The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-08

paving returned Saturday evening on
tho cleveland 4 Canton from Colum'
buhl via Coahocton,
II N probable o better time for max
Ing the trip could not have been chosen,
Work OF Just the character desired was
IN progreaa In steubenyille and Colum-
bnpi and on the points on which the
most exact information was wanted,
nplondid opportunity was afforded for
obtaining IT, In Wheeling the inyesti.
gators found pavement which has been
In une for several years, and In Steu'
benyille and Columbus paving was in
progress under different methods,
Some Wheeling pavement has been
down nix years, shows practically no
nignn OF wear, and tho city now puts
down no other kind, Under West Viz,
glnia law the whole cost is paid by the
city, which Is done through q special
assessment Talks with contractors,
city authorities and private citizens re-
suited In obtaining pretty thorough In,
formation The paving used TO cost
s2,b0 yard there, but has been brought
down TO $3.50 through competition and
breaking up Of pools, and contractors
seemed 10 regard that as q fair figure.
The bed there Is made Of about four 10
ak inches Of gravel with two Of sand.
The clayey condition OF the soil deter.
mines the thickness necessary for the
bed, All the paving In Wheeling IN
given coat Of boiled tar, which In dis
tflbuted thickly enough 10 Ill the GREY.
icoa between bricks, bind them together
and make thin coating over the sur.
face The brick used IL the regular fire
brick, harder and Of larger size than
has been used In Canton. A delegation
OF citizens from Des Moinea, Iowa, Wis.
tied the city few days before the Can.
ton party, on the same mission.
Other phases of the subject were dis.
covered In Steubenyille. There pave.
ment had been laid without the coating
OF tar, and proved q failure. Az one
place q pile OF brick was seen laying In
heap Just as they had been thrown
from q car, the customary method OF
piling them In regular order not having
been Followed Very few broken bricks
were seen, giving some indication of
the strength OF the article. The bricks
used In the two cities referred TO, while
being hard burned, seem also 20 possess
u toughness which Is quite desirable.
Some paving In Steubenville had been
laid for aa low as seventy.ilye cents,
being forced down through competition.
The low price was secured at the ex.
penHe OF the quality, as the pavement
proved bad.
A ride from 0.30 p. m, TO 2:2b a. m.
brought the party into Columbus. In
the forenoon, under the guidance OF the
president Of the council, and the street
commissioner, four or five hours were
passed In going from street 20 street,
where paving was In progress. Colum.
bus rs carrying on street paving now
on an immense scale, and will put n
million dollars into such work IL was
most opportune time for visit.
There are half dozen kinds of pave.
ment now down---granite block, asphalt.
oobble, Hayden block, fire brick and
red brick. The Hayden block lisa man.
uiactured block tiveinches square on the
top, several inches thick, and q hollow
center extending almost through from
the bottom 10 the top. The hole Is filed
with sand In laying the blocks. The
surface Ia cut into small squares 20
roughen the pavement, and give proper
foothold for animals.
Several streets were visited where
brlcklaylng was in progress. Where
there IL much clay, q bed OF crushed
stone iB FIRST laid, and then covered with
sand. This bed is pressed with
a steam roller, after the fashion of a
traction engine, which weighs over ten
tons. 10 is run back and forth until q
footprint will hardly show In the sand |
Then brick is laid. An inspector goes
over the brick after section has been |
laid, and picks out imperfect ones. lie |
becomes 80 expert IN judging brick |
that he detects defective one at n |
glance. The brick is given n coating |
OF sand, which Is afteTward wet TO |
make IL set. Then the tar is put on. |
I'm the Hayden block, which is manu-. |
factured under patent, not far from |
the city, the tar Is poured from q can |
between the blocks, but when brick Is |
used, 10 is put on with coarse broom, |
Alling the creyices and also coating the |
surface. The work rs closely inspected |
nc all stages, and especial Importance
W attached TO this portion of the work. |
In addition 10 the fire brick red brick |
OF fine grain Is also being used and is |
laid In The same way,
Columbus conducts street work |
under n special law which assesses the
entire cost upon the abuttinR property. |
The council does not depend upon
petitions from property owners OF
street 10 inaugurate the work, but II II
Ia deemed necessary TO have the street |
...aaA A xunrh 10 gVHarad nna otrant
was visited which was being paved for
the purpose Of connecting two leading
streets. There was not house on
either side Of the street. and forest
trees dotted the land upon both sides.
II the assessment is not paid the prop.
erty 10 conflBcated In some instances
there will be O lot upon street which
will not exceed the valuel OF the i'm.
proyement, but the principle followed
Is that IN some cases the general inter
est should not be baked by the fact
that one piece Of property is below the
average value.
Much OF the method in use, while
probably beneficial for large city, can
not be followed by small one. The
extent 10 which the principle can be
adopted, Of course, is q subject for dis
cuDBi0n.
Columbus officials and many private
citizens attribute the boom the city has
been enjoying for some time 10 the ex-
eensiyc character Of these improve.
menta, holding that in making the
land easily accessible by good streets,
population is attracted and enterprise
encouraged.
The clty officials were very attentive,
and thoy had An exhibition lGn OF the
fIre department for the benefit OF the
visitors, and showed them other things
Of interest about the city government.