El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-11
NOREFUNDSOR
PAVING STOPS
City Out of Money to Pave
Intersections; May Issue
100000 Bonds.

Unless new bonds are issued by the
city before the first of August paving
operations in FL Paso are likely to
come to an end. Mayor Charles
Davis and the aldermen, according to
city officials. are contemplating the
issuance of 100000 worth OF paving
bonds. II is their intention to issue
them within two months. This action
will avert any delay in paving.
The money thus secured viii be
used for the paving of intersections
along streets where property owners
have already arranged with the paw
ing companies for pavement The old
evolving fund" system Of payment,
whereby the paving firms looked to
the city for the whole price OF con-
struction, has been abandoned and
the property owners are now con-
tracing directly with the companies
The original revolving fund" Of
$3.50, 900 has been exhausted
Paving Five Streets
Bitulithic pavement is boing laid
on five streets at present The work
is in various stages Of advance
menf. The streets are Cliff, from
North FL Paso TO Ange; Alamogordo.
from Pie5--s to Stevens; South Stan
ton from EIGHTH to the international
bridge; Octavia. from Magoffin to the
e. H. & S. A tracks; Bassett, from
Cotton to Piedras- Ths work on Cliff
street will be finished in two or three
weeks. The Alamogordo street pave
ment will be completed in a few
days Laying of the base on Stan
ton street is nearly finished; no sur
facing has been laid. The Octavia
street job viii be finished by the
first of July, while the work on Bas-
sett avenue has just begun All
these Jobs will be completed by the
end Of July.
Hueco street and various highways
n East FL Paso will be paved next.
Work on them viii begfn as soon as
the city issues the bonds for paving
the cost OF paving the intersections
in that district. Some property
owners in that section feel that th~rs
should have been enough in this
fund to pay for their intersections
when the time came for paving
streets in their localities
It was explained at the city hall
Monday that the money Of the orig
insl fund fO- paving intersections
had been used where there was.
greatest need of it; that is. to pave
crossings near the center of the city.
II is the intention to pave the dis
tricts closest to the center of the citv
first. providing the property owners
nave siEne1 uD Tor it and leave the
outlying districts until later on.
Paving Costs less Here.
Members OF the Fl Paso Taxpayers
lea rue are reDorted rs contemplating
n Investigation Of the cost Of paving
in FL Peso. with the object Of ascsr-
aiming how 1t compares with the cost
n other cities. In this connection, |
The statement Of T. c. Kempster. /
treasurer Of the Texas Bitulithic /
at Dallas is interesting
,Tr. K~r-nste- arrived bore SUNDAY
from Dallas for a brief business and /
pleasure Welt
''Ei Paso." he said, ''is paying just |
g cents less q SQUARE vard TO her /
1itulIthic pavement than Dallas. Here |
you p7v s1.4s a yard: in Dallas we |
nay s1-99- Proximity Of material /
here is mainly responsible for the 1
Inference The average cost Of paw
ne per ya-d in east TEXAS is from |
'7.f5 TO S23o- Corpus Christi paid /
;2-15 for her last batch of pavement" /