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Guide No. 135:

Dallas Lime and Gravel Company Contracts, 1911 - 1917

Overview of the Collection

Repository:

Dallas Municpal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201

Creator: City of Dallas Department of Streets and Sanitation
Title: Dallas Lime and Gravel Company Contracts
Dates: 1911 - 1917
Quantity: One linear inch
Abstract:  Legal contracts to construct storm sewers and water mains
Identification: 97 - 016 
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

Typescript and printed legal contracts.

Collection documents agreements between the Dallas Lime and Gravel Company and the City of Dallas to construct storm sewers and water mains on various streets in the City of Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Lime and Gravel Company was owned by D.W. Summerfield. Collection contains contracts and construction specifications. Note: some construction described in the contracts was actually in alleys adjacent to the named streets.

The documents in this collection are copies placed by the Dallas Lime and Gravel Company for public inspection in the City Secretary's Office.

 

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Sewerage --Texas -- Dallas -- History
Storm sewers --Texas -- Dallas -- History

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

Box Folder Title, Date
1 1 Contracts for work located at Beckley, Fitzhugh, Orange, Tremont, Caroline, and Bowen Streets, 1915
  2 Contracts for work located at Swiss, Bennett, Phillips, Coombs, and Henry Streets, 1915
  3 Contracts for work located at Clarence, Peak, Sixth, Bishop, and Rockwood Streets, 1916 - 1917