The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-24

speaker. He stated that he was not
interested in any asphalt or brick COM
pany, but he did want the best pave
ment and he believed that sheet asphalt
was the best pavementfor West Chapel
street, He argued that there was less
noise to asphalt, that it was less slip
perry, that 1t can be kept cleaner, that
it would be less dusty than brick, and
that it was much more sanitary. He
also claimed that the brick pavements
had not been sufficiently tested to prove
what it was capable of.
Attorney Chase then started to ask
| Mr.. Peck some questions,s when he was
suddenly called to order by Chairman
| Hamilton, who informed him that If
| he wanted to ask any question they
| must be asked through the committee
and thereupon ensued heated tilt be-
tween the members of the committee
and some of the auditors.
| ATTORNEY Chase-Mr. Peck, have you
| any special reason for associating poor
| work with asphalt companies?
| Ex4Mayor Peck-No. I don't know
that I have.
| Attorney. Chase-Except that poor
| works has been done by asphalt peo-
| ple
Ex-Mayor Peck-Yes. Perhaps that
| is so.
Here Councilman Ullman whispered
| to Chairman Hamilton, who Immediate
| ly interrupted Attorney Chase by in
| forming him that the committee woulo
ask the questions.
'Wen. I supposed I had a right tc
| question a petitioner, especially as
notice that none of the committee seem
| ed to care to stand up for brick pave
ments," said Attorney Chase.
Chairman Hamilton-The committee
will ask the questions.
Attorney Chase with much feeling
"Well / am here as "a private cltlzer
l and YOU are the servants of the people
| I did suppose that the citizens have
some rights, but if not l am satisfied
to learn it."
Attorney Arvine-Mr. Chairman, il
that new rule made by this commit
tee?
Alderman Hamilton-There is no new
rule
Il Attorney Arvine-Rule or no rule,
heg leave to say that every citizen ma
! a right to ask any question of any wit
| ness. That has been the custom TO
twenty years and I have never known
, of it being stopped heretofore.
At this point ex-Alderman Chathel'
stated that the custom had been t.
! question witness with the consen
! of the chairman of the committee.
Alderman Rattlesdorfer here exclaim
! ed that the committee had been treate'
5 Idiscourteously, to which Attorney Chas
] replied that he had not intended 70 q
! anv such thing, that he had a right t
E ask questions of witnesses, and tina
/ the members of the committee had Il
S legal power to stop him or any othe
citizen.
t sWerl but we can put you out" vehe
: mently exclaimed Councilman uilmaf
81 Attorney Chase--You can do that, bu
3 I don't care to pay any attention to yo'
! nor do I care to ask any more question
n under the circumstances
n This ended the discussion and Attoi
! nev Chase resumed his seat amid tn
n applause of the crowd and rename
g throughout the entire session of tn
6 committee.
y Frank C. Bushnell was the neS
q sneaker in favor of asphalt. he sal
6 that he was not prepared to admit tina
T he either was or was not interested !
J asphalt or brick companies. He state
. that there were forty-four signature
4 to the petition, fully two-thirds OF whlc
, were property owners on the stree
h "We have now arrived at this point
: we want a better pavement than
= have cot and we want to consider i
! durability and it's cost. I wrote recen
lv 10 a pavement company in Syracus
> and they wrote me that the lowest co:
N Of vitrfied brick was $2.l3 ana som
- times ran as high as 1874. The dlHe
ence between the cost of brick and a.
phalt will not exceed 10 per cent, an
with the same guarantee. They ais
u agreed 10 give New Haven as fine
u navement as could be desired for ~.
= a. ward, with five~year guarantee. ~
" difference in cost Between asphalt ar
brick pavement is a mere bagatell
= Ctity. Engineer Kelley wrote me to-da
- that il would cost S74 900 to pave Oran&
= street and $4,000 for paving West Cha'
el street with asphalt There are no tV
streets in the city where the sheet a
- phalt can be tested at so slight an e
- pense. I do not consider that there
any more danger of a horse slipping
- asphalt than on brick pavement, al
not nearly so much as on Belgif
:. blocks"
,fl E. A. Chatfeld argued in favor of a
m phalt. claiming that it possessed eVel
O. advantage over any other kind of paw
O. ment. especially for residential streei
- Attorney Simeon ]. Fox also argued
G like vein and read numerous extrac
n from publications in reference to t
If relative merits of brick and saspha
.ly pavements. In these extracts it w
10 claimed that brick pavements were %
+ experimental and short-lived, and tn
70 the life of the pavement was from tv
10 to six years, and in each place tried III
proved costly experiments. 1t was al
re claimed that the repairs to sheet
or phalt could be easily made and tn
rt statistics showed fewer falls of hors
," on sheet asphalt than on granite. !
also read a communication from Prov
r. dence officials in which it was stat
at that the sheet asphalt pavement in tn
el city had been laid at cost of S2.25
W yard. with five years guarantee.
= | alec faipad that u1Iiet was absolute