The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-22
THISTLE ASPHALT.
A Talk With Mr.. LIE Sieur About
This Material.
THE BRIGHAM STREET WALK.
Asphalt as Pavement for the Business Part
of Town---The Capacity of
the Thistle Mills.

Mr.. St. V. lie S,ieur, accompanied by
Mayor +. j. Kiesel of Ogden, and a
number Of Provo business men, started
yesterday morning for Thistle station on
the D. " r. G., to make an inspection of
the asphalt beds at that point Alderman
Ritter, of this city, who has taken great
deal of interest in the asphalt question OF
late, was invited to join the party, but ow-
ing to press Of business he was compelled
to decline. Mr. lie Sieur, however, is anx-
ious to have Mr. Ritter visit the plant and it
is probable that the alderman will make the
trip at an early day.
MIR. lie Sieur was seen It Provo yester-
day morning by HERALD representative
and gave much information that will be of
interest to the city councillors and others
who are agitating the paving question.
THE THISTLE ASPHALT.
AS is well known Mr.. LIE Sieur is trying
to induce our city council to accept his
asphalt as the material for the long talked-of
South Temple street sidewalk The city
council Of Provo has decided to put down
thirteen blocks of asphalt paving and Mr..
lie Sieur thinks that our council will soon
follow suit. The asphalt walk would cost
Onlt ID cents per square foot-a little more
than half the cost of Portland cement
walk and great many advantages are
claimed for the former material. Mr.. LIE
Sieur says that he expects to see Salt Lake
put down six or seven blocks of asphalt
roadway before long, and he says it would
pay them well to do it.
Main street from South Temple to Third
South; First South from West Temple to
First East; Second South from West Tenn
pie to Main street, and possibly to First
East could stand the tax said Mr.. lie
Sieur, but outside of that district the ex-
pense would be too heavy
How thick would the asphalt have TO be
10 stand the wear upon our streetsi' asked
the reporter,
For sidewalks we make it one and one
half inches thick, and it is laid on a thick
bed of gravel. For roadways the same, or a
little greater thickness would suffice, but it
would have to be laid on foundation OF
concrete. The concrete would be very
GttiS more expensive than gravel
What advantages do you claim for your
asphalt!n asked the reporter.
Well, in the first place it is Utah pro
duct and can be laid down here cheaper
than any other desirable paving material.
Then 1t will make better sidewalk than
any other available material. 1t is proof
against the action of the sun and will not
absorb water at all; thus melting, warping
and cracking are impossible"
In explanation of how hard and tough the
pared asphalt is about
AS HARD A. EMERY STONE.
In attempting to saw it with an ordinary
steel saw it is found that before much of an
impression is made upon the asphalt, the
saw is entirely tOothleSs.
Mr.. LIE Sieur said that there are twenty
different varieties Of asphalt in Utah; some
good for making paints, some good for the
oils that can be extracted from them and
some e cd for paving.
Y The seer It of the Thistle cOmpany'S as
pla is simply in the proportions of lime,
silica asphalt etc, used in making the
compound and in the machinery by which
the OILS are extracted and the materials
mixed. The work done by this company
soAfar has been simply experimental |
mEnly for the purpose of testing the ma
cIinery, but practical work will be begun |
in two or three weeks.
The plant is all in perfect order and
about forty-fy hands will be employed
during the summer. There are
THIRTY MILLION CUBIC YARDS
of asphalt in veins from eleven to fourteen
feet thick in sight, so there seems no like
ihood of running out of material. The
company Will turn out asphalt of every
grade from the refined article used for
varnish and japan to paving material. The |
capacity of the mill is 200 cubic yards in
twenty-four hours.
''What are the prospects for the utilizing |
of the Uintah asphalt!' asked the reporter. |
'rhe Uintah asphalt will never make |
good paving material on account of the i'm |
mense amount of parafine it contains, - was
the reply.
Comparing his asphalt with the Trinidad |
asphalt, Mr.. LIE Sieur said that the latter |
article costs $50 per ton laid down in St. |
Louis. while his people will lay their |
Oh
ard, or one and One-quarter tons The |
very lowest price at which asphalt pave |
ment has been laid in ST Louis is 33c per |
square foot, while it is offered to Salt Lake |
at less than half that rate.
Taylor the Tailor, As, E. Second South.
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