The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1919-03-29
GRACE AND
\ PAVING LET.

W. III - -
PAVING LET
Hay was a red letter day in tn
of Pascagoula's progress towar,
ings that make up real city
bat afternoon the several time
letting of the contract for
Tstem for the Congested dis
the paving of the business
Vas finally accomplished, ane
Fe that had been uppermost in
ts of many citizens bids fail
1fll now in a few weeks.
Contract for the sewer system
Irded to ]. E. MIschler, Of
ooga, Tenn, in sum of APP
fely $64,4l5.5l. This in
II the work as we'll as the
br the secondary sewers. The
stem, as contemplated by the
d specifications on file, pro-
approximately six miles of
bid sanitary sewers, covering
ID streets area and the con-
istrlct leading therinto. When
I'D the sewers will care for the
the central portion of the
is understood that the work
ln at once, as soon as the
can be placed on the ground,
be pushed to completion, so
may count upon the system
mpleted and in actual use by
Contract for the street paving
Tded to the Southern Bltullthic
y, of Nashville, Tenn, and
for the laying of approx
5, 600 square yards of paving
ice OF $2.75 a square yard.
include the business streets
as Avenue, krebs Avenue,
bid South Pascagoula street
telephone road to Jackson
ID the shorter streets leading
b, Magnolia street, Ker street,
feet, Frederic street, St. Ferrol
y St. Francis street. The
/ to be used is what is called
pc, or patented pavement,
1t being owned by the Warren
Company of Boston. This |
pavement was decided upon
pmmlssloners only after care
lnatlon of many kinds and
pavement, as now used by
ltles throughout the South.
e council finally decided up
called into consultation a
bf the citizens and bu slness
be community, and all were
opportunity of expressing
nlon, which seemed to be
ls IN favor of bitulithic.
is sheet pavement with a
foundation, and surfaced
nall crushed rock. securely
into a mass by pure asphalt,
Booth, then resurfiCed with
pebbles rolled into warm
md then covered with sand
flng allowed to cool. This
beautiful and durable pave
+ delight of motorists where
used. The company taking
'act guarantees to maintain
p 1t IN order for five years
additional cost to the city.
pst of the paving is to be
the city and paving is to be
the city and property owners
|operty abuts the paving, the
hg one half and the property
n either side bearing the >
OF the cost. except where
street car tracks. in that case
frty owners pay one half, the
|ompany one fourth and the
[ourth of the cost. The city,
will have to pay the cost of
Bottoms.
mount of money available
prpose of sewerage and paw
PpproxImately $165, 1000. to
ey be added the sum of $50
m the city proposes to raise :
loan certificates. the pro-
be used for surfacing with
Pc flfteen miles of residence
ID roads, which means that in
flght months the city of Pas
flll spend the sum of $780,
treet and sewer improve
lne, and this will place us in !
OF progressive Mississippi =
Izens have waited long and :;
For these Improvements. are to 1
tulated upon the cansum- q
their desires. The council
wisely and well. especially +,
for some months until ma
labor became cheaper, there !
the city twenty or more I
dollars on these two con-