The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-06
CEDAR FOR PAVING.
improvements Methods Causes
Its Adoption.
GREAT INDUSTRY GROWING UP
BIg Contract just Completed Three
Mills Equipped-A Rejected oncr
to the city.

an my opinion the manufacture Of cedar
blocks will soon become an Industry OF
vast importance 10 Seattle and Puget
sound" said Charles r. Patteu. of The At
las Lumber Company yesterday mo
question OF street paving Is attracting
great deal OF attention at present. ana !
think that sooner or later cedar blocks VIII
be recognized as the cheapest ant mos;
durable material that can De used.
AT FIRST glance. tho statemcn' I have
inst made seems improbable. but nev"r-he-
less II Is founded on tho experience or NJ
less a city than Indianapolis. There the
city authorities arc tearing up their ori'As
and are substituting cedar blocks from
mills hero in Seattle They arc paving
Meridian street aud Central avenue, and
are Also using CESAR blocks in viatuct
connecting TWO portions % the city. From
4. J. Halter an EXPERT chosen Hv rest
dents 81 Meridian street. who las been
m this city lately. have learned that four
teen years aeo the city puf down circular
blocks and ni'eF the interstices with con
crete The blocks have outNor7 the CON
crete BAT have sagsed down tn places
Vet the test has proved that they arr bet
ter than brick The Improved method ~
LAYING the blocks, which IRE uaw me.o
rectangular. VII make 4 much more eur
ahse roadbed Theyg IS put in an eight inch
foundation OF concrete. ard on top ~ fAaf
four inches - sand tud then tEr blocks
az pfaref in position They ~ closely GO
gcther. and have poured over them a p1c-
parati0n ~ asphal1um. Nhtch IS absorbed
~ the Mood and prevents water from Ecf-
ting IN and disturbing tho San'N fNuDfA-
zion when 0lecks have been laid ia thas
manner they form a n0iseiess and ius'-
itss thoNoushfare. ans aftcr htfle t.U"
the wo,9 mats - that the block Pre-
sent a continuous surface. a they ar-
cat 81 that the cross grain S exposed 90
ths wheels and boots, fho~s seems g. %
n limit 70 their durability.
A portion ~ fhe bneks ft~ 1ofeaaori .s
h,s been furnishes ev the Atlas Lumber
company. ana thc remain Ter rs Sfetsan
4 Post both ~ this city. last month che
latter firm sent ~ TIE Great Nor.1er7
seventeen car lca1s 81 blocks - i0tl2ra-
raifs A total weight ~ 49, 80 pounds
While there are - present o-}y th-ea
plants IN Puget SOUND With machinery -
cat cedar blocks there = prospect that
the demand VII cause = nur1 oer ~ ka1i-
stanal plauts % - SCI up. IN the A-lss
Lumber Ccnnpauy's nlii the machine has
thirteen saws ard can turn out twelve
blacks az a tire. ~ about g. 40 feet a iaN.
Tha machine when running az tts run ga
vaeifv EMPLOYS 6Vs mon and fou~ cr rNs
Aavs BY TIC use - th~ H'ock msch &C
mil can utilize great teai ~ waste. -
only ore s'te - re Nlo,k ttae aQeer sar-
face) needs he clear
The Seattle uoarufacturrrS - res1~
blocks are inclined - think tat the cltv
c.uncl asa nor treat the-n vght So retUs-
Ing - accept 4 n0cposliieo FER tHe free
having 20 ore street. 50 ~ sNre-s meet.
The city oNerns a hliSfe strees- whf-h
& d claimed woule nor ar l~s = tharcueh
.est The CESAR block u}sn }aFist that
Theirs Is as uucA - a hone Industry as
vitrsuea ertek. ana they sre willing e. Eo
side hy slsr ujth brick SER sF4fr taaf tsa
city may deci5s IS - tha testfr ravens af.
they cielun ~ advantages ~hctaaess- ess
90 aandlsng, ua.ses-za noaalea. ard ca
frena durability