The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-02
new PAVING MAN
SEEKS WORK HERE
A. r. Young of Kansas
City Says He Has Back
ing to DO the Work
PETITIONS STACKED UP
4 10 + Million Dollars Worth
Of Proposed Work Lying
in City Hall Safe

Eyi,' for several hundred prup-
'r'y owners who want pHVlua iu
front ui their homes appeared upbn
ihc horizon during tho regular meet
lE OF IA" mayor ana CitV rommis-
Hinncrs Tuesday morning when A. Il.
ioung. paving contractor Of Kan
tHs CITY Mo, said ne ls ready To
inter the local paving field i'm medl
atoly Ills machinery IN now nf Nj.
ami, okla, where he recently I'm
Fhcd several cOntrnctr, ana be viii
move Vt to Tulsa M soon as hc OBJ
tains hts first contract.
Has Money Backing
Young Indicated that no ana his
associates have assurances or mffl
ricnt financial support 20 take up
large block W contracts aud So.
them to completion, Lack Of ndc-
quAtc financing has bccn blamed by
contractors already operating In TIA.
local paving field. They have as
serted frequently that there IN yir-
tually no market for paving script
and thnt most of the contracts they
now hold cannot bc executed untl
the money market becomes louscr
or unless property owners are will.
ing to pay cash fur their paving as
coon ~ 1t ~ completed. Tho rnr.
ker- Washington Paving company
recently offered discount OF ton
per cent from the contract price for
cash
Three paving companies are al.
, ready operating In Tulsa, but only
ON n small scale. They are The
standard Paving company taken
over bN Max Cunningham, the Par.
kcr- Washington Paving company.
and Tibhctts ana Pleasant. The
last-named firm entered the phving
game only recently having dosuiud
most or It's time and attention provi-
ously tu the construction of scwCra.
Noung's entry into tho local field
win bring the total to four compan-
les.
Million Here IN Petitions.
According to CITY Auditor Mrs
Frank Srhman. paving petitions now
iu hcr petitions that occupy
several large compartments IN
fling nct--cuntvmplato an OK
penditurc OF between $4,000, 900 and
80 100000. II was "A knowledge Of
this situation that diverted Young's
attention to Tulsa rs n promising
field Tor paving contractors who are
able to finance all or part OF this
work.
Several OF these petitions have re-
posed undisturbed In IA filing cnbI-
net for more than five years, Many
OF them ar, from three to four years
old. In fact, many Of tt'm are 80
old that numerous property owners
whose signatures they bear have
sold their property listed on the pc
titions and have either moved to
other parts of tho city or have de.
parted from Tulsa
Virtually all of the petitions have
been acted upon by the mayor and
city commissioners of some city
administration Some OF them were
advertised but no bids were rc-
ceived. others We're advertised but
the bids submitted failed to conform
To the city engineers estimate and
no contract was let Many OF ,the
projects have been advertised UPON
several different occasions, but were
not let for the reasons stated above.
City administrations In power
during the past several years have
occasionally discussed the advisahil-
ity Of submitting "a bond issue TO
Tulsa citizens to provide funds for
the purchase Of n municipal paving
plant 50 these petitions might be
given attention, However, the mu-
niCipal plant project has never
passed the embryonic stage, due APP
parently To the large initial cost and
consequent upkcep, and the fact that
the city lf II operated its own plant
would face the same financial con-
diticns that confront private con
tractors.
., A. steiner. commissioner OF
streets and public property, cX-
pressed hope that Young will enter
the paving field and thus relieve the
pressing demands Of property own
ers for paving.