Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24
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rection for Mr.. Silverstone.

49,
with great interest the report Of The
SPECIAL paving committee and the action
q The 1uncil thereupon. The general
! disiosition Of the public is !, await ,his
| action without much further comments
Many o: the property owners seen YES
tefday stated that they preferred not
TO talk for publication until they had
seen the report Of the committee.
1T may be said. however. that .i.ere
seems 70 be an increasing sentimen. in
favor Of brick paving The majority
of those who have studied the ouss-
'l"n At all expressed themselves in ia
Eor of this material Others who have.
given the matter but superficial con
sidera,on. expressed themselves in ia
ror of sheet asphalt or brick. ii cid not
make much difference Which; others de-
c!ared emphatically in favor Of shca,
asphalt
One gentleman who owns c0nsilera-
bic property here said: II haven +
gwen the matter any thought. l have
the council to do my thinking on mu-
nicipal matters. Whatever the conlit-
tee and council decide on will suit ne,
reckon. The council will adopt what
IT pleascs. regardless Of What | think.
anyway. | suppose"
This is 4 view enormously held by a
number of citizens. AS the property
owners viii pay for the paving. they
are necessarily Interested parties; aud.
moreover, if three fourths OF t1i, prop
erty owners want one kind Of paving,
the council is not likely to give Them
another kind I.
II mas been suggested 4 number Of
times recently that the people be al
lowed 70 determine what sort of Lav;ng
they want for the various streets. The
average property owner generally tas
pretty decided views on the matter. Ii
the plan We're feasible. the council
would doubtless be slad TO turn the re-
sponsibility over TO the people 1t Will
not however. be adopted unless there
is q radical change in the present plans.
The following communication or Tx.
paving subject was received yesterday
afternoon:
Newport News, Va, Sept. IS. 1899
Editor Daily Press:
Being deeply interested in the subject
of better streets and roads, 1 have ca
gerry peruSed the articles appearing III
your paper for some time back bearin 2
on the subject. The trouble With ulos-
OF the contributors seems to be the;-
forget in what climate they are, espe-
clally the one who seems to favor mac
adam pavement above everything else.
The first question to be answered for
the majority Of people is: what is
macadam pavement?'' Everything
seems TO be macadamzed pavement
where the roadway is covered with
from twelve to eighteen inches deem
OF broken stone, bur a good macauanl
pavement is made when the stone is of
a Very hard. linty nature, and where
the whole mass is rolled hard by heavy
rollers until the angles of the broken
stones meet in such manner :kat the
whole forms a practically solid crust
resting on a good hard. We'll drained
foundation. But the objections 10 this
pavement are many 1t requires con-
slant attention ana repair: it is almost
ii not quite as dusty as shell roads. and
last. but not least, there are no .slones
in this section 10 make rn.acadaln nave
ment out Of: it has to be hauled here
from the mountains Sheet asphalt has
been urged by some; it is an ideal pave
ment for some sections in this colr-
~. doubt if il can be made sufficient
~ hard to stand our long continued
summer heat; then the cost is against
il as Well as the expense of repairing,
and then again no asphalt grows on
the Peninsula
OF asphalt block I know less Of than
either OF The above: | have seen but
title OF ii in use anywhere. but what
did See appeared to be in good con-
lition. smooth ard hard but I suppose
;hat in our climate it 100 would prove
600 soft in the summer l have seen
plenty of Belgian block pavement: it is
very durable, but excessively noisy and
cumbersome. in fact is an almost ante
iiluvian pavement: and don't think
tnere is an advocate for it in the city:
it is also costly.
Next, we come to brick Well, now,
| have seen quite a deal of brick pave
nent III my day; I have 'cycled for
days and days on brick in Holland
where they have as sandy country as
Ne have here; perhaps a little more so:
out they use brick on all their high
ways. Why? Perhaps they have learn
I'd by long years Of experience that
brick is the cheapest after all; the
cheapest repaired and the best to keep
.lean. u notice that in Norfolk, where
me conditions are about the same as
'ere, they are putting down more and
more BRICK; as to the objection of sand
working out. that is a small item, if
he creVices between bricks are filed
With hot asphalt no sand can work out.
And then we are assured that a good
Kind Of material TO make vitritied brick
found right here at home. Well then,
Is there seems to be no valid objection
o using brick. as other metals have t.
De purchased away from home and paid
COR there. and as we can make brick ut
oome and thus Keep all the money fo:
riyht rs
he means OF establishing Il new indus
ny here: it is my opinion that it would
be for the best interest OF she city to
Use the beSr qua lity Of good ,,i,,.;ti