Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-04-02

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1, sos say; TIsbo1.Iaas as our present syD.,1----
YES, ,'5to, ruynoss I pavement is ~ 49,
aPse1 " .s IN Portant strsst- ,t-- 80
"a bulong re OF Permansat sIS,.--.a.o.Ie -aoIe
the the tram fs large" &C. '--taessrs
Ane iced, o. 1,o En observation both IN oh,.
"a % mln snees ." leads to the oonTistio-
go. eHDU ;PssSnent there & nef -
nor. 4 SIo a., Osaer sa respect, but tLss a 4
more Sn 80. ,ai- sIone1 Keeps II bstts- 49,
dition- G2 TO- olLes less attentions. spd :.
nairs 80 S, hoseVer, here Sbss,r.
ne orr ~ 5r PsFements are muck su1s-s
to tbsirS.n i;n ~. We are Of the opinion shst
a sood Wa, an me pavement will o1tI..t
he Ni.boIs Ia q ne Question Of darabiIit-
~ botb Nm, eat NiIIeSd yet ansoIved ~
Gbissso5, IA ina -onolaon psTsment 80
~ ~, NJ o;BP enent ara TO-DAY ,oo5
oar olu'a' nsa O.'n NJ OF pine taFss ,- 500
he csnt-. oF ~ d..as' put down In IsE9
Lo,.s ~ .;--'.A - y. ~, u may be aso1 ~
the sfioe Of the o ( oak thai go oR this
city, and also oneo years la, aoEn
some two three Yesrs az, tIPSsElenes
shows that the oak ~ LAsts9t
put I'D ootn are SOUND. furnished all tbs s,g.
ant iLsr,. of ooSt ~ -sn Win the qusnti-
ties Of the different ms ys bsv. .lor lAoor re-
quired. From this date y apnror;-4 4aested
the Engineer to make an kin5- - esti-
mate OF the cost Of tho two = N;.I - - pave
ment; the result is, that tn HSlsons IN
oluding all grading below Ii 1S OF tue
street, at 10 per cent contracts. Pt9as, VII
cost q 4 cents per square feet ass the
Medina stone pavement, ineIud grading
below the grade Of the street, ana V-sed up
on this years contracts, cost 10 cents
per square foot, making the stoA So1 4
less than the wood. There Is snoh ' qaes-
ton regarding the wood pavement alen
has been raised, and which is Of vital Per
tsnce to Onr citizens, viz: ita effect up, sae
health Of the city.
Its true that We have high scientific su-
thOrity in our own city that the Wosd pc. Ne-
ment Is deleterious to health. Yet TO oRh q
this have the certificates ofDr. c.
Jackson and DR. Hayes, which says: "By the
use Of bituminous composition, or nsstie, thS
durability of the wood is preserved, the masses
becoming hardened BY impregnation, 50 that
the exhalations from rot are not present.
Indeed, the vspors which might exhaIs m
der the rays Of the sun are those which neu-
tralizs miasmRts II existing in the air"
And Dr. jackson says much. Probably
Prof. Brainard had in his mind some kind Of
pavement different from the Nicholson.
The opinions Of these latter gentlemen
should have the more weight from the fact 70
that they had ample opportunity to examine
the construction Of the pavement. Our own
observation on this head is that this pave
ment is 50 nearly, If not quite imPervi0as 10
water and furnishes such perfect drainage and
comparative freedom from dust, that It iB
more conducive to health than the stone.
Setting aside the question Of durability, Es
now rscspitulats the comparative merits Of
the two kinds Of pavements. Stone costs but
three-fourths as much per square fsot. The
wood is less noisy, less dusty, more easily
| and more inviting to trade and trafio.
We think faTOrably Of the plan Of paving
the central portion Of the street with wood,
and the cutters with stone. We feel conh-
| dent that the wood would decay first in the
| cutters; the socumulsting hlth at that point
and access Of air along side Of the curb
stone would be likely to induce this result;
l whereas the stone in this part Of the street
/ not being subject TO much wear, would last
/ long time, and the wood, Whsn worn ont,
might hs replaced at half the expense Of the
/ entire street. The proportion Of each would
vary according to locality.
We do not wish to be Understood as adVo-
L eating the abandonment of stone entirely, and
substituting wood. This is matter for the
| authorities and citizens upon any particular
i street 90 determine. They must decide Whoth-
| or the advantages set forth would warrant
the additional outlay. The question Of du-
/ rability will be confined to the streets NEST q
1 in use. On streets little used the stone would
! probably outlast the wood the Medina stone
being indestrueti0lS from any cause save at
triton. s,--
In conclusion, however, we feel constrain-
! ed to advance the opinion that Of sEo streets
equally we'll located for business, as Water
and Bank streets, the one paved with wood
and the othar 9TH stone, the Wood-paysd
--t-ao1ld be the -thronpsd thor-s
| property upon 1t would be In thu Rroatess -
demand, and would command the Alghest
rent.
The wood pavement is peculiarly veil
adapted to street railroads instead OF form
ing ruts along the rails the wood heads down
/. | and keeps the rail even with the top, ana
forms an surface and along the
track at all points, with only the necessary
. | lift Of threo-q quarters Of an inch for the car
wheel fsnge. We feel confident that the
railroad companies would ind It to their
pseuniary advantage, from the GAving Of
| horses and repairs, to pave their tracks with =
wood. No ties Ero required, and the string
ers and rails once properly laid are so secure
Iy bound and eemented together that they
cannot spread.
THos. BURNHAM, ro,,,,;,... .4
J. H SIRaENT, City Civil Engineer.