Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-26
improvements Finished and
Under Way Will Cost
an Immense Figure
TWO-MILE SEWER
JOB BEGINS MONDAY
Biggest Drainage Contract
Soon to Start; Paving
and Oiling Progresses

Paving work, street grading AAds
sewer construction Is keeping the cdtys
forces and contractors quite busy ~
Ottumwa this summer The year give
promise Of more street Improvements
Of various kinds than perhaps any
period of similar length In the his
tory of the city. Much has already
been completed and more remains ~
be done before the work planned fogs
the year will have been finished. Whon
all is done 1t will represent an outlay
Of hundreds OF thousands Of d0llAra
in public improvements that viii 90
far towards placing Ottumwa IN IT,
front rank of the cities Of Iowa thai
are doing things for the betterment @
the town. 4
Contractors Ar Buoy.
The three paving contractors aro all
busy on one or more Of the Jobs they
have been given contracts for. the
same Is true of the sewer work ana
tho road oiling In different parts q
the city has taken considerable Of the
time of the forces under Street Com
missioner Bert Stocker, although i
has not stopped the regular street
work by any means. That much o.
the ordinary cutting, filling and GRID.
ing generally about tho city u being
carried on aside from the road oiline.s
is noticeable on North Wapsllo be-
tween Oakwood and Park avenues.
There the top of hill is being cut
and lower portion of the street allied
In the same part Of the city there ie@
grading being done on East Woodland8
avenue and Camille street, both aof'
which are being improved. Moore
street Is being put in condition for the
oiling of the surface between Vine
street and Finley avenue. This WorkI
was to have been completed today A1ldS
the oiling will start Saturday. Ino@
Iowa avenue oiling is about completo0s
and the barr1cade to stop tramc which
were located at Second ana MANI
street intersections were removed th11s
morning.
A force Of city street men are today
removing the surplus dirt inside thoa
curb on the new Ash street paving
and the parkings are being dressed
to give the property owners an oppofsl
tunity to fix them as they desire. An
Improvement has Just been completOd|
by the street gang on North Jehersons
street between Maple and PonnayESS
vania avenues. Cutting and hlllnos
the street has added much to its 3D.
pearance and usefulness.
Contractor J. G. Bunk has begun
the curbing of East Maple avenuoS
preparatory to the paving OF that
street The Keokuk Quarry b Con-
struction Co., has started on Camille
street ready for the curbing and haas
completed Union street grading for
the curbing there. The Davenpoxt
Construction Co., has laid the brisyg
on WestWoodland avenue and is curb
ing Park avenue where It has . paving
contract. The company plans to be-
gin the Green street work next week.
Biggest Sewer Contract
John Scott is nearly through With
the big sewer job in City View addt.
ton, where several blocks OF sewers
have been laid on Elm and Est
Fourth streets and on Iowa avenue
The latter Job will be completed IN
time to permit starting the biggest
single sewer contract ever let IN OF
tumwa next Monday. This work 70 on
the south side where two miles ofS
sewering will be constructed draining
q large area Of that section Of the city
The commissioners met this after
noon to take up the bids for the West
Second street paving, figures on which
were to be submitted today.