
the year was the laying OF nearly one
half mile Of deep sewer laterals to cOn-
meet with the large sewer on Second
street These laterals. one of which
extends TO Texas street and the other
10 san Antonio street. penetrate the
heart OF the business district and have
done away with the necessity of main
tanning pumps TO handle the sewage
from the large buildings. The longer
OF the two laterals is 1868 feet and ex-
tends from Texas street. along Stan
ton street. The other lateral, which
extends from Second street through the
alley between Oregon and FL Paso
streets, TO San Antonio street. is 1925
Ieet in length. Prior to the laying OF
the lateral, the city maintained q
pumping plant to handle the sewage
from the Mills and First National bank
buildings and the Sheldon hotel The
Stanton street lateral did away with
me pumping plants maintained by the
property owners at their own expense.
=, me remainder of the sewer construc-
ION work was largely extensions TO
3i eight-inch pipe. During the first
months of the year 1915 a total of
,4o.4ll-Z4 was spent in sewer construc-
ION, The December figures are not yet
More Deep Sewer Work.
work vii start shortly on the con- |
,truction OF about zoo feet Of l2-inch /
leep sewer Connection will be made I
~ I'm the sewer at Texas and Stanton I
'Teets, and the line will be carried I
iorth to Mills street and west on /
nat street to Mesa avenue. This line !
VII serve the new Commercial Ma /
ional bank building, the Isanier build 1
ng on Stanton and the new Roberts
sanner building. TO be erected this I
ear at the corner Of Mills and Stanton I
treets-
To Build Storm Sewers.
The present year will undoubtedly !
&c the beginning of the construction !
L system OF storm sewers to take
are OF the flood waters that gather
D the lower levels following heavy
am storms. The city engineers de-
artment is now at work running lines
nd making estimates. ssid while moth
lg definite has been settled as 70
robable routes. il is likely that there
Ill be one storm sewer extending
trough Government Hill and emptying (
Ito the river. This sewer. IL con-
-ructed. viii take care of the flood
aters that come down from the
lgher levels.
Another storm sewer is contemplated
" East El Paso to take care of the
alter that comes down from Manhat-
IN Heights. Highland Park and other
gher sections. Still another is pro-
cted to take care of the Newman
rect wash and waters rushing down
ON the Golden Hill district 1t is
AIMED also to put one or two sewers
,wn Seventh street to the river to
Ike care Of the standing water IN the
strict south of the tracks. These i'm
-Ovenents will represent a large out |