The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-26
PAVE ENTS.
e,,r,ing Figures OF Interest to
smaller Cities.

SlIl
~ Smaller Cities.
.r,yinc and Munich al Engineer
rIuhlished at Indianapolis, gives
interesting Information, partly
awn from the latest census reports.
the ten years ending in IS 0
,nI ~ 10. SIS miles OF streets were
va At an average annual cost Of
s,f 5il or construction and re-
II is pre>umabIe that d very
,,c nart of this expenditure was
70 airs and for gravel. broken
Ioe and bow ders. Pavements
If better materials than those.
"scordan.e with the methods now
l., %annroyed, would have cost more
FL double the amOnnt reported.
[nce il, may be considered probable
less than one-third OF the streets
f[c;ties of more than 10, 600 popuia-
l. are we'll paved. There are sup
lodi 10 be reasons for assuming it
nrobable that the cost for the pres
! decade will amount TO $50 tor
6,v inhabitant Of the American
X. which had a population OF NOT
l than 10. O00 in 1890. As the
O street paving is paid by the
n RS of ahutting property in most
lies. the municipality paying only
ythe intersections and or the pro-
Ition cnargeable to publ pro- erty,
c.ts tails directly on real estate.
roii by one person in five. either
bwner or tenant (the later b. in
b.ed ntal the average for those
must pay the expense is so per
for a decade, though for BUSH
stl,ttc this sum must nc in
bse1 hy ali amount not easily de-
mined
Fho having qualities of goo | stree
|ements are easily demonstrated.
average rcsis ance to traction on
bglt. wood blocks, bri ks, and
nj,e block roads is less than one
ID that on the streets Of a city
Inc only macadam, cohblestone.
n. and sand road surfaces in about
al proportion. That is. a horse
draw for ten hours three times
heavy a load on streets Of the first
5 as on the second. The possible
from this in dollars and cents is
Gated bv the statistics for freight
bs ortation. In 1890 the railroads
he United States moved a little
e than 700 million tons OF freight.
average street haul could not
/ been less than a quar-; err OF
pile each way, the cost OF the
is exceeding $40 million dollars
he assumed that a load weigh
a ton lcannot be transported a
b by meansOf animals and vehicles
less than 40 cents. A saving OF
thirds of this sum would amount
b. million dollars in ten years,
hout making any allowance for the
naI in rease in ira re. But rail-
freight represent not more than
Of the street hauling. so it may
(oncluded that the cost Of street
DC, largely in cities OF more than
o. inhabitants, could be reduced
by J, 400 million dollars in ten
Is or two billions in lud ng in
st. This would pay for %, 900
p Of street paving at a cost Of
GOO per mile.
these cities there are more than
GOO horses used for driving pur-
+. 1t cost no. less than 500 per
each to feed them. Experience
Es they must be fed one-fourth
when driven ever uupaved
rs than when they travel the
dlstan e over a solid and nearly
surface. Here is a possible Saw
Of 10 millions per year. There
5000 vehicles in daily use for
x purposes in these cities. The
Spok"s, springs, rivets, and
parts which are strained by
tlon will last twice &C long in SER
Oh gOoi pavemenS as rough road
The average yearly cost of re-
and Of wear and tear i, $2i, so
IN this item there is a possible
Z OF five mill on dollars per
Adding in for interest and the
lg from these two items would
or 500 miles OF street paving
year II made a special tax. And
POse important gains as m assured
P'IarS' we ought to add the large
Y IN time and Increased pleasure
coinfOrt %derivable from the use
Poos roads a. contras:ed with bad