The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-17

make q statement regarding MS DID ant
the material used by his company, the!
being the lowest bidder on sheet asphalt
Mr. Carpenter was rather averse to goint
into the matter in detail, for said he in or
der to talk intelligently on this matter 4
Is sometimes necessary to present facts
which are not complimentary to my COM
| petitors material and there is always the
danger Of being taken as trying to built
UP my business by tearing down some
other mans.
II detest this sort Of work and deplore
it., but IL you will carefully report me
| would like to say few things which
may be Of interest"
| The reporter promptly supplied the
necessary assurance, adding that Mr. Car
| penter was evidently unacquanted with
| the acknowledged accuracy of The Posts
reporters, whereupon he proceeded to say,
among other things: at is hardly fair 10
make any comparisons unless we take
those bids based upon the use of a con-
crete foundation and | shall therefore con-
me myself accordingly. The tabulaton Of
these bids shows three distinct kinds OF
| pavement as having been bid upon all
on concrete foundation OF tour and six
inchesNin thickness.
T. Sheet asphalt.
"2 Rock asphalt.
"3. Brick.
The first point IN controversy will be
between sheet and rock asphalt on jan
uary /, 1897. there had been laid in this
country about 900 square yards OF
asphalt pavement OF this amount there
was about 100000 square yards rc/x'
asphalt 100000 of asphalt block and Is =
0OO,OOO sheet asphalt. OF the rock asphalt
tully 100000 square yards were OF i'm
ported rock asphaltum or a mixture OF
rock asphalt and asphalum laid In the
same manner as sheet asphalt. 1t will thus
be seen that only about 200 900 yards OF
native rock asphalt had been laid Of this
amount the greater portion has been laid
by the Gilsonte Roofing company of St
Louis and the Breckenridge Asphalt COM
puhy or kentucky both OF whom use the
same material. mixture composed OF
hentucky btuminous sand rock and an
asphaltic limestone obtained from the In
dlan Territory and known as the Buck
norm product. The Breckenridge COM
pahy In Louisville have not as yet pro-
uuceu creditable pavement their work
having been condemned recently by both
the board of aldermen and board Of nubIir
WORKS In a most emphatic manner. The
rlisohlte company, who are bidding here.
nave Deen a little more successful than
tnclr allles IN Kentucky. | am told that
they have laid some fairly creditable work
In st. Louis and Sedalia and are doing
some work In Kansas City, though their
me- attempt there was a failure and |
u'uerstahd they have been called down by
the authorities and taxpayers of that citv
and are now trying to demonstrates their
AFFINITY TO lay first-class work before thew
WIZ be allowed to do any more. The other
oiu on rock asphalt is that of Messrs. Him
q hey. Inc sample which these gentlemen
submitted is, am told, of your own ma
i've Texas uvalde asphalt, but under tho
organizations the contractors must have
haa suiflclent experience in the LAYING OF
q lna'eilai 10 thoroughly understand its
successful manipulation and am toId
Messrs. Hipp & Key have had no snnh
experience Their material, however has
NOT SHOWN itself yet to be of such mi
,oirnity and character as to warrant its
oe'ns experimental with on such n largo
scare as these contracts contemplate THO
same is true Of the Gilsonite comnanv.s
p'ouuct' take 1t therefore that the rsaI
ontroVersy lies between sheet aspbalt ana
an on sheet asphalt the two bidders
ma he naroer Asphalt Paving company
barber Asphalt Paving comnanv ~ ~
one KNOWS, are a thoroughly reliable CON,
eern, using the Trinidad pitch lake os
pnait' Ihey are the pioneers in tho sbao.
asphalt industry and have demonstratos
US success under all conditions Of cIimata
anu tf@fic' Up to 1892 or 1899 thew Wiz
c - allIes' absolutely controlled the hns,
49, put since that time other pehhIes,
ran "ppesreu upon the beach and they
tba no longer lay claim to the title OF
,, mg ohiy one Other companies with no.
nuueI, Aicatraz and standard Caiifonri.
asphait nave fully demonstrated ,ha.'.
,oity 10 lay fully as good payemen,s No
traffic. "'''ons OF climate and |
t.riaI sSompanv used the last namad ma
", y, ~ standard California, fran 't no
nf ~, AT Asphalto, California. Samn,as
in 1Sao. "a a.. We're laid in Fresno. Cal
number of other California c,ties s>"a ana
Nv III hrst-e class condition. never ha,,; Ire
zen repaired. In 1893 some TX 0oo ' s.,s
VIZ laid in Ogden. Utah. and s,,hiaa,us
10 Tue heaVies; traffic OF that oitv Th~
' eo never needed repairs. In isoa -
b, some eight blocks We're laid IN VS.
ar, ~a,,' when are often subjected "a
,ei, a. W Oh over III degrees Fahren-
below ,rsn,, shaue IN summer and much
az tleezing IN winter. I mentic, ,b,a
'",e,neht as being subjected 10 TENNIS
w % somewhat similar 10 Houstor 7,
,"s never been repaired. II was not ~,
W. years ago that the conser,ativs NJ.
p r, OF the Standard asphalt mad
nor' 10 place it upon the Eastern n,a al
. II mas met with the hearty a'nnro,,a,
al, engineers and experts who Hi bOrn
es,ed IT. Mr., Dow. the goyernm N, naee
a nee,ur OF asphalts and cements AZ Wash
! e,oh' D. C., says that pavement oo,,aI
,ne best In the country can be mad ~ ,
w, asphalt and We have been invita-
' ,hs engineer in charge to narticira,,
|. ,ne oiddlass there. which We .hai, A.
.ne next opportunity. Last wear w ro
JI,us,ruetsd $4,000 yards Of payemsn, W. ~, ,
li,nneapolis. Mimi. giving excelian, ~
Nj VI, rms year we are laying payemeni.
!. MAO and Lima. Ohio. ana Grand q
ap'us. Mich. while the Asphalt Cons,r,, nu o
V one company OF New York are laying SOU, e
' -. yards with this material in ' ,has a
" we guarantee our work in the s s~as a
inner as the Barber people and give &c
, ,euss on our bonds The American
~, 10y company All these things hsina
W. W. city takes no risk in entering ~no II
ns,sots with us. Both Mr.. Aye-s Jpn II
esldent, and myself. have had an es'
uueu experience In asphalt work an, "a, <
hpfOy none h.ff otJ "-Au We 1 III