New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-07-22
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fEa appeaIar of we'll paved streets NJ. = =
Another argument for good payenlenss rs Rl lleir
aeilifafan III business Vehicles #uf all klnds get
then, with considerable more speed ana eohsld-
eranly less labor Every driver knows this. iheS
hab;t fhat ty1,ea and carters have of debouchlng
ra one Ia tree squares out of their direct route
II, order to gain the advantage of good
must be observable toa great beside
The comfort riding over good payemens IS another
thing that must not be forgotten. In the
ho,v nnary persons do We see who sit bolt upright
whilst the vehicle is tumblng and pitching through
Tie holes and ruts Of the badly paved Streets put
who lean back and take theirease 50 soon as they ee
themselves On an even unfnching pavement. me t
comfort of the horses and mules, who draw the
vehicles, and 'of5the bipeds, who ride in them are
strong persuasions in favor of good payeInents.
Ana this brings us to gooa
pavement best Iavement In tins CITY 1our hllos
of paving have been thoroughly iouna stoles
last a short time shells a shorter Eme , pialhs the
shortest time but square blocks outiast mem " -
pether IN other cities, other kinds OF paving nave
been tried, such as wooden blocks, asphaltuln tle
Russ pavement, etc. : but we would never aoVlse tle
Introduction Of such experiments here. we are
convinced that the simplest, most durable and co.'s
sequently cheapest pavement IN the world y tnat m
which is made Of square granite blocks.
IA Ronnd stones require more solid substratum than
the spongy soil Of Louisiana can afford: Ihey nave
little Or no support upon each other and this with
shane renders Tie passage Of every wheel over
them lust like d blow Of d ram, and very soon they
sink 81 twist out Of place and IN
due time there are mud holes or ruts, and the street
i hecons ID erieyous as it had never been paved
The 6llipgup of such holes with shells, or ramming
down N new stone here and there, only aggrayates
H The evil and causes the hills and valleys to change
nlaees We are speaking, it must be understood, OF
| the busy thoroughfares through which heavy and
4 crowded vehicles are passing all the time. Round
stones answer very well and perhaps are more eco
nomical for those streets whose commerce IS limited
tp the bread and milk wagons with irregular vista
i tions Of other vehicles. a IN
Shells, plentifully used, make solid, even road,
VERY comfortable to drive over but they are terri
BE nuisance in dry, windy weather they create, II
il true, no mud when it rains; but in dry weather
u thev create dust Of a quality and in Quantity COM
pared with which clay dust is a luxury Shells are
very good for garden walks and suburban drives but
q entirely unfit for the public streets.
plank roads have recently been demonstrated to be
q II hnnbue and a nuisance 50 egregious that we need
othina about them feeling satisfied, rs we do,
+ I that they will not be tried again in a hurry.
sonare granite blocks have been in use in this city,
some Of the Streets for several years and, so far
we hear but one opinion about themthat they are
!. tI,e onlv material that will make decent pavement
or, our soil In New Levee, Tchonpitouas Old Leyee
ehartres and Royal streets, the blocks have been
thundered over from dawn to dusk daily, ever since
4, they were laid yet they are as clean and hrm now
s# as they were at first Here and there, perhaps,
!. slight depression may be seen; but mudhole or
! H. ,4nx,nt
y !, rut is an mpossibty, and no mpedlment WhateYei
<. is offered to hoof or wheel al block, being square
cannot sink like round stone, nor can the most pom
5ernus shock dsplaee in the least. Another great
ri advantage Of square block payements IS their clean
ness. II street is properly graded and paved with
blocks, the rain alone will keep itas clean as it eyel
need he IL is positively beautiful sight to look al
y the soi,are.bock payenents in some OF the streets
aran. parlor floor could scarcely be cleaner
THE advantages Of square block pavements oye
7 :, every other kind being SO numerous and great
!, "a in Vienna might reasonably wonder VIII.
v ey are not more general in particularly if h
were to know-zwhich is the fact-that they are als
s. cheaper than any other kind. The simplest kind Q
cvnherine demonstrates the last-named fact. 1t re
et1ires large sum of money, it is true, to lay squr
: = block pavement but the pavement once laid, re
duires no further drafts upon the treasury, aud as
= nayement Rounds Stones on the contrary are CON
paratiyely cheap but the cost Of buying and layin
/, them is only the beginning of the expense. The
are eyerlastingly out of position, or smothered wit
mud and the money that's paid outin dribets, tro1
to year to street contractors to peck and scrap
and tinker at them, without doing them any actu'
% good amounts to aggregate equal to- ii not great
I exceeding the cost of good square block pavement
~, Fortunes have been, and are being made OIL til
H.. ropntstone streets but no fortunes will ever
made in pecking and scraping at the square bloc
he streets. i
OF course in the present condition of city finance
t,e we do not urge anything like universal system
block paving. But, we think it ought to be j
troduced, or at least continued by degrees the dite
M ent thoroughfares taking their turn according to the
It'll importance. We have one noble square blo
thoroughfare- -Tchoupitouas and Old Levee streets
90, extending from Napoleon Avenue to the Lower "
an ton Press, distance of six mes-one of the fine
streets in the whole Union, for business purpos
:, We have other important thoroughfares that a
na partially paved with blocks, and ought to be Co
~ pleted Magazine as well as Tchoupitouas is a &C
B, tinllton of Old Leyee street, and is paved vi
o. square blocks in the Fourth District. The street
an important one, and abundanty entitled to q CO
tinuaton Of the square blocks from the Fourth
~ trct terminus to Canal street. The square blocks
Ia Chartres street ought likewise to be conuhueo
M Camp street as far at least as Prytania The con
ton Of Camp street from Canal to Poydras is reall
disgrace to the city, The street contractors are c.
3s tinnally patching and scraping it; still it is
oh tinually full Of holes, and disgustingy muddy in
ow weather.
Ids A Camp and Magazine streets have gone far beye
their regular apprenticeship to round stones and m
ass and are by every consideration of necessity and
on tice entitled to square blocks. We would like als'
on see the square blocks of Royal continued up ST. Cha
per street. as far as Tvoli Crcle but that is not so mi
of q commercial street. and we can let it pass for
present. .....a...
ate For Camp and Magazine streets, however, we
ork not abate one lot of demand and, with all pro
She respect, we commend the system of square bl
Tor paving to the consideration of the present Conn
Council, and urge upon that body the partic
re- necessity Of improving Camp and Magazine streets
gate that system, thereby giving them that cleanliness
the easiness of passage to which their central posi-
of and commercial Importance fairly enttle them.
lore the expense is too great for one year, make c
that mencement by paving them as far as Poydras
ting Julia street this year, leaving to your successors
'olo- duty of completing the work.