Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-26
CITY TO Open
PAVING BIDS
ON MARCH IS
Program of Paving Is
Divided Into Units;
With Boulevard AS
Dividing Line

Bids on the Brownsville paving
program for which 100000 IN bonds
was voted last fall. will be opened
| by the City Commission on Friday
morning. March 1s.
The City Commission met yester-
day afternoon and called for bids 20
| be opened on that date for paving
portions OF 36 Brownsville streets.
Property owners will pay three
| fourths Of the cost Of paving on the
| streets proper while the city will Iay
one-fourth Of the cost of paving the
streets plus the entire cost OF paving
| Intersections This will make the
proportionate cost of all the paving
approximately one-third for the city
and two-thirds for property owners,
the commission stated.
Easy Payment Plan
The first payment will 5e made by
property owners 30 days after ac-
ceptance of paving and the remain
der can be paid in five annual in
staIIments. The belief was express
ed that no assessment proceedings
would be necessary and that most cf
the property owners would fall in
line and pay their proportionate
share or the paving cost.
Curbing will be installed at the
same time as the pavement IS put IN
and property owners are to bear the
full cost Of this improvement.
The city divided the paving pro-
gram into two units. In Unit No.
are all streets east and south Of
Palm Boulevard. inclusive. IN Unit
No. ? are all streets designated 20 &c
paved by resolutions passed by the
commission west of Palm Boulevard,
exclusive.
In Unit No.
The following streets are 10 be in
Unit No. 1:
Washington, Thirteenth to Four
| teenth.
Fourteenth from the alley between
Elizabeth and Levee to paving.
Madison. Twelfth 10 Fourteenth.
Thirteenth. jefferson to Monroe.
Eleventh, Levee 70 st. Francis.
st. Francis. Eleventh to Boulevard.
jefferson. Seventh to Highway.
Tenth, Adams to Madison.
Ninth, Fronton to Adams.
Eighth. Fronton to Madison.
Seventh Fronton TO Washington.
Sixth. Frontun TO Madison.
Fifth. Fronton TO Madison.
Fourth. Fronton TO jefferson.
Third. Fronton to jefferson.
Second. Elizabeth 10 jefferson.
First, Fronton to jefferson.
Boulevard. Fronton 10 Levec.
Fronton, Second to Boulevard.
Thirteenth. Monroe 10 Lincoln.
In Unit No.
The following streets are in Unit
No. 2:
St. Charles. Second to West Thir-
teenth (Mesquitel.
Levee. West Second fStiIlman) %
West Thirteenth fMesquite).
Washington. Highway 70 West
Thirteenth tMcsquitel.
West Thirteenth (Mesquite). st.
Charles to Washington.
West Eighth Carson, Elizabeth 10
st. Charles.
West Fourth CHaIe). Elizabeth to
St. Charles.
West Sixth (sterIing). Elizabeth
TO st. Charles.
West Eleventh. (Nopan. St. Charles
to Elizabeth.
West Second. Elizabeth to ST.
Charles.
St. Charles. West Thirteenth (Mes-
quitel to West Fifteenth fSabinol.
West Fifteenth fSabinol, ST.
Charles TO Levee.
Lcvee. West Thirteenth (Mesuuitc)
20 West Fifteenth (Sahino).
West Fourteenth (Fresno), Levee
TO Elizabeth Street.
Elizabeth Street from West Thir-
teenth Mesqu:te) to West Seco,d
lStillman) and Adams from Seventh
70 Ninth Streets were not included
IN the two units. There II skeleton
ized paving on these streets now ana
they may be placed into a third nav-
irg unit.
The city will have the right to
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