Show 1 I BIGGEST SIDEWALK CONTRACT EVER LET LETI I II J I I I L i I I t J J J I I I JJ I 11 i r rr I Ir P r S I IP i iL ir L I r r I P r L ct nn 4 PR 5 I W i t i I rr j i r r jj j L ii t tI I I I 3 zi Jj r UN co 1 t I II ai R Lb LL I A AI L u Li H JJ I IJ I I I J tJ I L I I II J i ir Ii 41 I p D tr p i I II I i 9 t 1 Hf II IE IEt I M VP ai 1 I ii niI id I T OGI O 0 WC C s wO o US NOT NO 0 YO PO 0 ec el e eo LT r i V pi SHOWN SHONN BY e Y o LIN E I ii Map showing scope of sidewalk extension No No o awarded to James Kennedy dy sever Never in the history of public improve improvement ment In any an or all cities of the United States has been undertaken so o big bi a ajob ajob ajob job in sidewalk laying as that which James Kennedy has on his hands Ken Kennedy I en ennedy nedy fledy was wao awarded the contract for the construction of sidewalks In extension district No Xo lOS This district Is in the extreme southeastern part of or the city Its boundaries and the streets which are Included In the proposed work are easily to be traced in the accompanying map All of the district shown on the map save only on 1 the very ery small portion indi indicated rated as the eliminated streets Is to be paved before the day da of next Oc tob r The undertaking involves the laying of i miles mile of concrete sidewalk Fifteen I miles of this work is to be finished this year ear and In order to complete that por portion portion tion lion of tile the work Mike lIke OConnor the su superintendent superintendent for the Kennedy Kenned people her hero heris heris Is pushing push In I things with the vigor 1101 that is i characteristic of a n successful construe construction construction tion supervisor The contract was award awarded ed by the tile city Tuesday ru da night when It endorsed endors d the action pf the board of public works In the Ken Kennedy nedy nd bid The total cost of or the work ac no according according cording to the estimate of the city en engineer Kineer Ineer made two years rears ago aso was to have i ben been about The later estimate taking account of the eliminations was approximately Kennedys bid in round numbers Is The portion for cross walks and the like will willbe willbe be about OConnor the morning after the con contract contra contract tract tra t was w s approved by b the council set at work about fifty men and a large num number number ber of teams During the coming week he lIe hopes to have half a thousand men more mom or less tess at work Already Alread there has been removed to the scene of operations a large part of or o the machinery and equip equipment ment ent which Is a modern modera contractors first essential Concrete laying will follow grading as rapidly as possible beginning at Ninth South and Ninth East Manifestly it will willbe willbe willbe be impossible to lay cement during freez ing lug nights so every effort will be to get as much of the work done before the cold weather sets rots in as human en endeavor endeavor ens deavor can accomplish a I When the frost comes the energies of the contractor will be directed toward the I grading down of the high spots cast east of I Eleventh East and the filling In of the thelow thelow thelow I low places toward the west The ground 1 to be removed from the higher places is in character gravelly gravell and sandy It will willbe Willbe willbe be brought to the lower levels where air aU aI of the soil soli is a loam and most annoying am o I to o the pedestrian n during durl n the winter and wet months The filling with the sand and gravel grael will no doubt be bea a welcome improvement pending the time when the concrete sidewalk Itself will be laid The he city cit has two other big sidewalk projects on foot One is in the southwest southwestern era ern portion of the city Involving nineteen and anda a half miles of walks and the other in the northwestern portion involving and a half lial miles |