The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-05-15

For Paving Streets. Sidewalks.
Ceiiers. Warehouse, sta!,Ies, WIN
Floors, exc.
This material is manufactured into
pressed blocks in San Luis Obispo
Co. where company own and have
under their control territory con
tanning Bituminous Rock enough to
10 pave the streets of the world
This rock subjected to high
pressure in its natural state,
preserves the adhesive quality
Of the Bitumen, and eXpels the oil,
forming with the white sand an
elastic, noiseless and practically in
destructible pavement. AS it is
turned into finished bricks or blocks
by machinery at the quarry, it is
more cheaply produced than the
liquid stuff, besides being far more
durable.
In its natural state it is very diff
cult to handle, and cannot be trans
ported for any considerable distance
in railroad ears in hot weather. I'm
der hydraulic pressure all this diff
Guilty in transportation is avoided.
The company are now prepared To
guarantee n supply of bitumlnOus
blocks sufficient 10 pave the streets
of Honolulu and for other purposes
at the ships side in San Francisco.
One ton OF bituminOns blocks 6X8
inches and . inches thick will paxc q
square of 100 superficial feet, or
/ square yards and one foot. Laid
on q cement foundation of six inches
1t will sustain any possible pressure,
be waterproof, ncisless, and pract-
cally impervious to wear and tear.
IL will last the life Of three
wooden or composite stone pave
ments. The blocks are made in steel
dies perfectly true, and are put up
in bundles of $50 pounds each,
which makes them easily handled.
The bundles can be distributed
along the line of streets at intervals
for convenience of handling and
economizing time.
Two laborers should easily lay one
block of $50 square yards in six
days. Knowing the cost of cement,
sand, labor, eating, freight, etc., it
is easily estimated what the cost per
square yard would be. Should pipes
require to be laid and the streets
broken up, the pavement may be
cut in exact squares and replaced,
using asphaltum to fill up the seams,
but the road bed cannot be torn up
by picks. When it is laid, it is laid,
and there's an end of it. The
pavement will be guaranteed to be
as represented or no sale. The
company are now able to supply all
the blocks required.
That this is the pavement for the
future there can be little doubt.
There is no climatic heat that can
possibly effect it. 1t will be sutfi-
GENTLY relaxed IN the heat Of the
day to form all elastic cushion fol
horses feet and prevent slipping, but
no fracture of the surface takes
place, and the slight impression OF
one day is ironed out the next.
For stables, warehouses, sidewalks
and mill floors it is simply invalua-
BILE and the dark color is advan
tageous to the eyes, although it may
attract heat. Anyone who has beer
on the asphaltum streets of Wash
ington City, U. s., will understand
the advantage of the bituminou'
rock pavement over all others.
The company's plant consists OF ;
90 horse power engine with q capa
city of 200, 900 lbs, that can be ap
plied upon each block if needed, bu
a pressure of 3 to thousand pounds
to the square inch will be sufficient
The steam pump is the largest eve
constructed on the Coast.
The officers are; A. llalsey
President II. Dutnrd, Treasurer
A. Judson, Secretary.
Directors: DR.. A. Nj. Is. Pond
Napa; ii. M. Warden, San Lui
Obispo, (where tho works arc), AM
Il. Groat, Superintendent.
A shipment of five tons OF thi
material came to Honolulu by tn
Mariposa on Saturday last, to b
tested here.