The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-13
PAVING THE STREETS.
Partly With PIanking, Partly
With Cedar Blocks.
DISTRACTIONS TO BE REMOVED
Solid Theren-hf~res sanaos BE rut,,
aasii BussnrsS Blocks src Completed
frr-~ms Methods Temporary.

sssses Commissioner Alexander yestsr-
Gay served notice on a number of property
oNsers along whose property there is nsore
.aa's-ing material cbstrnctsng the street
Al ahelF permits have granted. 10 remove
Mohasy be vii complete the task
% seEFilg notices and viii corr usence clear
Tag tne streets One Of the first cases he
VIA tackle Is the big pile OF brick ss the
Corner 0. Commercial and Washington
streets. The brick was put there the night
Aa'el tae IRE and has DISTRACTED and iza-
pesied travel ever since. There is build
ing gong up on the opposite side Of the
street oas none next 10 the pile OF brick.
anu the owner has had the Use Of the street
without any effort towards clearing il up.
Mr.. Alexander saws he viii show b.s
cnange IN week or two in the condition of
TIE almost hlockaced streets
PLargISa sEcoSD SHEET
GOOD start Was made on the new plank
Ing on second street yesterday The tele-
phone po.es ard the sidewalk are out of
place, IN The street, on the east side OF Sec
o1ld Rear fesler avenue and on Monday
lhe sorkmen viii be laying the planking
Up 70 within three feet of the tents ia that
haecs- The telephone company has only
Two or three poles ia the street, but the
ESeetrie Railway poles. all the way UP Sec
ond street. will have to be moved back, as
The psankang goes north
PREPARING FoR THE CEDAR BLOCKS.
force OF men In the employ OF tie
Electric Railway Company. commenced
work yesterday at the lower end OF the
present terminus Of the road on Second
street They are putting in girder rails and
preparing the track for the cedar block
paving Mr.. Griffith. president OF the COM
pany, said that he bad received several
answers to the advertisement for bids for
furnishing cedar block pavement, the low
est OF which was TWO cents per square foot.
ith such cheap pavement, said Mr..
eriitthr the city ought TO put in that in
stead OF the Temporary plansing. The
cedar blocks are cheaper than the plank
ing, and with sand as handy as we have il
here, the pavement could he put in e.
cheap or cheaper than in any place in the
country ! would ike to see road pat in
mat would last some time instead OF this
p.anking."
Mr. Griffith said that the cedar block
pavement was put in In Kansas City for
si.s2 per square yard. and this cedar came
all the way from Wisconsin. In Omaha
cedar had 10 he brought long distance
also. He thought il could be turned out
very cheaply here.
Why" he said II have notion to or
ganize company myself and go into the
business OF making the blocks. Thsre is
any amount OF good cedar within three
miles Of Seattle. and We could turn ont
enough to pave the whole state OF Wash
ington in little while"
BLOCKS NOT AZ GOOD As PLASKIsG.
Councilman Jones. chairman OF the street
committee; is one of the busiest men in the
city. A reporter, who got track OF him at
the corner OF Yesier avenue and Second
street. followed the clue and traced him
away up on Madison street There the
work,nen said he had gone ont to North
Seattle To see about street Improvement
He was finally found at the city engineers
office.
Our men" he sail. ARE working today
on the new alley, between Washington aud
Main streets west Of Commercial. The job
Will be done in few DAYS"
What are you going TO do about paw
ing?''
well. we are going to try block of il
on Second, between Cedar and Columbia
streets.
why don't yeu put in block pavement
instead OF the p!snkinRg ?"
Because IL wont hold. Why, there isn't
business street in the city that would
bold the blocking in. There are no cutters
nothing 10 keep the blocks from getting
I loose at the sides. In a year or two. when
/ the buildings in the business part are tin
/ ished we can put in good pavement. bat
/ il is work threwn away 10 build anything
{ 20 stay on ground that is constantly aiding
/ away.
And again, II we we're putting in pave
ment the property owners would have 10
| bear the expense. and they wouldn't want
/ TO pat good money into something which
/ they woud find sliding down toward the
/ Sound every day"
/ Mr.. Jones said that they were going 10
+ keep the street work rushing all over the
I city the coming winter ard try Ia relieve
/ the streets from the wealth Of mud. When
I il IS remembered that there IS not block
! of raving IN the whole city. the enormous
/ work ia store for the street committee and
| the street commissioner will be better un-
| derstood