St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-12
VIEW The EXHIBIT.
Several RepresentativesFrom
Outside Cities Examine
PavingiDisplay.
COMPLIMENTARY SPEECHES
Made by Some Of the Visitors
and st. Paul City Of
ficialS.
THE WISDOM OF VARIETY
La Paving Materials Used in
a City Discussed by Mr..
Sproat.
fHE WISDOM OF VARIETY

The paving exhibit at the Audito-
rum met with a fair audience yes
terday, especially in the afternoon,
when delegations from Minneapolis
and Redwood Falls and members
of the ST. Paul council were present.
The city of Winnipeg was repre-
sented by Mr.. Sproat, president of
the Winnipeg board of public works,
and members of the city council.
Redwood Falls was also represented
by a delegation of aldermen. Of the
st. Paul council present, there were
Aldermen Milham, Hare, Lindahl,
Montgomery, Wolf and Ehrmann-
traut, and Assemblymen Reardon
and Arosin. City Engineer Rundlett
was also there.
After the city officials had careful
ly inspected the various samples Of
pavementS, cementS and filters and
listened to the explanations of the
exhibitors as to the nature of each
product and it's practical uses, Sec
rotary McGinnis, of the Commercial
club, under whose auspices the paw
ing exposition is given, called the as
semblage to order. In the absence
of President Footner, on behalf of
the Commercial club, Secretary Nc
-Ginnis welcomed the visitors, and
then announced that he would call
upon some Of them to say a few
words. He first introduced City En-
gineer Rundlett. Mr.. Rundlett, aft
er complimenting the exhibitors for
the care and completeness with which
they had prepared their exhibits,
said that he was not yet able to
judge of the relative merits of the
various kinds of pavements, except
to say that as far as ST. Paul was
concerned, it had outgrown tenn
porary wooden pavements. Mr..
Rundlett considered the exposition
a splendid educator, as it afforded
the people an excellent opportunity
to see and judge the various mate
rails.
President Sproat, of the Winnipeg
board of public works, praised the
exhibit highly. Mr.. Sproat said that
exhibit in order that he might gain
accurate information as to the rela-
tive virtues of. the various paving
ma teria1s and impart the same to the
council and other officials of his own
acity. Mr.. Sproat added that upon
his arrival in St, Paul he was
ENTIRELY IN THE DARK
rs to pavements, but that this EXPOSE
ton had proven liberal educa ton to
him. In conclusion, Mr.. Sproat said
that his inspection of the exhibits had
convinced him that it would be wise
policy for the city not to allow any
one kind of pavement to monopolize
it's streets. inasmuch as the various
grades, the value of adjacent prop
erty, the nature of the traffic, etc,
would render more than one kind of
pavement necessary.
Aid. Hare made a few remarks on
behalf of the common council, in the
course of which he assured the ex-
hibitorS that the council would make
it a point to treat them with fairness
in the matter of selecting paving ma
terial for the streets of st. Paul. After
a few more short addresses, all COM
resumed the inspection of the pave
ments, and CLEANED much information
from the exhibitors.
The exposition will close tomorrow
evening.