The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-17

" H- tEH ~ y aNf - I %
ested IN the paving OF u single street
or a single block; what We want rs
70 have the streetH all the streets OF
Albuquerque paved
Program Must he BROAD.
The stree,-payinE IN "a city ques-
ton, not a question Tor "a block or "a
particular portion OF a street. he
licve IN the plan of assessing the cost
of street improvements against the
abutting property according to the
benefits, but the paving should be OF
the CITY as q whole. not OF % block
OF Il street I do not mean by that
that al portions Of the city should
have the same kind Of paving. be-
cause bitulithic paving OF the whole
city would not he practicable. be.
licNe In paving according 10 tho needs
OF traffic. That would mean less en-
pensiyc street paving IN the residence
section. whore the property IL lcss
valuable and less able 20 hour tho
expense.
Individual Expense Light.
am satisfied that the people ct
Albuquerque are willing TO take any
action that they arc cc@,uuccd Will
advance the general good OF the cir,
when provision Is SO made that the
burden will not be excessive. Log
islation will be necessary 10 enable M
10 carry out the plans which I have
In nina. and ! would suggest that the
city take s.4ns TO have an act passed
IN the next Legislature winch will al
low the city TO vote as o whole upon
tho proposition OF paving all the
streets IN the city to allow the as-
sessneni against the abutting prop
erty according TO the benefits. sim
liar 10 IA present law. and iluai the
expense he levied as q special ASSESS.
ment covering a period of ten years
80 as 10 allow the expense Of the
street paving to be paid onc-tenth
each year. This would make the c~-
pense 80 light that no one would feel
~.
Would Benefit MI Property.
There is not q piece OF property
In the city that would not be hem
cf'tted many times the cost TO the
property Of such Improvement We
cannot readily measure the value OF
street improvement until we have ali
of our streets paved. This as a health
alone would bc well worth
while and would prevent n very large
portion Of the dust nuisance. The lit
tie bit OF paved streets hat We have
cannot be Judged properly. because
there is NO much OF the unpaVcd
streets that the dust and dirt Is con
stantly being caricd on to the paved
streets.
This project is also advisable from
an economical standpoint. The money
! sa Nral Aa aaanW 80 nNu.Ae -.
anco alone would justify his action.
The foolish. e~xtravagant and wasteful
method OF hauling adobe on our
streets and constantly re. lacing 1t on
account OF the wear n beng blown
away by wind cannot he justified
from any standpoint.
Abundant Material at Hand.
We have an abundance OF gravel
and stone adjoining our city, and the
expense lich we have put on oar
streets Ia the past twenty years in
tho makeshIft or shiftless way OF
dumping adobe on them. IL properly
handled. would hav given us mac
adam streets throughout the city.
We have n steam roller OF which
we are making no use. A good rock
crushor would be all that would b,
needed to begin 10 make macadanI
streets. II would cost no more TO hauI
crushed rock or gravel and place
upon the streets than II costs 10 hau|
adobe.
The magnificent roads of Europf
arc OF macadam construction. II i'
my personal belief that the macadan1
streets built by approved modern
methods would he entirely satisfnc'
tory In tho residence districts. ano
a. account OF the abundance OF chcnT
material OF that class the COst woulc
he comparatively low. The city might
find II advisable 10 put on a top dress
ing Of oil and crushed rock. Our mait
travo is upon central avcnue an,
Fourth street. and II might be tina
those streets ought 10 a q nor,
expensive kind OF pavement. such ~
the hitulithic on concrete.
paNc-No Matter With n
II Ia not the object of his com
m~unication to determine the charac
ter OF the paving. but the necessity 70.
81. The character OF the pavinl
should be determined. of course, h.