Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-19

self emitted 20 Z. TIE p ospeetl. there
fore. are LaAi the - ntln- eat H. fsssr %
passDg Improvements vib eo11nae
stFoag tos many years 20 cone, Eisd
tlat soon 10 city 10 al tnls broad iatia
can boast CT more or better pAysnents,
eli Is tive years ago slaee the IL
ss2asll naseuaens vas aid n tbs city.
RalgeE street had wora cat eotlols
pavement and wood tioek
Nicholson pavement ard the people
wanted tire best both IA the srt4ss ~
durability and use. A few who had
seen the asphalt pavement were 10
favor OF Is. They advocated II 60
warmly that others on the streets De
came skepteal, although II required
frontage signed for = The pavement
was aid bY tue Warrrn-schart Asphalt
Paving company, ana completed early
II October. bond IN tile penal sual
OF ga. 900 VAS gwen October 10, guar
aatse.ng that the pavement should he
kept in repair for flse years from the
TINE OF lie acceptance. Ine poad Was
accepted November ), 1856, aud there
fo-e exp res today. The pavement Is
III better Condition today than the day
il was LAID. IL a person went through
the street today ne could hardly ind
any one who would admit that he was
org naliy opposed 10 1t. while very
macy would claim the credit CT having
| introduced the asphalt IN Utica.
7, tie oplnioas OF some vi the pest
known property owners who have
/ lived on tbs street al these i've years,
are gisfii below:
| Patrick +. Bulger-It is good pave
! ment because II WAS laid strictly IN sc-
cordanee with the plans ana specinca-
/ tons. Itis the best pavement IN Utica
| and am satisfied with IL.
| r. u. Wood-Ian perfectly Satisfied
| with il, and II wanted pavement any
1 where | should want 10 other KIND. IL
! mas worn well aud Is IN good condition
| now SO FAR as know. In time II may
need u new surface coat, but what oi
that? Any other pavement when once
| it gets OUT of repair you have TO Keep
intending II all the time. The asphalt
| is practically indestrucuble.
Rees q. Williams, who was Inspector
Oh the pavement said: 1T rs Just a.
good now as IL ever was. Not cen,
has been spent in repairing It. Sam
Scharf. one OF the partners, told me II
would last fifty years, II not disturbed,
and believe 1t.
John Mulhoiland--It is good pave
pnent and is all right. Every other
pavement we had We had to repair il
long before five years were up, but sc
far tins pavement hasn't needed any
repairs. Oh, that pavement 10 al
right.
II. j. Holbrook-It 10 Just as good to
day as the day it WAS LAID. Nothing
has been spent on it for repairs.
have watched it carefully all along
II they will only let that pavement
alone it will last longer than you or !
~ Is all that it WAS represented to be.
The unanimity with which all the
people signed for paving that portion
OF kutger street near the viaduct witt
aepha,t here few months ago showed
what they think OF it. II isn't tina
they are opposed 10 any other pave
ment, but because they are in favor o.
asphalt, for they know what IT ia.
Edward Hurlburt-The pavement il
oil right. In front OF my house 1t II
more travelled than elsew where aud it i.
in very good condition there.
Thus far the Warren-Scharf As
piait Pavement company has laid over
15l 900 square yards of Its pavement IN
Utica, aud thus far no complaints re
garding lts quality or condition have
been heard. Everybody uses 1t fol
pleasure driving, and teamsters Will
heavy loads often go far out of the wa,
to travel over asphalt-paved streets
and thereby save their horses and say,
! tinlo as we'll.