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1ST STREET PAVINGBrick for Beginning of PolkStreet Inprement areBeing Laidlt; From Friday** Daily.)Thl* afternoon doiiiaiir will laying lirit'k for lb* Huttrdl pavement ever put dawn IdAmarillo* Brick for Hi* pnvoioout w»n ortWed revora! week* ago from tbn Yoko company u Oofi- *y villa,Kan., hiuI iIp- concrete fuunilntllt;inhftu b**en ready tor the* brick forn^arly t month.Now i hi* contractors will 1 iy andtamp down :i two-loch layer of Dipnand on Hi In foutidalkm. and will thlt;*it lay hi!- !. ilt;Ult;‘vvp,‘ on Up- nii'id After the ftrlfk have been arrangedId t hit* way, mind will bo wept into fhr tot*ni»tei'£i atpi Upu Up* wholemirfaeo will be rolled down with thebig steam roller ho that Hie brlrk w|liapt Into the Mirut mutt re*# and pp-pent H smooth -urf in* on tup. Laid In tilth way Up* tirlru from any pat' of the pavcntetil tari be c.inily ftu moved for makfnm n-pnlm **r f a* living ga* or other pipe under the ■trrot* I .80 Per Hi|tijii e Ynnl.In the purl of the blffck betweenPouith and Fifth a her- this paringi* brltljEf done there an- 1,000 Mplim*yafds and the rouiMii lt;m ibis pie*--of paving niakithe n»s!( Including Up thirty- 4v ip h eonerH^ nutter1rf fc1It1trI€**-fl.M) p«r square yard- The .rushedstone method used on Ho wost side of the street cost $t 50 pur square yard*At the rate of $t 1”'‘ per squart yard* which would not bo »M lt;ed- d and might Im* deer a?ml on larger coutmi'is. it would east the owner of ®*ch thirty foot kit on Polk street115b to pave his part of the street K;u h lot owner on iluit ha i s wouldpay f ir the pining of twenty *: v (feel of iho street em hht side of Hit* street. The pfreei tar companywould be responsible fop right fed,•od the property owner on tin* other fltrto Ot iho street \mm\U\ pay for theother side. It * t hii seated *1 ouotime, cafb property -inner pftfd forthe paving oi one-third of the streetin frot*.I front of hi* lot, uud the dtyand tb«* Htreei cat* company pay lor ,the balance, th .Oft in the property f ewoen would ;-e $j»o fur each lot. Hn Home i ho*-. jj.iymoiti for pavingImprovements is mud*? suMer b* dividing the cxptmtw in fho «r mmv annual Installment. whir It eonstitute liens on the property, In such CftB** city It«e 11 pays for all Hie paving by Issuing bonds for the purpose land is in due Unit* reimbursed by thegUToperty owners through Ih*' pm-snet of tho annual limiallinentrf. j To Pave Side Street,To make the paving on I'olh street ■it la factory iiernrdln t*» the oplnkoi tof many who n ro familiar with theconditions It w ill ho necessary to pave the wide streets coming into Polk for at least h;iIf a block each way fromthe niuin street, if tbe^e street5 are t-net paved, Polk street will become ftn wet weather the dumping groundfor mud from Iho vrheels ot vehicles which have been driven over muddy afreet* and which shnko off Hie ac* cumillations when they reat h the pav^d street. Already several proparty owners on wide atroota Imve sip ntfiod their willingness to join with any movement looking: toward the pavement of their attest* on Fourth ntrect Amarillo National Hank and J. A. Way land offer to Join with property owners In paving Fourth street from Polk for at loa»^ n block and a half east to the end of theWayland building on the corner ofFourth and Taylor street. The expense of paring the nltle streei would be much greater per lot an account of the greater street frontage. On the basis of payment 'by eaih property owner for half the afreet width tn front of his lot, tin* cost would be IS80 for the HO fool frontage of each lot. On the basis of payment by the city for ontMhrd and Hie property owners on each aid* for the other thirds, the cost per lot would be |56fi.t1(irivJhsVftjVtitrtIo**nav!«'I
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The Weekly Herald
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 26, 1908
Page 7
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