Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-10
NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
SOME OPINIONS ON THE
PAVING BRICK.
GENERAL YOUNG HAS HIS OWN
OPINION.
He IL Under Bond and IL tho One
to SuHer-what They Say of
the Brick Question.

the Brick question.
II Ashcvilc is not going to get woiully
left on its street paving contract then the
opinions of some of the best men in the
city 20 for naught. Since the brick have
been piled along South Main street they
have been examined by number OF peo-
pie and the majority are Of the opinion
that they will not stand heavy traffic.
Captain Matt Atkinson is one of these
81 am not n brick man." he said this
morning, "but it does seem to me that
| the brick are not strong enough to bc
used for paving purposes ! looked at
them the other day and brought one to
my office. A great many men have cx-
amincd il, among them number of brick
men, and not one whom | have seen
speaks in its favor. They do not seem to
be strong enough to stand what we will
require of them "
Captain T. W. Patton was seen to-day
| and asked what he thought of the
brick:
81 was one of the committee who Wis
tied several cities to examine into the
matter of best pavement" he said, "and
concurrcd in the report that the brick
pavement, such as We examined else
where, was the best for our purposes.
We laid special stress upon the iounda-
ton, and recommended strongly the
Hale patent General Young had sta
| ted that he was the sole liccusCc of this
patcnt for this State, and this was urged
as reason for his getting the contract,
instead of its being done on city account,
learn now, however, that the Board OF
| Aldermen have stricken out the words
| Hale patent from the contract and !
consider this as disastrous to the success
of the pavement.
| "Thc committee recommended Hal
wood blocks" he continued, "but the
contract could not he made To secure
them. gave seen other qualities than
the Halwood block used satisfactorily,
but do not think that some of these can
be so used have this opinion to some
of the aldermen, and their reply is that
none will he admitted except with Their
approval. | therefore consider that
have done my duty as Il member of the
committee and assume nu farther res
possibility in tho matter"
CAPTAIN Patton does not favor tn,
changing of the grade on Main street.
81 think it most unwisc," he said
"Our effort for many years has been to
secure as light grade as possible. 1t is
most important at this point, which is
most crowded with traffic. Now all th,
efforts of past years are made OF no effect
and work which has cost the city thou
sands of dollars, is being removed at AZ
additional expense to the city"
Gen. +. NJ. Is. Young, the contractor, is
not at all afraid OF his brick. lie wa
seen this morning, and asked about
them.
"Thcy are the best brick Tor the pur
pose can find anywhere III three hun
drcd miles of Ashcvillc, he said, "and i
anybody can find better, will bc glad Il
purchase them and uSc them is preference
to these. Since am the one to urnlsl
the bond, am certainly as much interest
cd as any one else can he, and more 81
too. \ man may he an excellent Judg
of building brick. and still have no idc;
of good brick for paving purposes, TIL
two kinds are as different and distinct a
5 they can possibly he. These brick ar
3. carefully selected. Out of 100000 tina
| we're burned, only 10000, or ten pc
1 cent. were found suitable by the me
. who were paid to Inspect them ut I'll
q works. could take those brick and
Z piece of artillery and batter down IT,
: town with them. In Charleston, Yves
Il Virginia, brick pavement has bee
h down eighteen years, and is still goo'
,il | think these will last we'll cannot n
ford to put down apavcmcnt that woul
not last"
>, "Thc people mus, keep quiet, he sal
:, in conclusion, until they have tried I'll
d" pavement, and then they may be alb
" " to iuGgc. | think they will he satisfied.
Mr. !. l.. Murray, city sanitary II
', spcctor says: 81 have never had any G
II pcricncc with brick pavcmcnts in street
C but il does seem to me that these are M
s. the right kind, aud am afraid OF thcr
"A They are too full oi rock, aud will brca
" A number of them are cracked and wh'
y water gets into them they will cruml
rs to pieces"
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