The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-28

s"ou oo@' vi orAbicisH VI ING proposed
market house pavement that is now
being put in, a number OF stall renters
were yesterday interviewed by TIMES
reporter as having practical knowl-
edge of such things, with the following
result:
E. j. Kemp: 81 am decidedly of the
opinion that II pronerly laid with good
quality OF ce lent 1T would have made
far better pa cement. My experience
leads me to ba ieve that it is difficult
matter to SO Il brick that they will not
sink and mt an uneven floor. The
joints in the ,or can hardly be broken
gradually break aud work out and when
it does grease and filth will get into the
cracks and it will be hard matter to
keep it clean"
Walter G. Tinsley: My opinion is
that cement would have made better
floor. A poor qualify might have been
worse than the brick, but there is no
doubt, If properly put down and the right
material used it would have been q
great deal ct ,er than BRICK
w. n. SD e. "Ther5 is no doubt about
it. Brick - about as poor material as
could have been selected. A floor made
OF brick will settle and become rough
and uneven. 1t will be a very difficult
matter to keep the floor clean. After
short time the cement or whatever ma
terisl is used in filling the CRACKS
between the bricks will break and work
out, and then particles of refuse matter
will work in and it will be difficult to
over clean them out. II good quail .y
OF cement had been used and the floor
laid thick enough it would have lasted
for years and would have been in every
respect first-class floor"
Dic....sv.. e Lavell: 1--WE are un-
doubtedly of the opinion that cement
would have been better than brick for
the purpose of paving the market. 1t
will be difficult matter, in brick
pavement. to guard against rats. The
floor will also shrink and grease and
other matter will accumulate and it
will be no easy matter to remove it. A
cement floor laid properly is the best
and most durable floor that can be pro-
vided for any market house and we
think 1t great mistake not to use it
instead OF brick"
j. l.. Atkins: Cement by all means
would have been better. Brick may
make fairly good floor, but it cannot
be 80 arranged that it will not shrink
and leave rough surface. This will
be hard to clean, and unless it Is kept
clearly it will soon create stencil that
will be as bad as that heretofore. 1t
will be very difficult task to keep the
rats out. Crevices will soon be made, and
where an IL dustrious rat finds one it
does not tai o him long to enlarge it
sufficiently 10 suit his convenience. A
cement pa, sment would last longer,
would be c amer and better in every
way and it, to be regretted that the
city does not use it j. Atead CT brick"
w. G. Overly: st is very hard
matter to makS {. good floor with brick.
Perhaps poor o. lily of cement would
have been worse than brick, but floor
made we'll of good quality of cement
would outlast th<' brick, be cleaner, and
in every way wolld give better satisfac.
tion." i,&
s. L. Dickinson: The cement would
have been very much better. An
absolutely solid floor could have been
made that would not only last longer,
bui it would be very much easier to
keep it clean and free from obnoxious
smells. The floor of the Third ward
market is giving perfect satisfaction
and will continue to do so long after
complaints are heard similar to those
recently made over the bad condition OF
this market. There il nothing that
makes 30 good pavement for a market
as concrete If 1t is Of good quality and
iS properly laid"
Hook & Pitznogle: "Cement by all
means should be used. While the city
ie at it good job should be made and
it cannot BIO done with brick. The
crevices in. the floor will widen from the
cement used to close the joints break
ing and working ous and there will be
accumulated grease and refuse mat
ter that cannot be reached without re-
sorting to ac,ual scrubbing. This will
create Che same stencil that gave so
much offense before and it will be but
very short time before there will be
such complaint that all of this work
will have to te None over again. We
know from long experience with these
things that brick never gives the salts
faction that cemented
j. b. McGehee: SIN my opinion there
Is no question but that this floor should
have been laid with cement. The brick
will soon shrink so as to leave a rough
surface that will be difficult to clean.
Tho rats will furrow through, and il
will not be great while before there
will be another general complaint over
the market house again and the work
will have to bedone over. Itstrikes me
that it is best to do the work right at
once"
81. l.. Bowling; "Brick will last as
long as Gem ent, but it will be an i'm
possibility to prevent brick floor from
becoming rough after 1t has been worn
awhile. Crevices will naturally be &C.
casioned by the cement in the joints of
the bricks. Into these crevices refuse
matter will work, and 1t will be ex-
tremely difficult to remove it. II 1t Is
not removed 1t will create bad smell