The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-10
SOUTH BRoAD'S PAVEMENT.
THE CITY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
ASPHALT AND BRICK.

Petitions on Both sides to BE Pre-
scented to the Council Tomorrow
Night-The Brick Mems Week Up
Tomorrow and the style of Paw
ing to he Settled on at Once-City
Engineer Harley of Jacksonville
FavOrs Brick.
The momentous question of the style OF
paving material to be used on South Broad
street will in all probability be settled by
the city council tomorrow night. re-
cess was taken at the last meeting in
order that the council might be called to-
gether again at any time to pass upon
this question.
1t was agreed at the last meeting to give
the brick men a week in which to impress
the desirabilty of their material upon the
property owners of South Broad street.
The week will be up tomorrow night and
the council has been called to meet on
that date to decide the question.
battle royal will be fought between
asphalt and vitrifled brick. The brick men
have made an active campaign since last
Wednesday night and the signatures or
a number of South Broad street property
holders have been secured, endorsing
vitriicd brick, and Withdrawing their
signatures from the petition for asphalt
A representative of one of the brick com
panies stated to a Morning News reporter
Yesterday that petition would be pre-
scented, signed by half the property own
ers on South Broad street, favorlng brlcK.
When the council first decided to i'm
prove South Broad street sew
eral months ago, the material selected
was vitrifed brick. Objections were made
by some Of the property owners to this
material, and an active canvass made by
Mr.. A. L. Alexander, representing the
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company, the
council was inclined somewhat towards
asphalt, but with preference for brick.
Lately it has manifested an inclination to
asphalt as the result OF proposition
from the Warren-Scharf Company to I'M
dertake the maintenance of all the asphalt
paving in the city at much lower rate
than has heretofore been charged.
Mr.. Alfred L. Harley, city engineer of
Jacksonville, spent yesterday in the city.
He talked very freely of the merits OF
brick paving. Jacksonville has laid seven
miles of brick pavement, or about 100000
square yards, in the last four years,
and practically has no other first-class
paving. This paving was all done under
Mr.. Harleys supervision, and naturally
ne is IN DOSluOn 10 bpbdh VI VIII AlASh
brick as a paving material.
1.-The brick pavement on Bay street is
now in its fourth year" said Mr.. Harley.
ut was laid when there was no other
paved street. and for the greater part of
the time since has borne practically all
the traffic OF the city. We have not in
that time spent $40 in repairs, and it
shows very little appreciable wear. At
the present rate of wear 1 should say it
Lac lon -
When the Bay street pavement was laid,
Mr.. Harley stated, 1t was given a concrete
foundation of four inches. This founda-
ton cost about so cents per square yard,
and the total cost of the pavement was
$40 per square yard. Since that time the
concrete foundation has been abandoned
as unnecessary, and the streets which
have been laid without 1t have worn
equally as well.
Mr.. Harley is of the opinion that sand is
ell the foundation necessary for brick
pavement in this climate. West Bay street,
leading to the depot was completed about
six months ago, the brick being laid on
sand. There is very heavy travel over this
street but the pavement has not shown
any effects from 1t. The cost of paving
this street was $3.50 per square yard.
The Tennessee Paving Brick Company
has just completed a contract for 5000
square yards on Adams street at $l.49 per
square yard. This did not include grad
ing and surfacing, which was done by the
city.
81 have inspected the pavements in a
number of cities" said Mr.. Harley, land
think the pavements Of Jacksonville will
compare with any know Of The brick
pavement is durable, cost little to repair
and is easily kept clean. We
have one street sweeper, oper-
ated at cost of 3 q day,
which cleans all the paved streets The
principal streets are swept every day ana
the residence streets two or three times
q week. One of the great advantages Il
q brick pavement is the small cost of
tearing up and replacing when necessary
to make house connections for water, eds
and sewerage. The city does this WORK
and charges $1.50 for the service. Here,
] understand, it costs $S5 to $40 for repairs
to pavements in making house connec-
lions on asphalt streets. AS to its ease
upon traffic l will simply say that our
bicyclists are our severest critics, and
they heartily indorse the brick pave
ments."
Mr.. Harley said that he would be pleased
TO have the mayor and aldermen of Sa-
vannah visit Jacksonville at any time Tor
the purpose of inspecting the pavements
there.