Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-09

worth street. Futy HItn StTett, one
block of cypress on concrete. contract the
same, now laying; six men lay one thous
and yards in ten hours. North Sixteenth
street. cedar blocks, laid in 1886; street
car line laying track, found some very
poor blocks, but well lsyed with coarse
gravel between. North Sixteenth street
in parts is very good. In places this
street shows blocks that are in very bad
condition, in fact this street is very much
| like Farnum. but not quite so bad. There
is very little signs of tar on the sides oil
the blocks, and the tamping contained
too much sand to let the tar go between
| the blocks. At the corner OF Sixteenth
and Jackson streets we found them lay
| ing CYPRESS, from which we got the SAM
ple blocks that we have with us. Sans
ders street between Patrick and West,
cedar on concrete; two gallons of tar.
October. 1888. We saw a long line of
this street taken up to build street car
tracks and it showed the coarse gravel
that was used for tamping. allowing the
tar to GO to the bottom of the blocks,
which is very good feature. This Is n
very fine street in all respects.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
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streets, two blocks paved with brick;
foundation, FIVE inches of cindeIs well
rolled and four inches of sand. layed in
1888 About fifteen miles Of cedar pave>
ment TO date against granite and brick.
Broadway from the city to the bridge,
distance of three and one half miles. is
cedar blocks on plank layed in 1887. in
very good condition.
DIES MONIES, IOWA.
Cyress blocks on North Sixth street to
the city limits, about two miles; contract
let to pave with brick seven blocks; layed
in 1888; vitritied native brick are used,
the best grade used for top course; cons
slider it a failure on account of the foun-
dalton, which is but six inches of sand
and a poor quality of brick. Walnut
street from Second to Ninth street, paved
with cedar on plank in 1881. Blocks
taken up by Gas Company prove to be
sound; over three miles layed in 1891;
no repairs the first eight years; condition
good except along trenches. Several
miles layed of cedar on plank in 1882,
1888 and 1884. School street to Ninth
street. north on Ninth street to city
limits, paved with cypress on plank in
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coarse gravel; two and one half gal
Ions of tar to the square yard:
no repairs in four years, condition good.
Charles Bennett city engineer of Des
MOines, says the durability, co mfort and
economy of cedar blocks pavement as
compared with stone or other material,
will last from 10 to Is years depending
upon quality of material. manner of lays
ing, nature of soil and amount of traffic
We will say that as to brick that our obser-
walton is that good brick layed on cons
crete or some other firm foundation will
make good and lasting pavement; our
preference based On what we saw is for
Bloomington, Ottawa or Galesburg in
the order as allowed named for uniformity
of size, toughness and general durability;
but our observation in Des Moines and
other places satisfies us that no brick
should be used unless it had been dem
onstrated by use that it has the requisite
qualities for a durable pavement.
BLOOMINGTON.
At Bloomington, cost of brick pave-
ment 81. 50 per yard. specifications called
for two and one. half inches cinders, one
and one half inch of sand one, course of
brick laid flat, one inch of sand, one
course of brick laid on edge. We will
say as to cedar that the large cities seem
to have used cedar to a very much
greater extent than any other material.
Chicago, about $50 miles, Council Bluffs
about 23 miles, Des MOines 35
miles, Kansas City about 80 miles,
Omaha about sc miles And we
saw in the places we visited that if
layed on concrete or some other solid
fOun dation, and the blocks used were OF
live wood, it made the most pleasant
pavement to drive upon of any and very
durable. As to the sanitary objections
we were unable to find any OBJECTIONABLE
odors from any that we examined, and
we were particularly fortunate in finding
it taken up in many places for the pur-
pose of laying water pipe, street Cal
tracks, &c, which enabled us to make
a very extended examination. Peoria
being the only place that anyone claimed
any objections, to wit:-on the score oil
health.
COST OF CEDAR.
Cost of cedar in Omaha, 1888, 81. SO
bids, 1889. Sit on six-inch of concrete
ChicagO-cost of cedar in Chicago, 81 81
W olstO Ou we Will say InSJ
as to cypress blocks that our opinion is
that it is very desirable wood, and al
though no city that we visited has used
it in such shape as the sample as we
brought from Omaha, a sufficient length
of time to demonstrate its durability,
still we heard some very practical and
well informed men express unq ualifled
faith in it as the coming pavem ent, fol-
various reasons, among which is its uni>
form quality (there being no danger of
getting any dead expressly Major Bal,
comb, chairman of the board OF public
works of Omaha, said that he thought
that Tin the form as shown by ample)
it was the coming pavement.
COST OF CYPRESS,
in Omaha, in 1888, $50 per yard on
six.inch of concrete; and for 1889, SLIGO
bid, on six inches of concrete.
The committee were very freely fur
nished any information that they asked
by the city authorities of each city that
they visited. But we are under particu-
lar obligation to City Engineer Wright,
man and Mr.. Baldwin editor of the
JounaD of Peoria, City Engineer Bel
and his assistant, of Bloomington, MIR,
George W. Deal. ex superintendent
streets of Chicago, Mr.. G. w. Pearson
assistant city engineer of Kansas City
Major Balcomb, chairman of the board
of public works of Omaha, Mayor Rohrol
and Alderman Lacy, of Council Bluffs
all of whom took particular pains tC
show us any pavements in their respcc.
tive cities that would give us informa-
ton on the subject.
We would recommend that the prop
erty owners in the district to-wit: Or
Second avenue, from Fourteenth stree,
to TWenfiafh sfreef incluaiu ha riuar