The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-24
CITY TO AWARD
|. PAVEMENT JOB
THIS EVENING
Contract Letting Delayed "a
Hours TO Allow Time TO
Check Petitions
| SOME CHANGES LIKELY
Certain Streets May Be Re
moved From Plans and
Others Substituted

Contract for the east-end paving
job will probably be awarded Ut an
adjourned meeting Of the city COM
mission ut 7:3O tonight, It was an
nounced last night by the members
Of the board.
The city commission room was
packed with property owners in
terested in the paving project last
night when the weekly meeting of
the commission was called to order,
as it had been thought that action
would be taken last night. The need
Of considerable time in which to
check over the paving petitions
filed shortly before 8 o'clock, in
order to determine the amount Of
front footage signed for each type
Of pavement, made it necessary,
however, to delay action 24 hours
and the board agreed to postpone
consideration Of the paving project
until 1880 tonight.
It il expected that I large at-
tendance will greet the commission
tonight as property owners affect
ed by the project will be present, as
well as contractors and = material
salesmen.
Committee Cheeks Petitions
President A. P. Lenhart appointed
. committee Of three, including
Commissioners John Larson and
George Humphreys and City Audi
tor NJ. H. Atkinson to check the pc.
titions filed. Quite Z few with
drawal petitions were also filed,
bearing the signatures of persons
who had previously signed for a
certain kind Of paving and then
changed their minds. Accordingg
to those who looked over the petit
tions, some persons had signed Pc
titions and withdrawal requests
several times during the last week.
No particular type of pavement
has been given signatures repre-
senting . majority Of the front
footage involved, it was announced
today by City Auditor Atkinson,
after the check Of petitions had
been completed.
The state law requires that unless
. majority Of. the property owners
involved, figuring on q front foot
age basis, sign for a certain type
of pavement, the members Of the
city commission must decide which
type will be used. Should q major
ity of the front footage be signed
for one type, then that type must
be laid and the commission has no
choice in the matter.
Black Base Leads
Disregardinl the legal questions
involved, as to the rights Of agents
to sign for property owners and the
right to sign by telegram or letter,
the Warrenite bitulithic type Of paw
ing on : black base has signers for
1850 front feet Of property, ac-
cording to the city auditor, out Of 4
total front footage Of 1880.
Signers for sheet asphalt type Of
pavement totaled. 1850 front feet,
while only 100. front feet was rep
resented IN signatures for rein
forced concrete pavement.
G. F. Oullam, representing the
Mollie Eppinger estate and the
Gage estate, asked the commission
last night to remove Sixteenth
street, between Rosser and Avenue
B, and . small section Of Fifteenth
street, from the paving plans. Frank
Jasxkowiak also asked that Twelfth
street between Rosser and Avenue
B and Avenue A between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets be eliminated
from paving plans. Carl Bredy
urged that Avenue C, between Tenth
and Eleventh streets be eliminated,
providing the black base type of
pavement was decided upon.
Change Likely
The commission suggested that
there were other sections not in
cluded in the plaEs where pavement
is desired and after the contract is
awarded it will probably make some
slight changes, eliminating some
streets and addinR others.
The watsrworks department last
night was instructed to install wa
ter mains on Avenue D between
Washington and Mandan streets,
and to install . hydrant ct the cor
ner Of Seventeenth street and Main
avenue.
The commission agreed to pay
railroad fare for Dr.. C. =. Stack
house, City health officer, to attend
. convention Of health officers to
Be held soon ct Fargo.