The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-14
MORE ABOUT PAYMENTS
HEARING As TO THE MATERIALS TO
BE USED.

A Good Deal of Talk Before the Committee
on Streets About sheet aud Block Asphalt,
yitrihed Brick and Belgian Pavements.
The committee on streets moved up
another peg last night in the matter
of street pavements, taking up the re-
port of the chamber of commerce. The
chambers recommendation regarding
the issuance of bonds to the amount of
$500,OOO having been disposed of by a
legislative act and the bonds being
ready for the market, the committee
had for consideration last evening the
question as to what kind of material
present, with Alderman Hamilton in the
chair.
Joel A. Sperry, a member of the COM
mittee of the chamber of commerce.
that made the report, said experience
led him to believe that block pavement
was the best pavement. The pave
ment he had seen that gave the best
results was the block pavement of four
inch blocks laid on an asphalt founda-
tion. This pavement, he said, could
be taken up and relaid, and have the
street in as good condition as original
it was very good for the people on the
street. 1t was quiet pavement.
Asked by Alderman Hamilton If he
had seen any vitrified brick pavement,
he referred to the pavement in York
street, and admitted that it showed
very little wear.
Regarding asphalt pavement he said
his experience showed that 1t needed
a good deal of repair He said that if
the city was going to lay asphalt pave
ment it would be a good plan to regu-
late the width of wagon tires. The mar
row tires in use here tear the pave
ment, In Paris, where there was as
phalt pavement wide tires were re-
quired and in London and Liverpool
the tires were wider than in use here.
He had seen the Buffalo pavement, and
his idea was that the asphalt pavement
there had to be repaired in five years.
He did not think it was a desirable
pavement.
William s. Wells favored asphalt
pavement for residential streets.
Police Commissioner Doolittle told
the committee he thought for heavy
teaming the dimension blocks, with
concrete foundation and well grouted,
the best. Vitrified brick made good
pavement for light travel and asphalt
was good for residential streets.
AT this point Judge Sheldon brought
up the vitrified brick pavement In
York street, laid of Syracuse, Great
Darlington and North Haven brick,
and City Engineer Kelly said this
pavement had given satisfaction. He
was favorable to the brick pavement,
which, he said, in reply to Councilman
Ullman, was not in it's experimental
stage. He said regarding brick chip
ping, that the chipping the first two
years was greater than the years that
follow He was not in favor of filling
brick pavement with cement, because
with cement the pavement became solid
and when it is taken up it Is difficult
to same the brick With sand it was
pavement Asked if he would lay as
phalt at State and Chapel streets he
said no. At any point where there are
number of street car tracks he would
lay vitrified brick.
Asked by Councilman Chillingworth
regarding asphalt and brick pavements
Mr.. Kelly said it required extra labor
to put down asphalt, while brick could
be laid by labor procurable in this
city
Mr.. Kelly said the pavement in York
street cost from $1.9O to 81, and the
brick pavement in Ashmun street S2.13
a square yard.
Discussing brick and asphalt pave
ment with the committee Mr.. Kelly said
from a sanitary point the asphalt was
the better. Further on, he said it
would cost more to maintain the as
phalt that brick pavement
Pressed by Councilman Chillingworth
regarding the comparative cost of the
two pavements, Mr.. Kelly said it was
his opinion that asphalt pavement could
be laid for $3.50. The price now was
SO, but he thought the asphalt people
price. He believed they made Is a
square yard on the work.
Ex-Counilman Smith, who was for
| merly a member of the street commit
tee, said that one pavement might be
| good for one city and not good for an
other. He said if New Haven had
put down brick pavement in Chapel
street from State to Orange, an as
phalt pavement from Orange to Church
and block pavement to Temple, then
there would have been a chance for
comparison.
e. j. Morrison, representative of the
Hastings company, spoke in favor of
asphalt block pavement. The ingre-
dents were so per cent of trap brick, Z
per cent of pulverized carbonate of
lime and 13 per cent. Trinidad asphalt
improvements had been made in as
phalt blocks by the substitution of trap
rock for lime stone. He estimated the
cost of his pavement on a sand foun-
| dation at s265. On six inch con-
crete foundation, as in Hartford, the
cost would be $780, He did not think
| more than a four inch concrete founda-
ton was necessary. Questioned by
| Councilman Chillingworth, he said his
company delivered the blocks to the
| city of Holyoke and the city put down
why New Haven could not secure the
blocks in the same way. The Hastings
company's works are on the Hudson