Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-19

-bids are expected to be asked
on the improvements.
This j. the largest paving pro-
gram on which the city has ever
embarked and the work will be fl
nanccd by the 100000 bond issue
voted for this purpose last fall and
which was sold at premium at a
morning meeting OF the commits
sion yesterday.
The improvement program as out
lined was tentative. A separate reso-
luton was passed on each street
making IL possible TO ask for bids
on any certain group Of streets at
? time II IS probable that bids on
thc entire paving program will not
be asked on next Wednesday.
The longest single item in the
entire program is jefferson Street
which will be paved from Seventh
Street 70 the Highway. Il distance Of
I7 l-2 blocks.
The ST. Charles Street stretch is
almost as long. paving being called
for from Second 10 Mesquite. n dis
tance Of II blocks
Levee Street will be paved from
Stiilman 70 Mesquite, a distance Of
II blocks.
Washington Street is TO be paved
from Thirteenth TO Fourteenth and
from the highway 20 Mesquite.
Fourteenth Street II ~ 81 paved
from the alley between Elizabeth
and Levee Streets TO Lincoln.
4 distance Of fourteen and one
half blocks. From the alley to
Madison street will be full width
paving and from Madison 10 Lincoln
Streets the skcletonizcd paving viii
be made full width.
Madison will be paved from
Twelfth 20 Fourteenth.
Thirtseath Street will be paved
from jefferson TO Monroe
Eleventh Street will be paved
from Levce to ST. Francis.
Mesquite will be paved from 81.
Charles "a Washington.
Tenth Street will be pavcd from
Adams 70 Madison.
Elizabeth Street will be paved its
iril width from Stillman 10 Fresnos
where skeletonized -avemcnt row
exists.
Adams will be paved from Sew
NNtA ~ -NA+tiI It'll W4NEn.
Nirth street is to be paved from
Fronton TO Adams.
Eighth Street IN 10 ~ naved frnm
Frnnton 10 Washington.
Sixth street is to be paved from
rronton to Madison.
Fifth " T. be paved from Fronton
"a Madison.
Fourth is to be paved from From
tor 70 jefferson.
Third II ~ he paved from From
tor ID jefferson.
Second IS TO be paved from Eliza
beth 10 Madison
First IN 20 be paved from Fronton
70 jefferson.
Boulevard Is 70 be paved from
Frnrton % Ievea.
There will ~ rs blocks of paving
IN Victoria Heights. There will ~
four blocks each on the first four
streets along the rcsaca which are
Lincoln. Johnson. Grant and Hayes.
" West Brownsville Carson street
will be paved from Elizabeth to st.
Charles. Hale. Stirling, Nonaf and
Stillmnn will be naved similarly.
*. Charles will be paved from
MESQUITE 70 Sabine. two blocks.
Sabine will be raved from St.
Charles 20 Levee.
Levce will ID paved IN West
Brownsville, from Mesquite 10
Sabine.
Fresno win he paved from Levec
20 Elizabeth Street.
The paving is to be az three
types Il will he reinforced con-
crete On some streets. concrete base
with Warren better wearing surface
and concrete base with rock asphalt
wearing surface.
Paving of the alleys between
Elizabeth and Washington from
Tenth 10 Fourteenth Streets 20 be
known as Alley Paving District No.
l. ard between Elizabeth Street and
Leyee Street from Tenth To Four
teenth 20 be known as District Ne.
?. Is to start shortly. where the
property owners pay their pro-rata
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