The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE



been dear;h OF letters lately on the
paving question" and as you s,lll kind
ly oncr the use OF your columns 10 those
who may have anything Of interest 10
say In favor Of any material suitable for
street traffic, | thought weuld indict the
public with little data, which. taken as
a whole, may pay for perusal.
These letters have been taken from the
most reliable sources at my command, and
are offered for Just whR; ,hoy are worth.
II the reader expects to ind originality he
viii be disappolnted. Indeed we arc all
! imitators-oyen as the tricky animals
from which certain wise men intimate We
spring. only some OF us arc not candid
enough to admit IT, aud claim originality
where IL is simply absorption.
Exchange Of ideas, even borrowed ones.
make us all feel better, gives vs. clearer
| version and broader understanding.
! take 1t that a majority of our people
are interested in the question Of street
/ paving. and are anxious TO read anything
OF interest pertaining 10 tho same. Many
OF our business men have no time 70 study
| the question for themselves therefore they
I turn 10 their newspaper for ;he iniorma-
/ t!cn desired. II 4 man learns a thing
/ aud keeps 1t 10 himself, Il may benefit
I him Individually, but IL is OF 40 value
+ 20 the community. II is like winking az
q pretty girl in the daTk--you may know
What YOU are doing, hUt she doesn't
Therefore l believe in spreading the
I light as wo already have too much dark
ntss or various subjects.
AS towas grow iuio cities and their
street traffic increases, paving becomes
Il necessity"
The above quotation is from paper
read before Il convention % engineers IN
Michigan few years ago by c. T..
Greene. an authority GA street paving.
lie advocated brick paving whore the
brick We're able without fusing TO with
stand sufficient degree OF heat, but
/ Dc continued The great diversity Of the
clAys makes She process OF manufacture
/ difficult problem. for the experience
gained 10 one place may be OF little use
/ IL another, And says further:
1 The Disadvantages Of brick pavomeuts
arise from a lack OF uniformity in tho
material. aud Tho liability OF incorporating
] 49, the pavement brick OF 100 soft and
porous structure which soon crumblo."
/ lie sycTs hat good brick is superior 10
/ wood or mlcadam, and where the traffic
| DOES not exceed three tons, equals granite
! bicohs. summed up. he shows that under
/ certain conditions there is a wide field to
/ be usefully occupied by Well made brick
9ayemcuts
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