Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-19
STREET PAVING.
Another Meeting of the Chamber of Com
MERGE to Consider the Subject.

MERGE to Consider the Suhject.
An adjourned meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce at large was held at the
chamber last evening, to further consider
the matter of street pavements. In the
absence of President Sanborn, Mr.. Will
liam Dawson was called to the chair
Mr. Murray said that he noticed the
members of the board of public works
were present, and he would like to hear
their opinion IN regard to the matter dis
cussed at the last meeting, and also as to
what the members of the board them
selves though ought to be done, indie
pendent of the opinions expressed by the
meeting.
Col Harrington stated that the mem
bers of the board had had the matter of
Fort street grading and paving before
them and had been good deal perplexed
as to what ought to be done, aud he did
not think the board could give the meet
ing much information. He called on Mr..
Delano to give the meeting the benefit of
| his experience.
Mr.. De1ano haG no doubt the street
ought to be improved, but the important
point was how it was to be done. The
kind of pavement adopted must depend
almost entirely upon what use is to be
made of the street. For some streets
wood would be the best, for others Nc
Adam and for others probably granite or
some other kind of hard substance. Gen
orally speaking he would prefer granite
curling, and certainly on streets where a
good deal of business IS done granite is
necessary. On other streets wood curb
ing would do, at least for the present.
But where you have heavy draws backing
up against the curling with their wheels,
the tires of which had been worn off at
the edges till they had grown sharp. 1t
is necessary to have some kind of solid
curbing that will Withstand the heavy
blows it would receive from these wheels.
He suggested that Fort street, which had
roadway of As feet in the clear, might
be paved with wooden blocks ON either
side of the track, and on the outside of
the block pavement the McAdam might
be put down. What all people want IS
some improvement of the street
at a moderate COST He expressed him
strongly in favor of wide tire.
Mr.. Rundlett gave some idea of the
cost of the different pavements, which
were the same as the statements made at
the first meeting, a week ago, and ex-
pressed the view that whatever was done
on Fort street should be done in per-
manent manner.
WIDE TIRES.
Mr.. Drake, in order to have something
definite before the meeting, offered the
following:
Resolved, That it is the judgment of this
meeting that the city council should without
delay require all licensed vehicles to be con-
structed with tires OF greatly increased width
to those now in use.
In Offering the above MIR. Drake said
that the experience gained by him while
engaged for many years in constructing
turnpikes, had convinced him of the ne
cessity of having wide tires. and explain
ed why.
Mr.. McClung suggested that there
might be difficulty in regard to framing
an ordinance, on account OF the fact that
a good many vehicles had already been
licensed
Mr. Drake replied that it would be easy
enough to Obviate that objection. The
ordinance might fix one sum for the wide
tire and heavier one for the narrow tire.
The difficulty would soon solve itself
The resolution, on vote being taken,
was adopted.
STREET RAILWAY RAILS.
The following resolution in regard to
the kind of rails to be used by the street
railway was adopted without much dis
cussion:
ResoIued, That in the opinion of this meet
ing the street railway company should use
such width of rails as to allow the travel of
carriage and wagon wheels thereon with ease,
and that licensed vehicles should be con-
structed of the proper width to track the
rails.
WHAT KIND OF CURLING.
Mr. Drake to test the ideas of those
present in regard to curbing, offered the
following:
RESOLVED, That in the opinion OF this meet
ing curbing should be made of pine wood, oak
wood or stone, as the Judgment of the city
engineer and board Of public works may
deem most desirable or judicious considering
the locality where used. having due regard to
the volue of the property and the improve
ments upon the streets on which curbing is
ordered.
In Offering the above Mr.. Drake urged
that on a street that had been sufficiently
improved stone curbing should be
used. ALI seemed to agree in this. Wood
could be used on some stress, and with a
view of being replaced with stone. Be-
sides stone is very expensive and ought
not to be used till the exigencies Of bust
ness requires that it should be. The
resolution was adopted.
STEWART AVENUE.
Mr.. McClung suggested the improve
ment of Stewart Avenue, and called upon
Mr.. D. L. Curtice to make a
statement as to the COST In response
to this request MIR. Curtice made the fol-
lowing statement:
Approximate estimate for partially
grading Stewart avenue from the south
line of the city Of st. Paul to the inter-
section of said avenue with Fort street
at the Fort Smelling bridge.
Surfacing up old road now opened
and travelled a 1000 feet) .....$ 800 90
Grading part not yet opened to
Bridging and culyerts. 900 90
Incidental ............ 800 90
$1,000 90
Mr.. Drake could understand the inn