The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-10
CITY ENGINEER
CATCHING UP
Work on Paving Contracts
Being Finished, Says
Engineer Shultz
NEW WORK is BEGUN
az Petitions Now Pending;
North Peoria Job Is Being
Started This Week

Paving OF the road 10 81. Johns
hospital from Seventeenth place 10
Nineteenth on Utica was completed
ana accepted yesterday, according
10 City Enginccr Charlcs ShuliA,
Paving 10 be done In one Of tho
new districts under contract Will
complete the paving all the way past
the hospital. the engineer said.
Rain prevented tho beginning OF
Tho work on North Peoria Hs had
been expected, but ~ was begun
Tuesday. Tho street is TO be paved
for half n mile go the north line
of Admiral. closing tho gap be
tween Tulsa and tho county line on
tho north and completing the paved
strip OF ROAD between SkintoOk and
jerks. II 10 expected that tho work
on Peoria will DO finished by bad
weather.
Plans are being prepared now for
paving In IL districts, Shuliz said IN
discussing tho work that is being
done by the city engineers office.
A large part OF the work done since
no has been city engineer has been
finishing up OF old contracts. Work
has already been begun on eight ad-
ditionnl districts on contracts
awarded In 1919, he said, and the
completion of the widening OF South
Main between Ninth and Eleventh
gets piece Of work of rather long
standing out OF tho way. Tho brick
paving on East First place and Sec
\ond street for approximately n quar-
te. or q mile on those sections over
which traffic comes in on Admiral
has been covered with asphalt. an
other old Job that has been finished
up. Since May / five districts have
been completed by tho Western Paw
ing company, four by Tlbbotts g.
Pleasant, one by Comstock Smedley
and eight by the Standard. totaling
an area of 10000 square yards OF
paving and representing an expendi-
ture or S250,00O. Paving companies
now under contract with tho city
are the Standard, Tibbetts q Pleas
ant, Comstock-Smedley, Western
Construction company. Fuller e.
CO.. and Dan A. Burton.
Plans are being prepared now for
a little more than $1,000,0QO worth
OF sewer work, Shultz said. There In
5000 feet of sewer pipe to be laid
in the northwest part OF town and n
good deal OF sewer work TO be done
IN West Tulsa as soon an tho water
goes down sufficiently TO allow IL.
Plans will be ready for the sewers
for the southeast section for which
bonds were sold last week but tho
department Will moot be ready for
bids then. as there are certain de-
tails that stili have to be worked
out.
AT the city commission meeting
Tuesday morning petitions were
received for paving on Tenth
from Quincy to Troost, and
'for the alley between Boulder and
Cheyenne and Sixteenth and Severn
teenth. The city auditor was author
lied 10 advertise for bids for paving
OF Lewis avenue from Eleventh 20
Thirteenth. on Eleventh from Lewis
10 Atlanta, on Lewis place from
Eleventh TO the Katy tracks, on
Twelfth from Lewis 10 Atlanta avo-
nue., on swan drive from Swan Lake
TO Utica and on Seventh from York
town to lot I9, haywood addition.
"hsTs ars 80 petitions for pnvins
now pending. Shultz said, In discuss
ing work that Is being done and In
process OF planning by the engineer
tng department. No bids have been
received as yet on new materials
but the department ~ preparing
specifications for Hheet asphalt, as.
phaltic concrete. brick, plain con-
oIsie. yibroilthio. vituiiihin, Willie
asphalt. concrete. and rock asphalt
First bids viii probably be received
about Septomhor