Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-19
over Is MILES
INCLUDED IN
new PROGRAM
Southwest Bituli thic
Co. Bid Amounting to
S581,248.43 Accepted
By City

Paving Of the cross streets. spcci-
fled under the million dollar paving
program. will begin about April 10.
as the first work provided under the
recent bond issue, Ii was announced
~ the city commission meeting Sat
urday following the awarding vi the
contract for 1913 blocks OF paving in
the city to the Southwest Bitulithic
Company of San Antonio which sub
mitted bid of 1851 ,25s.43.
The paving will be similsr 20 tbs
bituminous paving now on Elizabeth
street west Of Tenth. with a gravel
and black base. curb and gutter and
asphalt top. Tabulations showed that
the Southwest Bitulithic bid $3.50.
1889 for paving unit number one.
and S250,4SS.S4 for paving unit num-
her two.
Because sewer piping will have to
be laid on the other streets, the work
Of paving will commence with the
cross streets, the contract 70 specify
the date Of completion Of the paving
The motion ~ award the contract
was made by Commissioner y. ".
Starck, seconded by commissioner
Burt r. Hinkley. with Commissioners
A. c. Hlpp and Mayor A. B. Cole
voting in favor Of IL and Commits
sionnr j. =. Ford vnting against i'll
Second lowest bidder was UT. W.
McElrath, offering 10 put in rein
forced concrete paving for $685.
590.50. Smith Bros. Inc. bid $5S9,-
1859 to pave the streets with
gravel and black base and asphalt
top. Dodds and Wedegnrtner bid
S592Il1 ~ pave the sire ~ in con-
crete.
Following the announcement or A.
W. Tamm. consulting city engineer,
that the bids had been tabulated and
the reading Of the amounts, Mayor
Cole asked Tamm to max n general
statement on the bids submitted be-
lore awarding the contract Tamm
declared that the concrete paving IL
more durable and with the offer of
Ncf lrath showing "A difference Of
$1,000 "the concrete paving would
TX better value" Hr also stated
that the bids submitted were the
lowest ever turned la for paving
work in the Valley. and thanked the
bidders for the great interest shown.
Concrete will drain water better and
stand heavy traffic better than a.
Hhalt. Tlmm declared.
Mayor Cole defended the hitumin-
Gus paving. declaring that he thought
II more suitable for city paving,
more in keeping with what the ma
Jority of tax payers in Brownsville
preferred and told the commission
that since being in office Nv had
made hobby or paving and had ob-
served work in various other cities.
finding that bituminous was smooth
cr. durable. and that the streets TO
hc paved under the contract here
would not receive an unusual amount
WI traffic.
Commissioner Ford declared that
the lowest bid should be considered
not as the cheapest price but as the
greatest value 20 he received for the
money invested Commissioner Hipp.
after comparison of the figures
and at the close w the discussion.
east his vote for the awarding ~
the contract To- the Southwest Btu
ithic company.
Al the close of the voting Tamm
asked Fred Rght0r. representing the
Southwest Bitulithic company. if the
ncw paving would have little holes
IN IL like tn paving on Elizabeth
street" Rightor declared that mix
ture Of finer or cOarser material
grade determined the sm0othneaN 0f
the finish. and that tha use 0f fins
grade material would eliminate
pock marks" Then NV thanked the
comm lssiuu for the confidence
they had shown in the work which
the Southwest Bitulithic company
had d0ns before" and assured them
that the new paving would bc done
promptly ard thoroughly.
Az the request Of the A. r.. Allyn
Company Of Chicago. purchasers Of
the bond issue of $500. 900, the city
commission passed nm ordinance
levyirr IA special tax t0 take care Df
Tho bonds. This was IA formal action
the message from Allyn explained.
necessary for the thorough vBlida-
tion u the bonds as safely nego-
table paper.