The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-17
COOP ROADS.
Brick Paving Said 10 Re the Best for
Pubic Highways.

Brick Paving Said 10 BE the Best for
Pubic Highways.
Captain w. S. Williams. at the seven
tenth annual convention Of the ohio Tile.
Brick and Drainage association. read
pal.r s,ronsiy au,oca,lni pl.,h p.t mo
,or pupnc highways ,Cay NreotuJ.
Alter sniiis Ills experience with stone
rcau. ,A,eiuils from Fremont, ONO, 10
roi. ,ivKan un the Sanuusky river, he
uescrlOeu tne pflch fuaus OF .ne Nesltt-
ianu- ana inuS me stone ROAD lar M
i.rsor TO tho,e famous highways. The
one ROAD named mas better gradients
Tor It's length, perhaps. tnan any i'll TINS
OF any otner country. ihe road-ped prop
cr was thrown up about three feet IN
neight. a very thick coating of broken
some was then placed upon inc ROAD, en-
eeptng that part between Fremont and
Bellevue. which was constructed mostly
of gravel. Numerous toll gates were es-
iab.lshed as means OF i.V. nue. Tor re-
pairs of the road Having Charge OF this
road tor number OF years as state en-
Gneer. Mr.. Williams asserts that IL did
not wear well; that It would cut INTO
numerous ruts, wncn wet, and that. IN
dry weather, the wheels would pulverize
the stone. which would he blown away in
the form OF dust. The rough broken
stone "ns objectionable until worn
smooth moreover. the road was a very
expensive one to keep in order. the rev.
enues scarcely sufticing for the purpose.
m" brick paving Of the highways of the
Netheriands was done 80 long ago that
ton Who know when II was done. The
material used WAS brick, but not as good
as our best quality OF shale. The repairs
are very small; one man will keep sew
erai inTes OF TINS pavement in good order.
II Is apparent from experiments with dr.
ferent Kinds of paved roadways that brick
est and the best.
IN any part of tho country tho alluvial
formation of miXen gravel sand and
SANDY loan Is sufficient for foundation.
some times II may he necessary TO add
more sand or gravel. If convenient. Gin
ders, or anything which water can mas.
through readily. will do just as well as
broken stone anything that viii drain
equivalents
1t has never been found essential to put
,roheh stone under a cobblestone pave
,1nare inches of bearing surface on the
ioundaiion than the average cohblestone.
Nsither Is II necessary to III the inter-
s''ees nci ween The bricks with coal tar as
II = plainly evident that brick Will shed
water more rapidly than cobblesione, and
rohl tar Is never used in n cobble pave
mem inen'' \ plain sand filler, or its 'quiva-
under the brick. that will be impcrvious to
water AMI will become tough and hard.
Ihc road-hed should be thrown mp with
t ,han crown 10 shed water hlccly. and
leave, nehVler me better. The ramming and
pounding should he done on the founda-
'I,' anu not on top or the brick.
~ orr or summer road adjacent TO the
paved way should always he maintained.
me paving brick should contain n large
t,hsreeniase or iron we'll distributed
.of,ditlon exists. the brick viii he found
10 be homogeneous fused mass of great
s,rr' 9Th. a Eight colored brick shows the
hhnSrhce OF iron, 1t Is no, necessary to
prodilces two different structures In the
oainr prick. there will not he the same
1r,,nesive strength from center to exterior.
is the best, NV"