The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-29
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asphalt but Z don't know whether TT IS on
not y is improperly laid mr. Bradley
burns it and takes much Of the strength
out Of it The Barber asphalt people
have made the same mistake 10 many
places
.sWhat do you think ought TO be
donefH
81 have given the council my written
recommendation several times. but no
attention has been paid to them. Of
course the pavement should be repaired.
It'll some places the whole coating should
be taken off and it would be cheaper 20
substitute brick. Tn the blocks between
Fourth and Eighth streets a brick pave
ment would last seven years, where the
asphalt has only worn four years.
did you read that letter in the j OUR
MAI. from Mr Bone brake? i thought it
was pretty sensible"
Yes. It was a good letter"
Dir. Fulton said- 81 want to bring this
thing before the council ia some tangi-
Bile form SO that the city clerk can be
authorized to keep the pavement ID re-
pair" The result was that AkT- Sing
man agreed to have the necessary esti-
mates before the city council to act
upon
One feature of the pavement repairs
which the city council viii have to Crap
pie with is the manner in which the ex-
pense Of repairing the pavement shall be
met. Shall it be paid by the property
owners along the paved streets, or by the
city at largea
City Attorney Tiuotson says this point
Is liable to involve the city il the
biggest lawsuit it ever had He says the
paving laws were amended in 1889 OF
or 1891, so that the cost of repairs can be
borne by the adjacent property owners
On this point EX-City Attorney Isenhart
differs with him. He says the pave
ments are as much used and of as much
Ir-r f-7f faa rafrf hn
idents along the paved streets, and that
if any effort is made to tax for this pur
pose only those living on the paved
streets, the city can be beaten in the
suit
The Engineers Recommendation.
Engineer Kingman viii submit to the
city council at It's next meeting, the fol-
lowing recommendation, which is in sub
stance the same as one submitted last
august, upon which no action was taken.
70 the Honorable Mayor and Council.
GENTLEMEN. would again respect Y
fully call your attention to the asphalt
pavement AT present we have l93ss1O
square yards. OF this amount the five
years which the company agreed to
keep lt Ia order expired on 185,2JO
square yards November Sth, 1892, leav-
ing $500 square yards on which the
guarantee expired December 9Th OF this
year. It VIII cost the city $4,000 each
year to maintain this paving. If allowed
10 take care Of itself for year or two
the entire surface viii have to be re-
nawed On all the business streets AT 2
cost of 100000. The ordinance pro-
viding a tax levy should provide
means for keeping this pavement ia re-
pair. Respectfully submitted,
LEWIS KINGMAN, City Engineer.
Opposed to Brick.
Ex-Street Commissioner Albert Hop
kins ridicuIes the idea that brick pave
ment is superior to asphalt for heavy
traffic or any other kind of traffic. Dir.
says, The asphalt on Kansas
avenue has done good service. In point
0f service it has been above many expec-
tations and little repairing now and
then is all that's needed to make 1t good
for many years yet 1T makes me tired
to hear people talk about brick being
superior for heavy traffic. Look at To
peka avenue. When I was street com
missioner every time circus went over
it we would have to follow behind and
make repairs. The circus wagons broke
the bricks all to pieces Heavy traffic
doesn't do a thing to brick pavement