The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-16
Afternoon session,

Afternoon Session.
The secretary read paper on PAWN
Roadways and Streets with Brick, by J.
W. Billingsley, OF indianapolis, Ind.
PAVING RoADwAYs AND STREETS wIrn
BRICK.
The improvement of streets and high
ways in this country In receiving yer,
considerable degree OF attention, NOR
especially in tho older settled portions O
the country.
''The best pavement for the money" Ia
been the subject Of serious consideration
by the city authorities Of moro than on,
city. The pavement that will be tho mos
durable may not be the most desirable, OF
account Of the very rough character OF tn
travelled surface. The wear and tear of th
vehicles and the liability OF the draft o
carriage horses 10 got lame or become still
fened where thcro IN n want Of elasticity
makes such pavements Objectionable.
There aro bowldcred and stone pave
ments that those travelling tho streets vii
avoid by driving two or three squares OH
Of the way 10 their business.
Streets paved with wooden blocks ar
good enough for three or four years with
out repair, after which they may bc used d
few years with needed repairs, then the
decaying wooden blocks have 10 be ~.
moved altogether. Wood paved streets
are expensive. short lived and ON the
whole unsatisfactory.
Asphaltum makes a smooth, elastic, OF
springy street, but a few years will wear
the surface into holes or deprsiions, and
these AIRS very difficult 10 repair, in fact
repairs are seldom satisfactory. besides
they are expensive.
Iattcrly IN this country the use Of buick
for paving streets hns been receiving some
attention. Sixteen years ago nj Charles.
ton. ". Va, they put down u Tow squares
OF brick pavement, which have been sub.
jcciod ~ heavy travel, and We aro in
formed that they have stood the wear well.
Since they have tested them they are gen.
orally improving their slrots by paving
them with brick.
At Sioubcnyillc. o., they have hal a
test Of eight years on the principal street
OF the city The pavement ~ lar has cx.
cecdcd the most slnguino expectations.
The writer visited Slcuhcuyillc Ia Nav
last and examined the slroct that was tint
paved aud WIS agrccably surprised TO see
that Il looked as though il hnd only
h'AN ANlAA y NfaAN W AMtNa NV MNAI Oh AINN
eight years was hardly pcrccpublc. -Four.
teen ycar ago Mr.. Heater, ut Rloominp
ton, III, laid one Hquaro oi brick pave
mcnt ON the west side Of the courthouse
The writer has frequently visited that cit,
since that time aud has examined M,
pavement finding Il all that could bc le
sired. Being convinced 81 H. merit IN,
city authorities have improved several %
their principal streets In this way. W,
arr informed that Gnlcshurr, lincoln
Peoria, Springfield and other cities ia Illi
nois have put down many miles Of hricl
pavement Decatur. NJ. has scycrl
miles us strrots paved with brick Ia a.,
writer's own knOwlvdgc. In fact an o
their principal STREETS have bccn thus i'm
proved. The latter city commenced Oh,
use Of buick eight ycars ago. At one tim,
they hal five miles 81 their streets undo
contract Tor brick pavement and side
walks
In Ohio brick are being generally Intro
duccd in thc larger towns aud cltics A
Columbus, Cleveland, Akun and uthc
places We have learned Of no dissatisfaction
Mhclo harl burned brick have brcn ustd
We henri 81 one fquac In part that VI
paved viii, soft brick M Columbus. q.
ny some Interested stone contractor
tna' Was taken up aud replaced will
west Virginia hard burned brick to Noe
w The uciu Of the pavement With
The past year section oi ono oi IA
principal streets ot Washington. u. q
has been paved with West Virginia pawn
bnck.
Tho Introduction Of brick for Hrt
paving IN orr large cities would me,
with general iayor II Il wcrc not Tor rou
OF These all-Wiso city engineers MCntio
brick "a him II YOU want 10 acc a irpw
mantle his inuC. "NO, air. no, sif, "
says, and then takes hammer and
common burnt back and hits the bficl
knocking oil a piece, aud siyE "Thcr
now, don't you see Il won't DO" II
forgcts that a rqulv block IT stone Wit
sharp edges and Comou, u fuhiUttvd
the same test, would likely bc ~ casi
dciaced.
BRICK rAvENESrs ARR No NTN rttINu.
II Is no innovation Of the past decade
years. II ~ M new tangled invent,
gotten up by hard ppsscd bfirkmakcu
tide over a dull period Ia their husu,,
IL u not new thing In this country 40
h less 20 la tho old world. Prot llohtr
81 Cornell University, New York, n yc
ago IN conversation With tie wit,
eaid. II wonder that our pCol
10 not uso moro brick In Il
improvement OF our streets aud highway
In tho Netherlands the highways arr ~
crally paved with brick. Ia a ride Of ~
oral DAYS through the county, yisitii
various herds Of jersey cattle. I did n
drive over more than six or eight miles
dirt road. somc oi the highways ha
been paved for morc than hall n ccntur
and they require little ppair and MAJ
splendid roads 10 travel over"
TnE KIND ~ uEicg nEquiREp.
Tho biiok should be bard and no, eaSl
chipped or crushed. There " no dcnyil
the fact that somr clays are better adapt,
10 the manufacture Of paycn than 9th
clays. Bot u ~ also true that IN many
calities clays may bo found thL. are ",
adapted 20 this use. A elsy that will bu
70 \ hard body, having q tough fiber,
tho word 'hbcr" 10 admissible In dist