Alma record., 1922-09-21
PAVING WORK IS
To De RESUMED
YET THIS WEEK
WORK ON WEST END AND ON
PINE AVENUE TO BE FIN
ISHED THIS FALL.
To DO AWdy lUith
Bad Pine Corner

Work has been put under way
again on Alma's 1922 paving pro-
gram and there is every hope that
the work may be completed before
cold weather sets in. The work
which still remains to be finished is
on West End street and the paving Of
Pine avenue from the north line Of
Superior street to the north line
Of Walnut street. 1t will probably
take from four to six weeks to com
plete this work, depending to some
extent on the readiness with which
material can be secured.
The paving program was held up
by the coal strike, which brought
about a big shortage in cement Coal
is extensively used in producing ce-
ment and the lack of this commodity
caused nearly all of the cement mills
in the country 70 close temporarily
during the final weeks of the nation
wide coal strike.
The work on West End street was
well under way when conditions be-
came such that cement could not be
secured. The excavating work had
been entirely completed, and the
curb and gutter was all constructed
and about half Of the paving had
been laid. 1t will be a matter of on
ly few days to complete the paving
on this street, but it will be necessary
to keep the street closed for about
three weeks while the paving is get
ting set.
1t is very probable that the exca-
vating work for the paving on Pine
street will be put under way before
the end of the present week. The con-
tractors, Holmes, Crane & Bartling,
plan to rush this work just as rapidly
as possible and it is expected that it
will be completed before freezing
weather sets in. This street is usual
ly in a very poor condition in the
spring and it is greatly desired to
have the work completed this fall.
Unless unforeseen difficulties are en-
countered in getting material from
four 20 six weeks will see this work
brought to a conclusion.
In connection with this work the
city is planning on widening the
outlet Of Pine onto Superior so as to
10 away with the bad turn from Pine
10 the east on Superior, one of the
worst and most dangerous corners in
The city This dangerous turn is to
be remcdied by bridging over part
Of the race, where it cuts into Pine
street, narrowing this street at its
outlet to about half Of its ordinary
width.
This is to be done by extending the
bridge over the race on Superior
street on the Pine street side, north
for a distance Of 1 feet, on the east
side of the race bridge the extension
will go feet north from the bridge.
This near triangle piece is to be
blidged over with concrete and steel.
Another thing that will aid in max
ing d better corner will be the wild
ening of the race bridge to the south
on Superior This is to be accomp-
lished by including the present foot
path over the bridge into the traffic
zone of the bridge. New beams will
be put across just SOutn OF ana au-
joining the present bridge and a
steel and concrete walk constructed
Thus instead of the street narrowing
at the race bridge the walk will con-
tinue practically straight, as will the
south side of the street on Superior
at the approach to the bridge
Fortunately there have been no bad
accidents at this corner, but it does
not lessen the fact that it is the most
dangerous corner in the city at the
present time so dangerous in fact
that motorists have already used
caution there, and the
very fact that it has already been
known as a dangerous corner has
probably accounted for the fact that
there have been only few minor ac-
cidents there.