The Winslow mail., 1921-09-02
TO PAVE OR NOT TO PAVE, is
THE QUESTION

Nothing has developed in the paw
ing situation. The city streets need
the Improvement The bid Of War
rem Brothers has been accepted and
so far as the writer knows no steps
have been taken by protest or 9TH
erw1se to. prevent the beginning Of
the work as awarded under the bid,
ether than that indicated in the let
ter from the state engineers office
which is published elsewhere in The
Mail. We do not fully appreciate
just where the state engineers Of
flee enters into the matter of the
paving of the streets of WinsIow.
No word has come from Washington
that we are not entitled to or that
we shall not receive the benefits of
federal aid. In fact, the word from
Washington is rather to the con
trary.
The people first intimated that it
was hltulithic paving that was de-
sired and the town council acted
accordingly. The call went out un-
der the Improvement Act for the
paving of certain streets with bit
ulithic paving. Bids were asked for
and Warren Brothers responded
Why there were no other bids is not
known for there are other contract
ors in the state that are laying bit
ulithic paving About this time sew
eral bids on concrete paving were
injected into the matter There had
been no resolution of intention as to
concrete paving. The people of the
city had not asked for bids on con
crete paving. The first bid of War
rem Brothers was rejected and bids
were again called for Again, as be-
fore, the bid of Warren Brothers
was the only one received Even
bids on concrete were lacking The
town council accepted the bid this
time and the notice Of award was
published last week.
We are quite honest in our con
viction that the bid of Warren Bro
theirs was high and is high. We are
also convinced that the injecting of
the bids on concrete paving was not
entirely nhilanthropical. Irrespect
i've of our belief in these particular
matters, the question now is to OBJ
tain the greatest benefits to the
community
The beginning of the actual work
Of paving marks the psychological
moment when business turns for the
better in this city. The sight of
positive activities will change the
view point Of every business man in
the community It will urge him tc
get out Of the slow pace he is now
driving. The people OF Winslou
should realize that the expenditure
of $500G0 or more in this city dur
sing the next two months, a greater
portion of which amount will be
paid fer labor, will be large item in
the city's property just at the pres
ent time. And also understand that
the money that pays for the labor
is not taken out of the circulation
locally, but is new money brought
from other sources and is added tc
the local circulation This is some
thing worth considering. Long be
fore your bonds have matured prop
erty values will have increased tc
more than Offset any bonded indebt-
edness assumed
And, again. it is true in every city
that has paved that there was orpo-
sition to the first naving, but after
it had been laid, if even for only a
block, all adverse actions disap-
peared When the people learn the
value Of paved streets they imme
diately want them extended throug-
cut the city And this Will be the
situation here if paving is once laid.
O.