The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-25
Ell PAS0 PAVING
BIDS LOWER
THAN HERE
High Cost May Block
Continuation of
Work


to pay from ss.ss TO ~ per square
yard for paving. under bids made
last night by the New Mexico Con-
struction company. the parent corr
poration OF the Now Mexico Con-
atruction company. the ri Paso Iitu-
iithic company In offering to put
down paving In El Paso for ss.as
per square yard.
And III Paso sn kicking ON paying
s2.2s per square yard for she paw
ing.
Rand'a Letter.
A letter submitted to the city OF
Ell Pnso by W. J. Rand. president OF
the Ei Paso Bltulithfc company. and
read at the last meeting OF tho
council in Ell Paso said:
Honorable Mayor and City coun-
Gil. III Paso, Texas.
Gentlemen.
1--WE are submitting you today
proposal for The paving OF Cumber.
land street Mt s2.1s per square yard
for paving and IS cents per iineai
foot FOR curb. This n an Increase on
paving OF 80 cents per square yard
We hardly deem II necessary TO oier
an explanation OF the why OF this
Increase, as you gentlemen are thor
oughly conversaDt with the c0ndi-
items IS they exist today. especially nn
TO finances, labor. material increase.
freights. etc.
''on our M Paso work at present
prices we are swapping good dollars
Tor assessment liena which we cam
not dispose Of Heretofore we have
been able TO SELF thesa iiens 81
fluctuating price OF 90 and ~. Today
we cannot get an offer Tor them at
20 cents. The item, or discount. aionr
makes an increase OF 10 cents pdr
square yard ON the pavement. In Rd-
dltion to this. we have n sb per cent
increase In freight rates. Our stone
costs us sc per cent more than
formerly. The labor situation. ~
you know. is bad and we arc payins
practically 75 per cent moro than
formerly Cement has advanced ia
price. Teams that were formerly
IS and So are now $3.50 to $3.50 and
hard TO get at that.
"Yon win mote that orr Increase
will only figure fb per cent, whereas
all items Ia our construction have
advanced from Is pee cent TO IS per
cent.
The price today Is lower than any
city In the United states for the anne
class OF pavement. This ynu CAT
easily verify by writing or wiring uny
\ city"
Nfny Delay Program
There was an Indication az tho
meeting of the city commissioners last
night that further attempts 10 pava
streets his year may be abandoned.
Action on the Tijeras avenue and
East Central avenue paving was de-
ferred.
Reason for deferring action came
because OF the increase In the cost
OF paving. Bids OF the New Mexico
Construction company on various
| types OF paving varied from SS.as TO
81 a yard. Taking G0-foot lot az
IA basis OF computation, estimates
showed that paving prices now are
.51 per cent higher than they were
last year. The type Of paving cor
responding to the type put down last
year VIII cost ea.0o this year. Last
year Il cost but s2.Gs a yard.
The paving OF the curband gutter
ing on a 50-foot lot for the last
named type Of paving would cost the
property owner s377 or Si2T more
than he paid last year. Going on the
theory that prices Of paving would
drop. Commissioner Thomas Hughes
moved that the bids be rejected. The
motion was lost for want OF a sec
ond. the other commissioners being
OF the opinion that the matter should
be considered at the meeting next
| Wednesday. The types OF paving
submitted by the New Mexico Con
ssructIon company follow;
Bitulithic on flve-inch concrete
base with mixture OF one part ee-
ment, two parts sand and three parts
gravel. S3.90 a yard.
Bitulithic OIL concrete base OF Ia
l-2 mixtures. -.
Bitullthic top OF one and one-half
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