The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-08-19

CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
Proposals for Resurfacng Paved
Streets Received.

Streets Received.
Donaldsonville, La, August 10, 1922
The commission council met this
day IN regular session with the fol
lowing commissioners present: Jos. N
Gisclard, mayor and commissioner of
public health and safety, Charest Thi-
baut, commissioner of finance, and D.
Ohlmeyer, commissioner of streets
and parks. Absent-None.
The reading of the minutes of the
last regular meeting held July 13,
were dispensed with.
The much talked of question of re-
pairing and resurfacing Railroad ave-
nue. and Mississippi street was taken
up. Representatives of different
companies appeared and addressed
the commissioners, advocating the
use Of the material handled by their
respective companies for the work to
be done on the streets, to-wit:
Henry 3. Emmett, representing
the Kentucky Rock Asphalt Co., ad-
vocated the use of Kentucky rock
asphalt for the resurfacing of the
streets, explaining that this material
was shipped from the mines ready for
spreading on the streets. 1t required
no mixing and was laid cold by spread
ing on the old foundation to a thick
ness of about two and a quarter in
ches, and rolling with heavy roller
would compress to about one and a
half inch, giving first-class surface.
The material is shipped in open car
same as sand and gravel, and the cost
delivered in Donaldsonville would be
$11.47 per ton; ton covers fifteen
square yards.
J. z. A. Holloway, representing the
Barrett Co., advocated the use of Tar
via for the work. This material could
be applied over the old foundation
without disturbing it. 1t is mixture
that is applied hot and compressed
with heavy roller, and could be fur
nished, laid complete for Eighty cents
per square yard.
| R. M. Hyams, representing the
Warren Brothers Co., the firm who
originally did the paving in this city,
advocated the use of bitulithic for
the work. He said that the streets
would be resurfaced with his material
for 81 per square yard laid complete
1t is estimated that there is about
twenty thousand square yards Of
pavement to be resurfaced.
As to the holes in the pavement it
was impossible for any of the several
| representatives to give an accurate
! estimate as to how much that would
cost. All ageed that it would be a
question as to how much material
would be used in said repairs and
that such work would have to be done
on the basis of the material used.
The best plan would be for the city
to pay for the labor, and the COM
pany TO furnish the materil on the
ton basis. Each of the materials ad-
vocated were taken under considera-
ton by the commissioners, and the
representatives of the several COM
panies were rendered the thanks of
the council for their visits.
| After discussing the subject, it
was decided by the commissioners that
inasmuch as the city would have to
do the patching Of the holes, that the
work be started at once and that the
material to be used for resurfacing
to be decided upon at some future
meeting of the council 1t was de-
cided that the holes be repaired with
concrete, and the clerk was instruct
ed to get bids on sand, gravel and
cement. The resurfacing, and the
ways and means of raising the neces-
sary money to be taken up later.
D. Ohlmeyer, commissioner of
streets and parks, reported that he
was now engaged in making new cul-
verts for the new gravel streets that
are to be laid as soon as delivery of
the gravel can be made.
| Charest Thibaut, commissioner OF
finance, submitted the following re-
port of receipts, disbursements and
balances for the month of July.
GENERAL FUND.