Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-02-05
COUNCIL APPROVES BIGGEST
PAVING PRO GRAM ATTEMPTED
Grand Rapids to Break Record Set Last Year for
Largest Amount of Paving Laid by Under
taking Enormous Job This Summer
Will Give Outlets to Country :%

of concrete paving in Grand Rapids
during the coming summer were pre-
sented to the city council at the regu-
lar monthly meeting Tuesday night
and were approved, and the plans or
dered submitted to the Board of Pub
lie Works, who are to survey the dam
ages and benefits to the property lying
on the streets to be paved and assess
the owners along that basis.
Thirty Per Cent More.
The amount of paving contemplated
will aggregate some 10000 yards more
than was included in last years pro-
iects. The streets designated for paw
ing nearly all lead from the center of
the city to the outskirts and are the
principal arteries Of traffic leading in
to town. The estimated cost of the
paving this year is some what greater
than last year, City Engineer A. T.
Thompson told the City Fathers, but
he hoped to be able to lower the costs
by making use of modern machinery
May Not Complete
This years program is so much
more extensive that it may be that
all the work planned cannot be COM
pleted, but what cannot be done this
summer can be laid over for the fol-
lowing year, Mayor Briere told the
aldermen.
According to the plans approved of
by the council, paving will be laid on
the following streets.
First street north, from the Library
building to the city limits and connect
ing with the Biron road
First avenue south, connecting with
the end of the present paving and run
ming along the river to the C. & N. w.
tracks, and from thence south along
fhe limits of Lyons Park to the end of
the present South Side paving and the
Packing House road
Connects With Reads.
The above mentioned two projects
will link up streets and roads paved
and will afford tourists a paved high
way from the Village of Nekoosa, ten
miles south of here, to Biron, some
four or five miles north. Persons driv-
ing along this route are. within sight
of the Wisconsin River most OF the
time, and in years to come it will be
a favorite drive for motorists
On recommendation of the City En-
gineer, Fourth avenue north will be
paved 80 feet wide to the Green Bay
tracks and thence a highway of 16
feet wide to the forks of the Sigel and
Rudolph roads. This stretch will give
farmers good road into the city from
the north.
Extend Baker Street
The Baker street paving will be ex-
tended from Eighth to Twelfth street
and thence north on Twelfth four
blocks to Apricot street to connect up
with the south end of the present Fed
aral road.
First avenue south will be paved
from Grand avenue to the Commercial
Hotel. The council decided not to ex-
tend the Third avenue paving as with
Fourth avenue running parallel, that
thorofare can take care of the traffic.
The entire paving project was pre-
sented to the council and Alderman
Burchell moved that it be adopted. The
motion was seconded by Alderman
Bamberg, and was carried.
Aldermen Whitrock, Gardner, Geo
CHAN and City Engineer Thompson
were appointed by Mayor Briere to in
vestigate the purchase of truck for
hauling. Mr.. Thompson reported pre-
viously that material, could be hauled
in this manner for Sc 2-3 per cent less.