Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-04

raHE. Viz: Woodland avenue. peari
street. Ridge avenue. HickoX street.
Court Place ana Lorraine street. The
| only asphalt work in process Of con
struction while tn" committee was in
Cleveland was Pearl street. being laid
hy the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Com
pany. We visited the street twice also
visited their plant which is {, railway
pant built on cars. and Very costly
ana great lot of machinery. Their
work on Pearl street WAS being laid in
good condition. and the property own
ers on the street. also the city engineer
said they were doing exceptionally good
work.
Upon inquiry rs to the cost of sheet
asphalt the engineer stated that the
latest Did on sheet asphalt on
4 street named Burt street vas 1928
per ward which was the last street on
which bids We're received. That was
for concrete Foundation and asphalt too
which is composed of six inches con
crete foundation one inch binder and
Ole and halt inch topping compose:
OF asphalt. However. the city has re-
ceivch bi.is as low as 81 Go per yard ana
ti;id as high as 1926 per yard The
cnllhltlonS VARYING according to What
vas required. the term Of guarantee
and location Of different streets. &C.
Brick pavements--Briclz p;lvenl.nts
in Cleveland are mostly laid on SAND
foundations JOINTS between tn" brick
are filled With Portland cemen, filler
Contractors laying brick guarantee the
work for three years Brick pavenenls
iald on sand foundation will cost from
Al.li to SID per square. yard Brick
H;iNemcntS laid on concrete founua :ull
cost from SIT, to $500 per sull;lr. yard
VISITED RtTF'FAIO
From Cleveland Your committee
VISITED Euffal" Euffalo is said to be
1he l'ncSt rivel City iii The l'ni,"n
States. We conferred With Mi X. t;
Parsons. secretary. Of tie Board IL
Public Works he having been the
secretary Of Tn" board for the Pas,
eleven years. His opinion US to the
best pavement material ,:, To smooth
ness. noisclcsSress and inDcr,cusr.ss
is sheet asphalt. for durability block
stone and for chcupn"ss brick. He ad-
vised that on January /. 1892. at which
tim" the Board of Public Works was
linausuratcd in that city thew had 1906
mics IF sheet asphalt pavement. Il;
nllcs Of stone. nnctftll Of a mil. Of
brick and ono mile Of .n;l"ad;ln. At the
enc OF December. 1898. they had 90,
niles "i sheet asphalt. liz miles ol'
stone. 81, miles Of brick and II: miles
You will not" from the above figures
that the citizens of Buffalo are Very
nirIai t" ASPHALT. He also advised
ihat previous To 1877 thu cost FL. :,s2il; (:
M'S oo uniformly : per square yard and
N ~ me average cost was So" per
s ~, N:'ru VARYING from Sl.S' To- So
,,h;,.b i,.i,,,i .i',:iit7 c.''iliMte'
Mn',h l!'''u.'e" lhe grading Of walks.
I ,1No 'n ,,, 81 concrete new curhinG. In
,1,,I. l.'.en ~ 'o1ill''s.e ptNement
r,,t..,,, -. rs i!'!lt SO" !" 800.
'.i,,I1i'. "lul s.'i'% pavement, m
a,,; ,'N''iS az "i ora STONE ana re
~ - 60, -. NV SiSue. Ne" Eu"hlnG
~. ~ - ''ctohcf' lS9S, was
4
III. ,...,rs ~ ~ :" 800 ~.
h., -, '1 - -. NV con, '''t ~
-ny ,r ~; 80 -. ,. ~ ESQ
~, ~ ,,,:', VI! 9'lrets Where
tn;,.L '''t'' ~ ''N"'f'l
..rrh, ,.,,,,,;t+. ,,
pmff.,,,, nna r,, ~ 80, s.reets III
s,,.,.t ,.ni'.'l, ,''''I, 49, '''s "ilck anu
$50 ,nnd;,;a,, '" - "ele III NJ
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va al, ~, eaa ~, -, 20 "'iiS Hunuas'
we l,n,a o,nr .',,,+ 60, ~ 20 ..
no stra,,. ~, - .T'i llit'es VI
!, y,nnnts i, ~ W, ~ hln's u
rns1ly shno,' ',snb.,,, ~ - '''eH are
.7S,.n,,, Nm, N'.,
aeIn,,i, VIII, :, ,, NY , ,'Hi,so mia
spected the savera, iinls ~ ''.', y
r.,,nli,,o 49,, ,.,i ~ - ~ Niilents.
@ '>.' ~ 'se'i !.llcS Of streets
block. rjfrticd ~. h,.il1 ''@,,, ~, asi.iu'.
diock. Bread street. which is one
hundred ana twenty feet between cur.
lines, is paved with sheet asnhalt Lain
:l,on !, concrete foundation This kinu
Of paving surface continues FOR, four
teen miles, Travelled constantly Nv
thousands Of teams. so MANY Of Then;
that a team, going north must nor 90,
upon The south si.le OF the street Som,.
Of This asphalt has been laid for four-
teen years and to our eyes showed varv
little wear and no cracks were nhsar.
y;,bIe. Fifteenth street is narllv nv