Telegram-herald., 1891-04-18
DIVIDED OPINIONS
Property Owners Continue % Favor
Cheap Cedar.
HoRsExEy Nlyr 4 SMOOTH SURFACE
silica sarytis 10 Not fassrsd Win
Solitary Msstisa--Asphais the Favor
ATE, Cedar Blocks s@essa, Brick
fssF IhiEd-Ihs OPizisss.

ligerymen-the three classes OF CITIZENS
most Interested in the paving u the
streeIs- Many OF these opinions are
gwen n an off-hand manner. but they
fairly represent pubic sentiment. Ii Is
quite apparent that the tenants and
horsemen view with alarm the propose
ton 10 use cedar blocks, while on the
other hand the owners view with alarm
the probable eost Of any other material
1.-The value OF Monroe-st. property Will
be bat very little enhanced" said q
gentleman Yesterday, III the present
eobbles and cedar blocks are replaced
by the same materials. III asphalt $
used or some other equally good material
it Will have the same effect on Monroe
st property that II has had on CanaI-st-
property. Ask any property owner on
Canal-st. what he thinks about II.
Thea compare CaDal-st. stores and
blocks or today with those OF year
ago. ll - an object lesson that Will
break down every argument used IN
favor OF eobples or cedar"
The TELEeRAM-iiE EALD proposes TO
klNE riNALt TIC Use VI It's ~
has no choice ia the selection OF ma
terlal for paving Monroe-st., beyond
that Il shall D. up % the times, strong,
safe and durable. 80 far the weight
OF public epInlon % so greatly IN favor
OF asphalt. that barring the ownera, 70
amourts TO almost an unanimous ex-
presslon. Yesterdays interviews re-
suited as follows:
Asphalt Best In the World.
Ed. l.. Gill was very positive as to the
kind OF a pavement he would like to
see and stated hls reasons very clearly.
SAID he: IF we can have the same
KIND OF an asphalt pavement that
osesses Buffalo, New York or one equal
~ good, that's what We WANT and TO
my mind IL - the very best IN the
world. 1t - the easiest To pull loads
over, II Is the incest thing III the world
for driving on. and it IS far the best for
livery The wear on vehicles IS
not one quarter as much on asphalt as
on cedar blocks and | shouldn't men,
ton coOblestones IN the same day. 1t
Is the queen pavement for all classes of
Use. This talk about it being hard on
horses feet IS wrong. A horses feet
are either NJ for use on paved streets
or for nothing but the farm. IL his
feet are All right u makes no difference
whether you use him on cobbles or
anything else. My brother has used
the same horses IN Buffalo for SIX or
eight years and their feet are never
troubled by the asphalt pavement.
They used TO have terrible stone roads
there. and then they changed to as
phaIt, and have now the best streets IN
the country. People In Buffalo have had
years of experience with the stuff, and
couldn't be induced 10 change for any
thing else. 1t is by far the cheapest IN
the end. Now, / have some property
on DIyislon-st., and | would rather be
taxed TO put down asphalt than any,
thing else at half the price. The IN
crease IN the value OF the property
alone - worth more than the difference
In cost. III | were renting q store I'd
rather pay q larger rent and have as
phalt in front OF it. As far as shoe
ing horses - concerned they must
be attended 10 every so often whatever
the pavement Is. Then there Is an
other consideration. The streets that
need asphalt pavement contain the
most valuable property in the city.
Property north all the way from 500 TO
500 front foot should nave the best
pavement possible IN front OF 1t. IL
ever we are to have q city 1t will be
wnen our streets are right, and espe-
cially the streets past the most valuable
property in the city,
Cedar aud Cobbies.
II. c. Luce owns 152 feet on Monroe
at and said his say about as follows
"l believe that cedar block with stone
cutters. land on concrete IS just what
we want. If the property owners fur
nIsh a good street / don't see what any
body wants TO object for. The Jetfer-
son avenue pavement was good when
taken up and it had beer laid for !
wears. They don't claim that asphalt
will do better than that and IL costs a
good deal more to repair. Medina
stone OF Belgian block e durable If you
get the best stone. But you are apt TO
get poor ones which will chip of at the
edges and soon be just "a rough as cob
he stoae. That IS the condition now
with the Medina stone p1vements IN
Detroit. Taking all things into consId-
Grafton favor cedar blocks laid as I
have said
yitrin-d Brick Advocate.
4. n. Rsthbone-"One thing dom,
waat TO see and that ia cobbies IN the
cutters. COOLIES IN the middle and too
narrow road ways of rough cedar block
down the sides for i0-cent wagons. II
they can't settle on something pretty
soon hope the Hoieood block scheme
viii go through Belgian block is good
too. though i - very noisy. But 20 re.
turn ~ brick. Any brick that IL porous
will never do "a water aud frost will
soon disIntegrste NJ.
Is must be vitrifed. Such brick
makes A smooth pretty pavement thai
never wears out. 1t Is just as good fol
90 years "a five.
want. . smooth One.
Ball ard Waters. the transfer men
upon the subject Of Monroe-st pave
ment. by Mr.. Rail- said-s'weli, all
can ssy q that We want any kind of 4
coed SOLID pavement and one that i
rot fail Of holes. That's what wear
Gus horses and vehicles especial,
srrlngS. | have no choice; | don't SO,
why one isn't Just a. good ss Any othel
psovlding e be smooth. | guess WOOD
n properly lard and Kept up Gill do a.
we'll "a sny. tue will wear out We
hseses "a fast as another if IL has hole
nv 4 and have no epsnioa as 10 whset
l. best"
No More C>sar Hsceks
G, n. Nve q Son--"We want a smooth
vsvepenf At all events ard don't car,
what the naster 81 =. We don't wan
anv more cedar blocks laid "a the,
have been N the past. have this {,
ssv that A far "a horses are conccrned
the harder the pavement the worse 4
"a an horses IA for wear on vehicle.
snd ease OF trscuoa We wsnt snsootf
pavement