Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-20
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A Few Fac rs ABOUT PAVING Coed streets
are the sign of an active, enterprising business
town or city. A stranger going from place 70
place. derives his first Impressions Of city from.
the general appearance of It's streets, not only ia
the style and extent Of It's buildings, but the
roadway itself A business man, looking for good
location where he may establish himself wiljudee
of any city and town he may visit from the care
and attention bestowed upon its streets II they are
smooth aud clean in village, or well paved in a
city he will receive favorable impression OF the
business of the place, but if rough, unsighty aud
muddy, he will be apt to seek more promising
location. Our city needs much improving in this
respect True We have vide and beautiful ayenl
uts where merchant princes have fixed their rcsi1
dences, and pleasure parties who soiOurn In the
city, and who pass through only these uptown
streets will 60 away with the impression that ours
is a most beautiful, wealthy and cnteTprising city
And 80 indeed It is, but the business man who
comes here with an eye to the business capacities
and evidences Of solid trade which our city may
present, will cast critical glance upon the mud
aud roughness Of Vineyard street. the sand aud
heavy grades of Water street hill and the loose
ds and ends of the Superior street plankiug,
the want of paving upon Bank Spring, Bath and
st. Clair streets, and about the north side of the
Square.
The work is progressing and great Improvement
has been made within the last two years, 5utmore
Is needed which will come along ID good hme.-
Vineyard street will soon be commenced and Col-
umbus street is now in progress We look for
r Al ,.t.-A 4s,I
paving of all our principal streets shall be the best
I evidence of the commercial and mercantile stand
!, ing Of our beautiful Forest City.
y These remarks have been induced by walk
through the stone yard Of Messrs. SouTHwoRTH. q
WILLIAMS, upon Columbus street. which yards,
, by the way is just what has been needed in Cleye
land, There are other stone yards in town, but
none that keep large stock variety Of stone
t ON hand ready for delivery to any purchaser
Messrs. s. q W. will keep for sale at all times a
, large supply of paving and building stones of all
! the principsl descriptions.
Three varieties of stone have been used in streets
y paving in our city. The Grst is the Medina stone
= from the Medina quarries in Orleans Co., N Y +,
about so miles east of Buffalo, on the Erie Canal
This is a tirp1 hard, dense sandstone containing a
T large proportion of iron, sulphur and cobalt. Some
curious specimens of this stone are found which
show the character of It's formation Occasional
/ shells are found mbedded in it and some OF the
/ stones upon the natural faces, present the exact
l counterfeit Of a sandy beach where the gentle
! waveIets Ieaye nttIe riugcS waves uHUng
|, the shore. At the quarres hundreds of workmen
!, are constantly engaged in supplying the demand
for this stone 1t s used exclusively or very
NJ nearly so in Buffalo and in Rochester Mr.. HoL
/ LowAY OF Buffalo, who has paved about 40 miles
OF the so miles of paving in that city, informs vi
D. that he considers it superior toa other Varieties
a While being exceedingly hard and dense, it is dis
posed in layers which seperato almost as regu.
q larly and evenly as if sawed. The stone is
Il brought to this city in blocks averaging perhaps
l5e eight inches deep aud six inches wide, These
W blocks are split before being laid, leaving then
T from two to three inches in thickness.
/ Tue Independence stone, from Independence
b CuyahogaCo. This is also a sandstone, very dur
~ able but of coarser grain than the Medina Thi
! is obtained in large blocks, and can be split will
u almost mathematical exsctuess, il laying in regqa
=. layers, which are easily separated. For sidewalks
Tagging &c, this stone is perhaps unsurpassed
SOUTHwoRTH b WILLIAMS are now getting GU
~ lot of these stones for walks at the Euclid stree
9r Mansion of A. STONE, Esq which are six feet an
w a half in length and four feet in width, as clear
- and when dressed, as beautiful stone as can b
T found. They also have a job on hand for a churc
in Salem, of this stone, it being well adapted t.
r building, Water street and Union Lane are pave
with Independence stone but II Is not 30 we
adapted to paving, as the blocks are general
w large and the paving without great care, become
I'D, rough 10 few years
we Then there is the Sandusky lime stone, whic
are has been extensively used for paving and is con
as sdered good for that purpose The chief oblec
tOn 10 this stone is that the sizes of the blocks
I quarried are not uniform, and as 1t does not spl
easily and evenly the stones when laid are Of dill
ms feren sizes 0fooarse the larger stones have th
most base and will remain more firmly fixed /
their position than the smaller, which will be NOR
n. depressed by heavy weight. Consequently in
II few years the paving is apt to become uneven
The paving lately completed around the south sid
= of the Square is of Sandusky stone as is Il at
iP Centre street from Vineyard to Merwn Auothe
d objection to this stone is that being limestone,
" after time becomes worn smooth aud has then
ps- slippery surface, difficult for horses to travel upo
D'' Besides these, there is the Pelmpgis ston,
'alo from Peninsula, Summit Co. which is coming nt
IL use for cross walks, sidewalks, &c, being soil
I'D and firm.
'3 10 laying paving stone The street is first grade
aud to the depth Of about two feet fthe soil cayC
aud formation and then filed with gravel for ballast
to within eight inches OF the established grad
when the stone Is set on edge, side by side, viii
the nterstces filled with gravel On some stree
the soil is already gravel where the stone is s
upon the natural bed An other streets but Co
i umbus are paved 10 the side walk but this, bei1
paved principally for the benefit OF tho travelir
y pubic and not ior the immediate local business
Gest the street. is paved only % feet in width. TT
Sa9 paving has extended 70 the railroad crossing an
call is being pushed rapidly forward.
Or The Sandusky stoue is the heavcs. Of the abov
,.n varieties It will weigh over six tons TO The col
anil the Medina stone from hye and half 10 six. III
dy's Medina stone is admirably adapted to door eli
h. and other situations receiving much wear and tea
IT 1t is noticed in almost all door stones which ba,
II been in use for a few years that they wear ava
r sensibly, but some Of these stones have been
r, Sonstaut in Buffalo for twenty years and sho
scarcely and signs Of wear. Some mammoth slal
nj are obtained Of this variety. We saw aome at n
hin yard Of soUTHwoRTH a WuLAMs neasurir
9Im from 40 TO so superficial feet aud the face almo
rid as smooth a. a board, just as IL came from q
se- quarry.
,ul This Firm have paved about as 600 feet arout
q, is the square aud ,hsir work or Columbus sire
will be about 43 600 feet. Besides this they paw,
fhfa River and Cpufre gtroota .. n