The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-17
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south Broad Street Improvement.
1t seems to us that the city authorities
haven't given Augusta gravel, as a paw
ing material for South Broad street, the
consideration to which it is entitled.
While it may be true that that material
would not stand heavy traffic, the fact
should be taken into consideration that
South Broad street is not subjected to
traffic of that sort.
What we have to say in behalf of Au-
gusta gravel is based upon the results OBJ
tanned from it in Augusta and on roads in
this county. On our county roads it
seems to give very great satisfaction. 1t
makes a hard, and, apparently, very
durable roadway.
There are several advantages which it
has over either asphalt or brick. 1t costs
only about one-tenth as much as either
of those materials and looks about as well
as either of them. 1t is easily and cheap
ly repaired, and can be broken for the
purposes of putting down pipes and mend
ed at a comparatively small cost. It is
not so dusty as either brick or asphalt,
and dampenng does not hurt it as it does
asphalt. 1t can be dampened at much less
cost than either brick or asphalt, because
when once thoroughly dampened it will
remain dustess for two or three days.
If the city council has not irrevocably
committed itself to asphalt it should make
a much more careful examination of the
merits of Augusta gravel than it has yet
done. If South Broad street can be sat
isfactorily paved for $1,000 why go to an
expense of 100000? The city has no money
to throw away.
The council may have doubts as to
whether Augusta gravel would give sat
isfaction. If that is the case why should
not that question be determined at once?
If Augusta gravel will answer our pur-
poses for paving, what a vast amount of
paving could be done with the money that
the paving of South Broad street with
asphalt would cost!
Would it not be good idea for the city
council to inspect the county roads that
have been paved with Augusta gravel?
1t could easily find out whether or not
good results could be obtained from it.
In view of the many streets in the city
that need paving-streets on which the
travel is very light-it seems to us that
the council should take steps at once to
determine the merits of Augusta gravel.
If it answers on county roads it would
answer, there is every reason to believe,
on such streets as South Broad street.
The story of a spirited battle between
colored preacher and a game cock comes
cock, brooding over the constant warfare
made upon the chicken family by the coll
ored race. determined to avenge his kind.
He therefore waylaid the preacher on the
open streets. True to instinct, the
preacher made the first pass at the chick
en-, and for his pains got a gaff into his
foot The plucky little rooster struck so
hard that his spur punctured the leather
81 the preachers shoe and stuck into the
flesh Both parties then lined up for the
second round But upon reflection the rev.
erend gentleman concluded he had enough,
and made his escape by ingloriously run
ming. With a victorious Tapping of wings
and Growing, the cock resumed his scratch
ing, satisfied that he had won vindication.
There IS a pretty penny awaiting some
enterprising person who will go through
the speeches and writings of Altgeld, Till
man, Watson and Butler and compile
therefrom a Handbook Of Redhot Exple-
tyes.' TO be used by populistic orators
and ofiice-seekers. Ability to "cuss
things out" in picturesque style is now
recognized as the chief prerequisite to
| populist honors.