The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-26
A JOB LOT OF BLOCKS.
Various Sizes and Kinds
Being Used to Pave
Seventh Street.

much compliant is being made by
property owners on Seventh street OF the
material that is being used In repayino
that thoroughfsre, aud 1t is very likely
That Mayor Wanser will be asked tt
make au investigation.
The street is being paved with Belgian
blocks. and property owners declare that
the blocks that are being used are OF ali
Shapes n sizes. aud therefore not lit
Tor a pavement that is expected to last q
Few years at least. The work of laying
the blocking Is being pushed RAPIDLY.
ana II the citizens do not act quickly the
ton late.
Inspected the work Yesterday and
round inatthe property owners have the
pest or grounds for complaining ahout
me material that is being laid GU
the t~horougnfare. The blocks are OF tran
ROCK or syeuite, as the Street and Water
Commissioners would call it. They are
riird high on bosh SIDES OF the street ana
bais afforded me an excellent Opportunity
OF XXI Il thorough examination. Tne
BLOCKS at a casu l glauce appear to bs all
light u the ordinary passerby would
see 9oshing out of the way. But liz QUE
looks about carefally ss | did, he will
ming VI WV dUJUt pAVluE,
VARIOUS SHAPES I'M IZEs.
A0oilt one-half OF tns biocKs tn at ars
piled UP on the 81 lie walk are of the ize
and shape OF what QUE would exnect m
hifd IN n trap rock saving BLOCK, natnely
a nearly perfect cubs. The others ara Of
Various shapes aud sizss. Triangular
ana wsage shaped blocks can De found
iu abandan, e and the siz IS differ ~ much
II not more eaan this shapes. rue d ia,-
ton that Is puzZiins the property
owners aud residents on tho
thUroughfare is, how the workmen
can lay u triangular or wedge shaved
MOCK alongside of one that is a perfect
cure ahc lie We d pavement as leval aud
solid a. trap rock pavpineuts cin ~
male. Tais evidently hoes NOT nnzzle
The contractor OF his workmeu. Tor the
WORK Is goiug on withont Interruption.
The BLOCK bstween Erie street and Jersey
aset,ue Is paved with the il lot bIocks.
bus no idea of the p francs OF tue
WORK Can De obtained oWiu. to the thick
!ayef oi SAND whlcn has been stre va over
II.
A PROPERTY OWNER OBJECTS.
One of The property owners whom l
Interviewed yesterday mad the folio VIM
10 say about the uiaiter:-
Il bslieve that this work will be pafd
FOR out OF tue city's license money, and
no u many people would say that we
nav Il AsGAV W SOiuE lIu ABOUT the
work Tor THIS reason, but / am public
spirited enodgh to see the city get wnat
u pays for. Ii Is cer,alnly moi getting
the worth OF It's u.oney in this
JOB. These blocks should be vi a more
uniform SIZE. There Is NO reason for
using these small blocks in conjunction
with big ones. Why not have mem as
uniform as possible? The contractor may
non be TO blame. He may uot know wAat
he Is eelting wnen he buys the
tlocks. l believe that hi, atten-
ton should first b. called 10
the matter and he may bs able 10 euanvs
them. Any one with common sense can
see that taess different sh tped blocks
cannet make a perfect pavement, anu
TIE matter hould be agita. cd aittt a
change Is mad. IL is NOR yet too late.
ina greater part OF the work still re-
LII lns 10 be done. aud III. larger and
uniform blocks should be sorted INT aud
the Smaller Que discarded.