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Maxwell Looking For Bricks

July 21, 2008 |

In May 1915, it was the biggest story in the Gazette; the paving of the downtown square and the streets leading into it.  The giant concrete mixer that laid the base turned out 2,100 yards in one record-breaking day, they said.  The paper said the brick was the best quality and most approved type of paving brick.  It must have been, for City Manager Marc Maxwell has one of the bricks recently taken from the Main Street Project and it looks none the worse for wear after 93 years.  Replacing it has turned into a major problem.  Maxwell says they went out for bids, and got none.  Yesterday he went to Dallas to try to find and buy around 60,000 bricks for about $2 each.  When originally laid, the cost of the project, the Square and the streets leading into it, was split equally between the City,  County, and  Property Owners.     bbradford@neto.com

Author: Bill Bradford

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