The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-02

for paving business streets is the WITT ~.
fled block, and for resident streets tls .
vltrlhed brick or hre-clay orleK' VINO"
have given us entire satisfaction
The first paving put down IN our Town
was In 1883, according ~ what Is known
as the Charleston plan. u believe
Charleston, w. Va, was the pioneer OIL
street paving with brick in this country
That plan Is the same In excavation us
before described, then three inches OF
sand was placed on this foundation and
then layer OF one-inch oak boards, pre-,
viousfy dipped in boiling tar. on top OF
this Two inches OF sand, and then the
common building brick on top OF the
sand, at total cost or 81 10 per square
yard. This pavement has been repaired
and needs renewing, but NOT on account
OF the foundation.
The next year we used common brick
with the present specifications costing
81 90. Some OF this paving needs re-
rewlpg also after being in use eight
years.
In the years 1889, 80 and 81 we paved
with fire brick at q cost OK 81 40 per
square yard. with tar, and 81 go without
tar. This pavement Is now in good con-
dltion. II Is worn some. but Il IL good for
many years yet We then paved several
streets I'm 1924 and rs, using various
makes of vlrihed brick and block: Attn
ems, Jones, Harris, Bellalre and Bernard,
ct prices ranging from SSc 10 sSc per
SQUARE yard. These streets do not show
any wear as yet.
This year, 1897, we adopted the spill
man Vitrihed Block" ana find II MS all
OF the requirements for first class pave
ment. II is West Virginia ptoduct,
made by the Camden Clay Company,
cost zoe, Sic and SIC, according 10 the
distance hauled.
We have adopted limestone curb OF the
following dimensions: twenty inches
deep; four inches thick, ana not less than
four feet long. This ls placed in position
of q two Inch bed Of sand, costing forty
five cents per lineal foot, sci, and Ia all
paid for by the city.
The city grades the eide-wnlk and fur
nishes 1--WE inches Of sand. The property
owners lay the pavement,
All paving cmblnE and sewerage Ia
done under the supervision OF the city
engineer.
All cost OF sewerage on any street Is d.
ylded between abUtting property owners
on each side Of the street The city pays
for sewerage ct the street crossings and
for ait man.it9icJ and lamP-holes
The interest IN good roads and well
paved streets seems TO have increased In
late years when roads and streets are
so Improved, property Increases In value,
and The work and pleasure of haulinG
and driving "a made more enjoyable, 80
that citizens who own property are
pleased to have the authorities In their
town take an active Interest In such i'm
proYpments ana Keep up TO The times In
everything that win make business BRISK
by attracting trade from the surround
fng country,
Farmers soon md that the best mar
ket for their product le the town that Is
alive and up to date In all municipal i'm
proyomtnts, and are sure 10 act upon
that knowledge,
/ think, too, with some others, that the
bicycle is responsible fOr much " the
growing interest IN street and road i'm.
pfeyemept. The wheel Is no longer look
ga upon as n toy, but is acknowledged TO
be a useful machine, convenient for bust
ness or pleasure. and ds such to have
lost claim to equal rights with cnrrlagea
ana wagons which now traverse our
thoroughfares