Telegram-herald., 1890-09-08

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Aors pseggess h2s pEolabig tsen
E4&es ~ tie .mpgoYsElsal 81 city and
country streets aRd reads thls sasnaleF
taaA IA any pxevoos sessoa. fef orr
Eessca og another a general agitalon q
ths suesect bSssn iAss winter, al "a
aAppeae4 u b remarkably open, -
that mud wss more Of = nuisance tnan
usual. A ioreiols address before TIE
tars Sse B0ll0ers' &sss}c.skson sas Fe-
Gently circulated IA pamphlet fora,
aD9 aaIner91s leading periodicals Us
eueSea the matter. One couseQusnce
h@s been Tie togm4uon u highway .hl-
pTOFealent 2Ssocl4tlOns Ia various
places Extraordinary appropriations
Tor permanent street improvements
have also been made here and tlelt,
particularly Al the west.
Eus.nesS has been very brisk WITH the
carnage builders Snee the bes inning ol
spfHg MANY OF the makers report
that t4eN could have sol1 tWlce n inhcil
ssOck IS e had.bsen made up. Ials s
ialr li,tieN OF general prosperity anuns
the people. The demand for good
driving horses has also been large.
Throughout the west VIDE attention
: "a iength heing paid 10 the matter o.
paving. The condition Of the streets "a
SOME OF the western cities has long been
a ;ualler of unfavOrable comment. A:
a rule, the soll on whicn these cities are
built Is OF nature 10 make unpayed
streets uncomfortable. But unfortunate
Is the western munic. paliues md
/ themselves little helped and much con
fused by the experience OF eastern city
governments The ideal pavement has
not been found, though millions OF dol
lars have been spent in experimenting
None of the various kinds of pave
ments rs yet employed give anything
| ike complete satisfaction for all kinds
OF use. \ broad asphalt and con
crete lead in popularity. but they dc
not wear like stone. Then. tCO, there
IS 4 give" 10 a macadamIzed road
20 block pavements, and even TO cob
ble stones, but an asphalt pavement j.
unyieIding.
Attempts 10 utilize wood for paving
have not resulted very successfully
! Wood viii not wear like stone, anC
nothing can give 1t great durability
| Yet It makes an easy road till IL get
rutted, and for the sake of the savin.
| IN noise, the cost of keeping it IN repal
/ ls sometimes endured.
Some of our cities are hoping the,
have found the long-sought solution IL
brick. This sort OF pavement is no
| novel, for all the streets OF Holland ar
| paved with il, as we'll as those o
| Venice. But not until recently has /
been thought possible to make bricl
pavement strong and durable enough
Tor heavy loads. The honor of i'm
| proving its construction so as t
make it generally useful
claimed by the city of Blooming
ton, H., where the first piece wa
land IN 1875. IL is said the only repair
needed on this strip in the fifteen year
of It's life have been those entailed b.
tearing it up for the construction 0
sewers. etc. AS now laid this pavemen
consists OF two layers of brick on
| firmly rolled foundation of SIX inche
| of sand or cinders. For the bottom
! layer the bricks are laid on the four
inch surface, with the length parable
with the roadway, and with Joint
"broken." On this layer is spread hal
! an inch of sand, then comes the secon,
tier of bricks, placed on the two-incl
/ surface, and so placed as to "hreal
! Joints" in different rows, and ais
have each brick resting on three brick
| in the lower course. Thus each on
exposes n small surface to tn
/ weight of teams, and as it rests on thre
otaers, has a large power of resistance
The whole is covered with q heav
dressing of sand, which is thorough
| pressed into the interstices. This give
a smooth surface, yet not too slippery
with joints SO tight that they becom
waterproof.
Paving of this kind has been pu
down during the past spring in CHI
cago, 81. Louis, Omaha, Fort Wavnt
Keokuk and Topeka. In Pennsylvani
it appears to be a fayorite method.
is claimed that this sort of pavemen
will last 10 or 20 years. 1t is to b
hoped that other claims for it tina
that Of economy will be borne out b
Observation-Disclosures.