, 1879-08-20

tauses which had impaired tho reputation
Of the cement gravel were two,-the use Of
application Of the genuine article. The spect~
nuns exhibited had beun exposed to the raging
elements for twenty ycnra. h.,t they wonld out.
live anotlrr generation. He could show tile
Commissioners n thousand yards ceMabted to-
eethrr. II the bed we're n,ade staht.--thc large
cobblcs but IN first, then tho medium, md the
line gravel on top, the whale wet DOM and
roied,--the tnasa would unite aud cement, and
last nifty or 100 years.
MT. Dexter asked for tho experience of tho
Commissioners with Joliet gravel.
Commissioner Cornell related 1t, aaJinr The
cn0inceta had tested every gravel ptt n,n an
alyzed different speclmens. atnuuE others thu
JoSs a't.a Mound gravel nm. decided that .!e best M
~ slIr contractor couldn't furnish any n,urc At
tic ortec avreed upon, a,d tf.eu the Colntn1s.
sion adopted the Joliet Mound gravel. but H.
was laf1urc, and they took np The blue clay
hati proven The moet Expensive, nl.d roads na,lc
0f II were almost intunssabfc At tmts In ihe
winter. Tie Joliet gravel road iro1n Tic linltts
to tile HYDE Park House
WAS OFTEN IN THAT CONDITION,
anil a stuno mncadnn rual had been substituted.
Mr. Cornell pulntcd with prds to fae Stonry
1stahd road. OAK avrnnc, from Thirty.soventh
tn 'fhfrty-cighth, had been twtcc covered With
Joliet ecncnt gravel. A kind Of salve ran OF
into the catcthaains a.ni twelve Inches OF gravel
H.
covered with gravel. Tile cnkiucer was sent to
Joliet to hook iuto rhe bits ul,lI get tie heat Af.
t1vle. rhr Commission lad tried to
flud somo tint would make q
permhncn, rmd, but. had not been successful.
In lis e1perirucc Ut eleveu years, the bouIdors
settled TO the bottom and the mud came ut,,
leaving boulder ruad. ife denied TINT Tiers
WIS auy ccne,,tpg quality III thy gravel on Micht
Ean avenuc. When wurn to dust grnvrl would
not cement. II the bo.llders wers taken out al
thc uart considered so good, tile balaucc wuutI
becotpv mud. Ills idea was to purghnse the
boulders, crush them, and put them on Miehi-
cau avenue. That would give surface
t,mt would not TO dusty. He believed
tliat that which was known to be
stone ought to be bought; not that which wou!l
work into mud. Tile Commission would take
pride IN keeping Michigan ayeusle Ia or1cr wheu
Z was II 1,det o,san .d ra4 sa h tue
gu good I.nty hard stono,-tGe tiuest in Amert-
ca-Anl We will bayo d street tint att will DO
proud o[,''
sfr. Kowcll eatd that stone ground up would
mike upe's eyes sore, The etreeks here had
been nrayeled With e,t,{l called gravel, but
which worked up into mud. II the gentlemen
would Eu tu joliet t,c would show them
nFvr,.r crvznr aa.vrr.
nm ,,o =, ,rso,s,.,,,.t, ,n, 1ser ,t.,o n, sr.o.,
on ttc ssteeLa HIi'cn hau oeeu uieIc ten. hlteens
alll t"eMtY 5Sarn; n,a mas 20 sol.u 10 "a . rock.
,vo,,1d i.s s,,,ii,. aa.ta"s tAs 'n"s*s'
COMMISSIONER Wulsh ansynred not until thu
Nosf'tAb'p'N"@A ''"'oN Nh1HcAo IN AVs AAtaA eA4C
next lneetitK,--two weeks hence.
slr. Birth said no personally preferred asphalt,
but pcopIe Eef'cra'ly diln't l!ke II Gesause 1t
Was very EXPENSIVE. lie lad tnhdc Inquiries as
to gravel, An.l found that nfne-teuths Ut the
proocrty-orncrs Were tn fayor VI Joliet
Mellnd gravel. uc understood It had
been used On 20 stteet In the ctr.
The gravel" put on Michigan avenue TWO
years ago Fas mud, but the street wns not bad
m nccouut OF the mud; the uneVcnness wns lie
troublc. Tic bed was almost rs llurd as Rran-
ite. What Was needed un lie aurfaee was sorne-
tnnl, that would res!st the Whccls OF vehicles.
,n,saGons: 'ac i,s stsoc w., mas sosefea Mitn
Whrn wet IL va. rnuddy: when t]ry II wns
dusty. He sntr no reasun for having tint
gtnd OF street. AZ he understood, tic
people on Praltie a;'nuo wousd pay 81 loot
20 1--we u,e staa taKSn nM: IL scemta ; 70 nlIn
av.n,,c nd wat r,Iic,, III. .,rfacn 1n,,id Sha ha
solid lid t1ru, aid lis road ns cod ns NV. ex.
ceDt granite or asphsit.
MI Dexter elhrIcser!zcd Mr. birch's state
sn.s ,i.n IT, ;ts'.;t t'e IN nYsnue % ~ esagGsfa.
determined rnun not,tinn hne ,r"m f"vestira. ] W.
ton. Tie best gravel in Juliet was nut On
Prairie avenue; tIe earthly matter worked to
,1e M top nsia nauc aast- a bed constructed as
1AAs 10HCh AuSl buEEEolcA