Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-25
LACK OF MATERIAL
HOLDS CITY PAVING
Crushed Stone for Base
Scarce, Workmen
Are Idle.

Completion of many miles of District
| roads is being held up by lack of broken
stone to fill in under the concrete base.
according to C. b. Hunt, assistant COM
| missioner of highways. When the con-
tract was let last week for paving many
of the streets and roadways in the Dis
trict of Columbia one of the contractors,
the Crawford Paving Company. to whom
| the contract was let, found itself without
cement or facilities for procuring it.
Two thousand barrels of cement were
obtained, however. from the Vulcanite
Company of Philadelphia. subcontrac-
tor for the Crawford company.
Now the question of broken stone for
filling in Immediately below the concrete
base is puzzling officials of the District
highway department. Stone can be OBJ
tanned only at an exorbitant price and 1t
is hardly obtainable even then. Gangs
of workmen, it is said, are being held
practically idle, waiting for deliveries
of stone.
Small Quantity Obtained.
A small quantity of stone was OBJ
tanned from private contractor last
week. This man, however. would let the
District have the material only on con-
dition that he be allowed to haul it at
price far in excess of that which the
District usually pays.
"A summary of the work on streets
for the week ended yesterday, issued
through the office of Assistant Engineer
Commissioner F. S. Besson last night,
shows that the District surface division
devoted It's attention to repairs on
twelve major and approximately twenty
minor operations in the District
On Georgia avenue, from Buchanan
street to Military road, the work of
grading. laying concrete base and
sheeung with asphalt is nearing COM
DIetlOn. "A COrDS of oil
OF last week on the job. Progress was
made on the reconstruction of the re-
tanning wall along Canal road The
work is expected to be completed within
the next few weeks. On Longfellow
street the week was spent 'cobbling
CUTTERS"
Eighteenth Street Finished.
On Taylor street from Rock Creek
Church road to New Hampshire avenue
concrete work under contract was con-
unued, while the asphalting of 18th
street from c to D streets by the Gran
ford Paving Company was completed
early in the week. Euclid street, from
ceived the attention of asphalt and
grading experts for six days during the
past week. and it is expected additional
work will be done tomorrow.
One of the largest jobs the grading
force is handling is the project of Wis
consin avenue from Yuma street to Belt
road Reports received at the surface
division headquarters indicate that COM
pletion may be expected within the next
few weeks
Cementing of sidewalks on Kearney
street northeast from 18th to goth
street occupied the time of one surface
division crew from Monday throughout
the week. while grading at 44th street
and Ridge road northeast was started
Monday and finished by Thursday.
Many Minor Jobs.
Columbia road from Georgia avenue
to Sherman avenue also received the at
tention of the cavity filters during the
past week, and similar proposition was
presented for Park road from 14th to
18th street. with the compliments of the
road repair gang. Throughout the week
the road repair experts also. worked on
the repairing of Rhode Island avenue
from 18th street northeast to the Dis
trict line.
: Among the minor jobs finished was
the patching of N street from 9th to
31st street; approximately a dozen
patching jobs and several other minor
repair jobs to sidewalks and streets
scattered throughout the city.