South Bend news-times., 1922-07-19
LONG FIGHT ENDS
ASB0ARD AWARDS
PAYING CONTRACT
City to Improve South Main
Street After Wrangle of
Several Years.

A fight or several years duration
70 extend S. Main ST. pavement was
concluded Tuesday with the award
ing OF contract by the Board Of Pub
Tic Works for the paving OF the
Thoroughfare from Indiana 10
Ewing avs.
The proposed improvement. as
sured FOR early completion BY the
.board's action. has been the sub
5ect OF continued remonstrances and
council fights for some time past.
nast year as well as previous years
she demonstrators winning out on
Fhe claim OF TOO high prices Al
Tuesdays meeting. the board also
awarded contracts for the Bowman
and Hine 81. pavements.
To Cost 5000.
The :. Main ST paving award IS
the largest undertaking in point OF
rardage and cost the incumbent
board has yet been called 70 pass
upon. The Wilhston Co.'S bid OF
$2.47 per square yard for Mexican
asphaltic concrete was accepted
against the White Construction Cos
figure OF $3.50 per square yard. The
total cost Of the project Is S3S.311..
35. The distance the pavement viii
s,e extended is nearly one-half
mile, and forms a connecting link
with Diving av Of the Kessier blvd
system. When completed consider
able north and south bound traffic
: expected 20 be diverted thereto
The board adopted resolutions
and ordered a hearing on the re-
quest for paving OF Marine st. from
Indiana av 10 Calvert A.. Resolu-
lions were also ordered for water
connections on H!ne ST, from Wal
nut 20 Studebaker sts.. and on
Michigan st. from Donmoyer av. 10
the city limits.
The Will;ston CO. also secured the
contract for the pavement OF Hine
st. from Walnut 10 Studebaker sts..
AT a total cosc q s27O2.95. Their
Did OF S2-45 per square yard COM
pared with Whites bid OF $3.50.
Mexican asphaItic concrete was
specified in the contract.
The boards favoring OF the use
OF Mexican asphalt in preference 20
the Trinidad product was also Gown
IN the award for the Pavement OF
Bowman 81 In this case the White
co.'s bid or $3.50 per square yard
was accepted. making the total cost
Tor the Improvement S13,237.25. The
Williston proposal for the same type
OF pavement called for s1s,3ss28
Recent awards have called FOR the
~ -
ence 10 Trinidad. a higher priced
article Prof OF the quality OF the
Mexican import has been such as
10 warrant recommendation for the
use OF the lower-priced material. It
IS said
The awards indicate a further
stiffening OF pavement costs Early
In the year the board accepted one
or two proposals az a cost OF s1.95
per square yard for the same type
or construction called for In the
contracts awarded Tuesday Recent
ly prices showed a considerable
Jump. going from temporary es-
tablshed level OF about S225 20
$40 square yard in less than
three weeks time. The present aver
age OF from S2.45 20 $3.50 are sub
stantially lower. however. than the
lowest figures OF last year
In addition 10 adopting resolu-
tions and awarding paving con
tracts. the board received the assess
nent role for grade and walk
Improvement on Ewing av. extend
ing from Miami 70 Ernsperger So
a part OF the Kessler blvd. system.
and also gave It's final stamp OF ap-
prOval on the Colonial Gardens plat.
approved by the City Planning COM
mission July Z.
The new plat covers an ara
bounded BY the Grand Trunk rail-
road rizht-of-way and Mishawaka
av- on the north and south. and ex-
tending from Seventeenth 50 10 a
point 1914 feet west thereof