The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

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iaterSe3co Of . QuaetR - - tneb 5edng
formed By . cseat Dsaeed st the bottom
a layer Of eravei vAs pounded down INTO
this space and the upper poss.on nAso VIA
time Of ~. he subject Of bsatinG sand
into the surfacs oR TIE eloeks has not oc-
curree here. - 6ocay W3n sDeo u pave
0enx before is can - wosD Gut ysor
from the date az laying the Fourth street
pavement there was not . psaco = 70 wssre
thers vas evidence II weas. Crssosino .
not considered s:thGr. - the woodsn
blocks are @ cheap Dat n y rseardsd
better to rspIoco the0 than to incur -
expense Of psoionUlng thstY LIE.
vitrined brick pavsDousD are NOT exfen-N
G1ve In PorflAn6 bus are found In diner
emit quarters whsro thsy VIII receive -
we're tesla Doube b ezpreoDed that brick
Of sunlcient toughnsO hes been used- In
some inssances the sdoss have Clipped
down until the brick - wen worn. and
again spots are found In the earlier pave
ments where soft material has been used.
As there Ia not yet . demand for vtsr.fed
brick a. a paving material. there % no In
ducement for capital to invest in plant
where their manufacture may Be- recuced
70 q fixed and unvarying standard. This
method Of paving 10 likely 20 become pop
BY the use OF tar 70 can be made imper-
vious 70 water even n . climate % moist
~ this.
A. for the grsat amount Of macadam
roadbed found In the city. IL has but little
% commend IL In either summer or winter
It - the best for hoSse9 hoofs. the yield
tng nature Of the road aflording q good
footing and being far lees injurious to the
foot. but this 10 . minor consideration
when the faults of macadam are computed.
Il wears too fAse under much uss- There
10 bound to be some loose duSe or dirt on
the surface that 10 blown into the air DUR
ing the dry season and becomes . mack
when wet. 1t cannot be as sanitary - .
smooth. hard pavement. and 10 far more
difficult TO sweep. There win always b
. large amount Of macadam in the streets
distant from the business center. but IL
sufices there. and would be supplanted do
the cost not bear too heavily on cheap
property.
The cost Of the various materials has
been carefully compiled 40 follows:
Weed Dseeks.
Fourth street. Burnside to jefferson
Concrete foundation. per square yard. 81
cents: wood blocks. Ger square yard. ~
cents; artificial stone curbs. per cubic foot
- cents. Cost Of block between center
line Of YamhnI street and center line Of
Taylor street, 80 lineal feet, containing
1,315 square yards surface pavement, with
out curbs. 0,0aS.l3; with curbs. G.fn2
Yamhn street--Concrets foundation. per
square yard, 70 cents: wooC blocks. per
square yard. 20 cents; stone curb. q ceutA
Cost OF block between center line Of Sec
ond street and east line OF Third street.
20 lneal feet. sis.s square yards az surface
pavement. without curbs. 0.1SZss.
First street, Stark TO Nadison-Concrete,
per square yard. 50 cents: wood blocks. per
square yard, 50 cents: stone curbs. per
cubic foot, 30 cents. Cost Of block between
center line OF YamhilI street and center
line Of Taylor street. 80 EneAl feet. ie49.l
square yards Of surface pavement. without
curbs, 81 .52S.S2. On this street the prop
erty owners were paid for the old stone
blocks on the street, anG On the block be-
tween YamhI!l and Taylor streets we're al
lowed SIG. which was deducted from their
assessments.
Brick Pavenens.
Oak street--Concrete foundation. per
square yard, g. and y cents; vitr.fed brick.
stone curb. per cubic foot, q and 20 cents
The full cost OF block from the center
line Of Fifth street 20 the east line az
Sixth street. 20 iineal feet. was tl.9se.N.
The one-half Of an intersection Of . sixty
foot street would be S3As2, making the
full cost Of . block. including half inter-
sections OF streets on each size. 1.DA2
This block contains i.o0l2 square yards Of
surface pavement.
First s,rest-concrese foundation. per
square yard. 50 censs: vitrified hrick. per
square yard. Slfs; artificial stone eurbs.
per cubic foot, 2. cents. Full cost Of block
between center line OF Oak street and CEN
ter line OF Pine street. go feet. without
curbs, s20ito5. THIS block. with ntersec-
,ions. contains l.06o.4 square yards Of sur
face pavement.
Burnside street--Concrete. per square
yard. 81 cents vssrihed brick. per square
yard N.24tx. Full cost Of block from CEN
ter line of Fifth street TO east line Of Sixth
street. 20 iineal feet ass.4 square yards
Of surface pavement. 81 .S73
Morrison street. Front 90 Chapnan-Con-
crete foundation. per square yard. los f-S:
asphalt. per square yard. u-s IS. artsnc ~
stone curbs per lineai foot, u cents. Cost
OF block between center tine OF Twelfth
street and center line OF Thirteenth street.
30 iineal feet. 1sS3 square yards OF surface
pavement. without curbs. G.d3I. with
curbs. e. 80 a This does not include the
amount charged 10 the street railway CON-
pany.
sixth street. Morrison 10 Hoyt--Coucrete
foundation. per square yard. TE: asphalt,
per square yard. Ss@.: artificial stone
curbs per lineai foot - cents Cost OF
block between thS center Inc OF Alder
street and the south line Of Washington
street, 90 lIneai feet. 1882 sausre yards
OF surface pavement. without eurbs.
N3ss rs.
Alder street. Front street 10 Sixth street
Concrete foundation. per square yard. -
cents: asphalt. per square yarc. G-s$. srti-
fetal stone curhs. per cubic foot. 81 cents.
Cost Of Block between the center line Of
Fifth street and the east lire OF sixth
street. 30 Inca. feet. $50 square yaris Of
surface pavement. without curbe. 0s5zis@A
Tpansplsasea "Gassepsn1pe.