The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-19
TO USE TWO KINDS OF BRICK.
COUNCIL SELECTS THE PAVING MA
TERIAL FOR ABERCORN AND
HABERSHAM STREETS.

The Wnrren-Scharf Asphalt Conn
pany submits Two Bids for Paving
south Broad street With Asphalt,
one at s2.I5 and the other at SI.05
square Nard-The Former il for
Two and "A Half Inch surface and
the Latter for Two Inch Surface.
The Public Works Commissioner
Instructed 20 Investigate Augusta
Gravel Alderman FaIIigant
Thinks IL Might Prove a Good
Material for south BroHd street.
The city council met yesterday after
noon and awarded the contract. or, rather,
contracts. for furnishing vitrined brick for
the paving Of Abercorn and Habersham
streets. between Liberty and South Broad
streets.
The two streets viii be paved with diff
ferent makes Of brick, the American
Pressed Brick Company of Lynchburg.
Va. being one Of the successful bidders;
and the other brick TO be used being the
Reynolds glazed brick, manufactured at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The public works commissioner was in
structed some time ago 20 investigate the
subject of vltrlfed brick paving and report
10 council. The meeting was called for
1he purpose Of receiving the report.
Commissioner Wnlnk presented the re-
port of his Investigations Of brick as a
paving material on the streets Of other
cities, and also the tests made by him
with samples of eight makes of brick.
furnished by five different companies. The
report of the test showed that the Lynch
burg brick gave the smallest percentage
of loss, and the Reynolds glazed brick
the next smallest on the abrasion test, the
loss of the former being 3.04 per cent,
and the latter per cent Both makes
stood the absorption test we'll
A resolution by Col Garrard was adopt
ed, that the bids of the manufacturers
OF these two bricks, the Reynolds glazed
brick, at $1-l4i4 per square yard. and the
"A. p. B. Co., Lynchburg." brick. at
$l.05 % per square yard both f. o. b.,
IN savannah, be accepted, as per specifi-
cations and the guarantees now on hand.
Abercorn street. between Liberty and
South Broad street, 10 be paved with
one kind and Habersham street. between
Liberty and South Broad streets, to be
laid with the other kind.
request was received from the City
and Suburban Railway Company to be
allowed to take up one Of its tracks on
Abercorn street, between South Broad and
Liberty streets, and to move its switch
further north, terminating on the south
side of South Broad street. The opinion
expressed by Mayor Myers and several
members of council was that 1t would be
very undesirable 10 have the company s
switch situated at Abercorn and South
Broad streets, and permission TO move IL
was refused The councilmen also app
peared TO be under the impression that
The railway company desired to do away
with its double track from South Broad
TO Liberty street IN order to escape
part Of the cost Of paving that section Of
the street, the railway company being re-
Quired TO pave four feet each way from
the center of its tracks
street with asphalt were laid before cOun-
ell by the. mayor. Both are from the
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Company. The
first bid proposed to pave the street with
Trinidad lake sheet asphalt at S2la per
square yard, the asphalt surface to be 2ia
inches thick, and the company to give a
guarantee to maintain the pavement for
The second bid proposed to pave the
phalt at $1.95 per square yard This bid Is
for an asphalt surface Of two inches in
thickness, and the company agrees to give
a guarantee TO maintain il for i've years
after completion.
The bids were referred, without discus
sion, to the committee of the whole
Alderman Falligant said that before the
matter of paving South Broad street was
finally passed upon he desired to have the
value of Augusta gravel as a paving ma
terial, thoroughly Investigated. He was
informed he said, that il makes fine
pdNluB MATERIAL ana luhl IL Gun ne idlu
at a cost of $l.20 a square yard.
A resolution by Alderman Falligant was
adopted, that the commissioner of public
works be requested to investigate the
Toadways near Augusta, which have been
paved with gravel, and report to council
in reference TO their durability, smooth
ness, freedom from dust and expense Of
construction.
All the members of council were present
al the meeting with the exception of AL
derman Gleason.