Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-14
LETS
PAVING CONTRACT
Street Work Costing $42,075
Ordered-Noises at Night
Attacked.
Special Dispatch to The star.

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EVANSVILLE, Md. July l4-Sub-
hitting the lowest bid, $42,075. the
Consolidated Concrete & Terrazzo Cor
poration of Baltimore was awarded
contract for building approximately
! 5000 lineal feet of concrete roadway
of various widths, together with neces-
! sary curbing, sidewalks, grading and
incidental work, at the regular meeting
CT the Mayor and Common Council last
night in the Municipal Building.
Marine & Smith of Hyattsville was
| the next lowest bidder at SAP 445. The
work is the first to be done under the
new town road law, under terms OF
which 10 years are given to pay the
assessments.
AS soon as details are completed,
which is expected to be within few
days, work will begin on Grove, Block
and Phillips streets and Bayley ana
Wine avenues Except Block street, on
which only sidewalks and curbs will
be built all the streets will be i'm
proved with concrete roads, sidewalks
and curbs.
IS Days Allowed.
The work is to be completed in rs
Grove. Block and Phillips streets, all
comparatively short streets, are to be
improved their full length. Bayley Is
to be improved from Wine avenue to
lakewood road and Wine from Arundel
avenue to Franklin street.
At the meeting July % Town En-
gineer Spence Howard will submit fig
ures showing the cost OF the improve
mentS on each street, so that each
,&rO1arfy gunner NAV know inst what
he will have to pay.
Mayor Lemuel l.. Gray appointed
committee comprising Councllmen L.
D. FARRELL. chairman; P. F. Brookens
and A. c. Moon to cooperate in plans
for the George Washington Bicenten-
NAL celebration. Councilman FARRELL
was empowered to enlarge the commit
tee by adding any citizens he desired.
The Chamber Of Commere Of Hyatts-
vile some time ago appointed a similar
committee.
Night Noises Played.
Former Mayor William A. Brooks
called attention to what he termed un-
necessary blowing of whistles and other
noises by steam and trolley railroads In
HyattSville at night. He urged the
Council to do everything possible to
remedy the situation. He said that he
already had been assured by Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad officials Of cooper
alton.
A contract for repainting the shed
in the rear Of the Municipal Building
and repairing the windows in the struc-
ture was awarded Alex FasSon, who
now is engaged in repainting the ex-
terror woodwork Of the Municipal Build
ing. The cost of both jobs is approx
mately $120.
A contract with William A. Hartman
for collecting garbage and trash in the
| town for the year beginning yesterday
at $2,735 was signed.
1t was decided to notify the owner Of
property on Arundel avenue between
Wine avenue and lakewood road and
on lakewood road between Arundel and
Carroll avenues that trash is being
dumped on the premises and that with
in 10 days the trash must be covered
and the dump sign which is on one Of
the premises removed.
Playground Planned.
DR.. p. F. Brookens, chairman of the
Parks and Fairgrounds Committee, an
nounced that the committee is planning
to lay out and equip this Summer a
picnic and playground in the southeast
end of Magruder Park, the towns COM
munity recreation center Moving and
clearing work now is in progress at the
park.
Council asked the town health officer
to investigate alleged insanitary condi-
lions at barbecue stand on Rhode
Island avenue here.
A list of property owners who have
not connected with sewers was read,
and it was decided to order delinquents
to show cause within so days why con-
nections should not be made in compli-
ance with the town ordinance. The
list was compiled by Chief of Police Al
bert Anderson, who was directed to
make the check-up.
Mayor Gray assured the Council he
would do everything possible to have
weeds cut on public property here.
Need of a traffic light at Melrose and
Rhode Island avenues was brought up.
but it was stated the town Is not able
to buy light for this corner this year.
Need of a road end sign or something
at West Madison avenue and Wine ave-
nue. also was brought up and this will
be given study.
Report from Town Treasurer William
A Shepherd for the past month
showed town receipts we're $8,199.93. A
total of $6,496.23 was reported as cash
| in bank, making expenditures $l,703.70.