Arizona republican., 1917-11-21
PAVING RECORD
 FUR CITY BEING
 FAR SURF PASSED
Quarter Million Expended
 to Fix Up Streets and
 Buildings Now under Con- struction Worth $500,OO0|

Paving either completed within the
 past month, actually under construc- ton or likely to be begun within a short
 time within the city of Phoenix repre-
 sents an outlay of approximately a
 quarter of a million dollars. Probably
 at no time since the first block of paw
 ing was laid in this city has there been
 so extensive street improvement opera
 tions than at the present time. Rough ly estimated this paving amounts to nearly 120,000 square yards, together
 with no end of gutter, curbing, culvert and driveway work. And it is being
 laid at a figure that obtained before increases in cost of material were oc-
 casioned by the war.
 Probably no greater evidence of the prosperity and progress of Phoenix could be found than in these paving facts And to this may be added the fact that buildings representing an even greater valuation are also now under construction, including such structures as the new Christian church, St. Joseph's Hospital the Boston store,
 the Donofrio building and others.
 Just how many men are given en- ployment through the paving and building operations would be hard b determine but it is safe to say that all told not less than 500 are directly or indirectly dependent upon this work. It means a payroll much larger than has been known in years in Phoenix. From the office of City Engineer James B. Girand it was learned yes terday that the following paving has been completed within the past month | or is now in process of construction: | East Willetta street from Central ave- | nue to Seventh street, $500 yards; East | Moreland from Central avenue to Sev- enth street, $500 yards; Grand avenue, 300 yards; Westmoreland street, 5000 yards; Portland Place, 5000 yards; Lynwood street, 5000 yards
 West Willetta street, 5000 yards; South Third avenue, Jefferson to Jackson
 street, 4,OO0 yards; East Adams street,
 Fifth street to Ninth street 1000 yards; Third street, Roosevelt street to Me Dowell road, 5000 yarcs; Fourth street, Washington street to Roosevelt street,
 12,000 yards; East and West Monroe streets, 2,000 yards; North Seventh
 avenue from Fillmore street to Roose- welt street. 5000 yards. In addition to
 this plans have been prepared for pay ing on East ard West Van Buren street approximating 25,000 yards.
 All the paving is of the Bitulithic, | 26A class, consisting of 3+a inch bitu- | lithic concrete base with 1 F finch bitu- | lithic wearing surface. The con- tract price in each instance was S1.S0 which is about 10 cents lower than it l will be possible to bid hereafter owing ! to the increased cost of materials re-
 gently. At that it is class of paving | found to be entirely suitable to the | districts in which it is being laid and costs much less than that which would 1 be specified for districts where there 1 is heavy trucking.
 The fact that the matter of paving | Van Buren street has progressed tc
 the point where plans for the work have been actually ordered and have
 been completed, indicates that the time
 is not far distant when Van Burer
 street will be paved from the heart ot | the city to the city limits on the east
 connecting there with the paving or
 the state highway, Van Buren street, il
 is pointed out by the city engineer, is
 the most heavily travelled thoroughfart | in the state, as it is over this stree
 that all travel to Roosevelt, Globe, Su. perior, Ray, Florence, Mesa, Tempe Chandler, Tucson, Casa Grande ant other points must go. The completion of the paving of this street may bt
 made an actuality through the CO.,
 operation of the county from Twelfth
 street to Sixteenth street, the nortf
 half of the street between those street:
 being outside the city limits.