The Delta independent., 1923-10-12
FULL TEXT or REPORT TO
CITY ON GRAVEL CONTROVERSY

The synopsis Of the committees re
port released for publication las
week contained few errors. ommis
s5ons and additions. To clarity the
matter, below is a complete copy OF
the committees report which is az
follows:
To The Honorable Mayor and City
Council Of Delta. Colorado:
We, the Committee appointed to
advise with the Council in respect to
street Improvement matters, propose
as follows:
| We have held many meetings and
spent a great deal Of time in an earn
est attempt to arrive at some fair
and mutually satisfactory method of
handling the street surfacing matters.
l. Limit Of District.-That the
limits of the Improvement District be
as formerly fixed. except that South
! Delta be eliminated from the District.
2. Excavaticr.-That the excayet-
| ing OF the streets be finished to the
contemplated depth, except on West
/ NS~OAN oSASSts 4<hoI Jul III 0tlSCIs
| Eaton Avenue and South Main Street
from Seventh to South Delta line.
which shall be excavated an addition
al three inches and that, II within the
limits Of the funds available, Palmer
Street, Meeker Street, Dodge Street,
and Grand Avenue as far south as
Ninth Street. be likewise excavsted to
such additional deth.
| 3. Materials Used.-That four inch
es Of either uncrushed pit gravel
screened through one inch mesh be
used or combined gravel screened
through one inch mesh and all over.
run be crushed to not exceeding one
inch depending upon comparative bids
and funds available. II within the
limits of the money available, we
recommend and believe to be prefer.
able the use Of crushed gravel in
| preference to the uncrushed, believing
it to form better roadway and one
that is more durable and less expen.
sive to maintain.
A. Bids-That separate bids be
taken:
(a) For doing necessary street ex
cavation, grading and loading.
OBJ For delivery and spreading OF
street of screened gravel.
(c) For delivery on the street and
spreading on of combined screened
and crushed gravel.
I'D For wetting and rolling OF
screened gravel or crushed gravel
(e) For the construction and plac
ing OF concrete drainage culverts.
fO Also that blanket bids be ask
ed on all OF such work for the com
pleted Job.
4 The gravel to be used and crushe<
to be from the gravel deposits from
either the county gravel pit on Cali
fornia Mesa or the City gravel pit ol
Garnet Mesa.
The contracts on dirt excavation
for delivery OF screened or crushed
gravel and for construction of con
crete culverts shall be let on cubic
yard basis. and for wetting and roll
ing on square yard basis.
s. Five year, six per cent. seria
bonds to be issued in payment with
preference given to local people tc
purchase.
6. Assessing Cost-The cost of the
improvement on all street and alley
intersections to be borne by the City
from General taxation; the cost o.
improving North and South Streets tc
be born ratably by the thirty two (32)
lots in the block and the cost of cross
streets to be borne one fourth by, the
corner lots and three-fourths by the
remaining twenty-eight lots.
I. We recommend that the City
Council obtain from its engineer esti
mate of doing such work and that
from such estimate the maximum cost
be named in the petition be ascer
tanned
s. Main Street Paving-We furth
er recommend that immediate steps
be taken looking to the early paving