The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-27
.C|TY'S PROGRAM
|. FOR PAVING WILL
PLEASE AUTO|STS
Commissioner Allen Makes
Plans for Repaving and Re-
pairing Many City Streets
in Next Sixty Days.

A street repair and construction
program of such proportions as TO
assure Memphis citizens many excel
lent streets is announced by Thomas
II. Allen, commissioner of streets,
bridges and sewers
The program with the exception of
the new paving ventures, will be COM
pleted in 80 To so days.
The work includes asphalt repair
work on many streets, whaa Is known
as caApet coat or tar treatment Tor
gravel, new construction under con-
tracts and completion of old con
tracts.
The asphalt repair work 90 be done
by the repair gangs follows:
Beginning at Madison AVENUE and
the Speedway working west to EVE
ergreen then complete work ON Ever
green south of Madison avenue Co
ing back to Madison and working
west to Waldran boulevard Wal
dram will be completed north to Pop
lar avenue, then the work will be re-
sumed on Madison going west as
far as the Lyric theater. From that
point to the west line of Fourth
street all wood block paving will be
removed and replaced with concrete
bushing and asphalt
The next work will be started at
Main and Monroe working east with
an entire new intersection at Mon
roe avenue and Third street. Mon
roe avenue and Marshall will be re-
worked to Union avenue.
Starting at Poplar and Main street
Poplar will be repaired cast to Gar
land place.
Chelsea avenue will be repaired
with asphalt or asphaltic concrete
from Fourth street to the end Of the
pavement near Jones avenue.
Jackson avenue, beginning at Main
street, will be repaired for its full
length with asphalt, including brick
work.
The carpet coat of tar treatment
for gravel will include Nhe follow
| ing:
fernando road will be completed
| to the city limits.
Poplar avenue from Garland to
Tucker will be given tar treatment
and put in as good shape as possible
as a temporary relief.
Summer avenue will be rebuilt
from the Parkway to the city limits.
This avenue is in particularly bad
condition, but the work contemplated
will restore 1t fully.
On Oyerton Park avenue work Will
BERN at the park entrances and be
licarried to Decatur street. The street
will be thoroughly clennsed and oiled
in addition to the repair worlfsE ,''ia
From Tucker street to the city lin
| its on Poplar avenue the roadway
will be scarified and given tar and
gravel treatment.
Illinois avenue west to the u 5.
Marine hospital Will also be treated
and put in good condition.
Union avenue between Mclean and
Cooper and Eastmoreland from Belle
vue to the car barns are also inelud-
ed in the carpet coat program. while
Florida, Georgia and Carolina streets
will be repaired as needed. On North
Watkins retreatment of the entire
street has been ordered.
Commissioner Allen believes that
all of this repair work can be coma
pleted within 80 days and has in
structed VIM. b. Fowler. city engi-
neer, to exert every effort'to have all
of the work finished in that time. In
addition to the asphalt and tar re-
pair work the following work is to be
! done by contractors as new paving
| throughout:
South Front street. Calhoun to
Georgia avenue; Calhoun avenue
from Main to Rayburn boulevard;
Florida avenue from Iowa to Trigg
Poplar avenue from Garland to Tuck
err. New Third street. and Vance
avenue from Man to Fourth.
Contracts which are nearing COM
pletion and which the street commits
| sioner declares will be ready for use
| in a short while are:
oliver west from Barksdale, and
Burlington street.
In addition to all this Mr.. Allen
declares that dust laying road oil
will be put down on at least dozen
Memphis streets, which are already
in good condition.
In a letter handed to Mayor Paine
Saturday7-Mr. Allen outlines this pro-
gram in full and the mayor says that
| il is the most ambitious street pro-
gram outlined since the present ad-
lministration assumed office on Jan. i.