The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-02-08
CITY COUNC|LMEN
DISCUSS PAVING
Meeting Held Monday Night Brings
Out Hope That Winnemucca
May Be Favored With
Hard Surfaced Streets

Winnemucca may have two street,
paved by the asphaltum method il
tentative plans of the city council
as worked out at a meeting held
Monday night, are carried to com
pletion. These streets would be
Bridge street from railroad to rail
road, and Third street, perhaps fol
the full length of the street within
the city limits but more likely fol
a mile in the center of the city
The plan as expressed at the meet.
ing appears feasible and well within
the ability of the city, due to the
financial aid possible through the
government bodybuilding law, un.
der which the United States would
pay the major portion of the con-
struction costs. Opinion was ex-
pressed that the 100000 city bond
issue, an enabling act for which
bond issue was recently passed in
the legislature, will be adequate
along with other street funds avail
able, to complete the plan. 1t is
probably well to state, however
that there is yet nothing definite
in the plans and they are at present
purely in the investigation stage.
There was a complete representa-
ton of the council at the meeting
Monday, in attendance being Mayor
I. A. Brandon, City Coucilman E.
T. Sites of the first ward, who was
called home from his duties as
assemblyman at Carson City by the
illness of his son; Councilman
Duane Bush of the second ward,
and Councilman C. p. Hoskins of
the third ward. Also in attendance
were City Clerk Fanny Harry, City
Superintendent w. L. Akin and
Truck Driver Henry Burk.
The matter of the street projects
was brought out by City Engineer
r. Z. Tilden, who appeared before
the council to suggest that if fur
ther sidewalk work is to be done
next summer it would be well to
start work on the preliminaries at
this time. No action was taken on
the suggestion, and it was then that
Tilden suggested that if Bridge
street is to be improved it is his
opinion that such improvement
should consist of an asphalt sur
face. This brought on general dis
cussion.
On hand at the meeting was C.
Allison, local manager of the Stand
ard Oil Company, who explained the
different methods of surfacing
streets, and he showed picture
of a street in Visalia, California
laid 28 years ago by the asphaltum
method, that appeared to be as
good as new. Tilden had a letter
from the street department of Den
yer, where asphalt is used for
paving, in which it was explained
that the cost was $1.75 per square
yard. He had a similar letter from
Indianapolis. Allison told of Reno's
experience in paving streets, and set
the. cost at $2.70 per square yard,
but explained that the surface was
of a heavy thick type that would
be entirely unjustified in Winnie
mucca. He was instructed by the
council to secure definite costs of
the asphalt, together with freight
rates to this city in ton lots, as a
basis for futur figuring.
While talking on the subject of
streets, Mayor Brandon brought
forth communication from the
highway department asking for the
passage of resolution setting forth
the willingness of this city to par
ticipate in the federal building prof.
ects and agreeing to meet payments
required for the work under way
on the Victory highway within the
city limits. 1t was here that it
was brought out that the city comes
within the governments rule that
federal funds may be applied to
street work along highways in cities
Of less than $500 population. This
would mean that the government
would participate in the hard-sur-
facing costs of the entire length of
Third street, it being along the