The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-19

Several weeks ago the city engineer and
street aud alley committee Of the Akron
city council started out ON q fire brick
Inspection tour, The mon visited Canton,
Cleveland and Columbus,
Ia Cleveland very few fire brick pave
mcntR were found, Those were mostly
pul down by private parties and no care
taken with the work. OF the trip 10 tau'
ton tho committee reportsj
,In Canton, members OF tho Canton
city council and CIty Engineer Marble dld
everything In their power 70 assist uH III
our investigation, 40 did Meharh' ldce,
city engineer aud liawHnn, assistant eh'
glncer Of Cleveland, aud MeasrH. KInncar,
cIty engineer, aud Fisher assistant on
pllecr of Columbus, 90 all 0i whom We
| feol much indebted for Information given
aud kind attention,
"lu Canton two brick phycmcnlH we're
| beIng constructed, one Of hard sample
/ West Virginia fire clay uud ilc other nl
| tho Williams CNSt0u rcd brick, llih hr'
| Ing one ut Tie best samples We saw
Both of these paycmoniH are luld nl
gravel foundations thoroughly rolled WIN
| h htcnm roller and tho Joints ~ brick heinH
filled with NHphaltlc paving cemehL
| These payemcntR not being laid long We
were unable 10 form nn idea na 10 tio lilo
Of the brick being used, There p one
short Niece Of brick pavement Ia canton
thnt wns put down two or thrcc years age
with Williams Canton Fire Brick, ThoHt
brick are soft, showing signs OF dialnlc
grating aud crumhlug und could be- ca
| very rendlly with knife,
at h the opinion ut your committee
that this pavement laid two or three Year
ago will be- very short lived, but from th'
hrcl, now used IN Canton and Cplumbul
hoing 80 much superior In every way, W.
do not oven consider this puyomcnl lac
three years ago In Our estimate ui lh'
worth Of brick pgycmcnle,'
or the inspection Ia Columbus ulo re-
port HhyHi
I'm Columbus brick puycmcnta ar,
being used very extensively In all Kinds
The HOLLYWOOD block aud Hayden blpcl
are used the most and the HOLLYWOOD
brick block will be- hereafter used nlnob
exclusively, The brick certainly make
beautiful pavement Nnd We were unable
10 aoe whore any Of the puycmCutu laid o
brick had worn away aud We were muCl
impressed with them, But all Of ihoH
pnyCmcnta having boon put down within
the last three years We Conhlurr tllht ~
short time h not "a test ana is still ~
experiment with the chances IN favor o
WlGccas whore traffic " no heavier than /
" In Columbus,
"All paycmcnts In Columbus are con
Etructcd with great care, gs Il appears Il
ua, After excavation has been made 10
proper depth, hroIcn lime stone h scat
tered over it in such way that after II u
rolled with 10 or 10 tom steam roller /
will be- ak inches thick and OF the sam,
cr0ss.sCctou ug the street whom finished
! After this iH done u course Of sand two ul
two and half inches thicl, ia put on tC
mako bed for brick or stuuO pUycmOnts
Whom the paving blocks are laid they are
rnmmcd down and thu Joints are llllct
with paving ccmcnL This makes the
cutrc pavement one homogeneous mass
firm, imporyiuua 10 wntcG IN u sanitary
yicw Of thc best, doing away with lltl
aud disonsc.brccding deposits That collcC
In the Joints Of pnyCmcuis not ccmcntcd
In Columbus We did not sec u poor pave
mcnt that was laid 10y the city,