The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-07-19
STREET PAVING
HAS A DELAY
FAILURE TO PUBLISH ORDI-
NANCE FOR IMPROVING
MAIN AND FIRST
Council Calls for New Bids, to Be
Opened August 5-Also Calls
Bids for East AstOr Avenue

A failure on the part of the city
clerk to publish the city ordinance
No. 1923 covering the proposed Main
street and First avenue paving, made
the city council unable to act on the
bids received for the work. The
bids were said to be quite satisfac-
tory in amount, and arrangements
had been made to handle the bonds.
Now the work must all be done over
again, and new bids are now being
asked.
At the regular meeting of the
council Tuesday night, the five bids
received for the four blocks Of ce-
ment paving were:
James C. Broad $25,265, Alloway
e. George $24,497, C. M. Payne $685.
1872, Root & Joslin $25,021, J. w.
Baylor $26,764. All the bidders are
from Spokane, and We're all present
at the meeting.
On the same evening, bids were
opened for the improvement of five
blocks on east Astor, leading from
the courthouse to the grammar
school. The. bid of Dorman &
| Lynch for $6,88O was rejected.
After canvassing the bids, the
Tuesday evening meeting recessed
until Wednesday evening. At this
meeting it was discovered that the
ordinance had not been published,
and new bids We're called for, to be
opened August s.
The bids for cement paving pro-
vide for the improvement of three
blocks of Main street between Beach
and Second, and one block of west
First leading from Main street to-
ward the depot. The plans call
for 1900 cubic yards Of excavating,
8,878 square yards of concrete paw
ing inches thick, 412 lineal feet of
wood stops, 800 lineal feet Of 4-inch
drain pipe, replacing 500 square
feet of concrete sidewalk, replacing
300 lineal feet of concrete curb, and
2,416 lineal feet of plank stops 3x6,
which separate the concrete paving
from the graveled center Of the
street.
The council asks bids both for
cash and for bonds, and expects to
pay about 1870 monthly on the con-
tract price of the work as the work
progresses. The cement paving is
to be one part cement, parts sand,
8 parts gravel. The sidewalking
will be 1 part cement, parts sand
S parts gravel. The curbing will
be 1 part cement, 21a parts sand,
4 parts gravel. The gravel will
come from the city gravel pit.
L. J. Dare, construction engineer
of Spokane, has been employed by
the city to handle the engineering
for the street paving. He built
the cement reservoir three years
ago, and has established an excellent
reputation as construction engineer.
The council has ordered separate
bids to be asked for the improve
ment of east Astor. Separate bids
will therefore be opened for grading,
graveling, and sidewalking.
Ordered More Meters
At the Tuesday evening meeting,
the council ordered $50 more water
meters, which will give the full 45O
allotment necessary for metering all
taps. The council also provided for
a monthly reading of the meters,
and monthly collection, instead of
quarterly as before proposed. Mean
while all water users who are not
yet metered must continue to pay
their old rate monthly, and the
meter users will make their first
water payments the first part of
August, for July water used.
The salary of Frank Perras, chief
Of police, was raised from 800 to
$100 month.
The proposed paving of one block
on east Astor and one block on
east First was laid on the table, as
it was found that the work could not
be done this year.
Build Cement Sidewalks
An ordinance was also passed
providing for extensive concrete
sidewalk improvements. This or
dinance provides for sidewalks to
be built on south Main to the city
limits and from north Main to Fifth
avenue; on Oak from First to Sixth
avenue; also portions of Elm, Maple
and Cedar strets, and the following
avenues: Columbia, Birch, First,
Second, Third and Fourth. The city
ordinance details the particular parts
of the respective thoroughfares to
be improved with sidewalks. Bids
for sidewalk construction will be
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