Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-14
MacAdam Paving Recommended
by New York Man.
HIS VIEWS At LENGTH
Merats ana Demor,ts of Various Paving
Materials Disguised. Likes rh" city
and VIII Locate Here Mr..
Warwing = Visitor.

Among the visitors to the city are
Mr. Duncan Waring. OF Washington.
and Mr. Robert Z. Mitchell. Of New
York
Mr. Warning is one Of the admirers OF
Newport News. He recently exhibited
his admiration substantially by invest
iEg considerable cash here purchasing
among other property the Patton
StagS lots and buildings on the avenue.
Mr.. Mitchell is also an ad nirer Of
Newport News and will probably To-
cate here in short time. FIe is a
contractor Of nfanE years experience.
In late years he has been employed
by the government ard has just com
pleted~a large contract at Sandy Hook
speaking Of the city yesterday Mr..
Mitchell said
~ bc:ieve you have a great city here,
especially for business. have been
hndlng some fault with your streets,
but numerous excuses have been made
Tor their condition, AMI good excuses.
! understand that you are about to pave
some of them. They need it.
Now. in the matter OF paving, of
course you know the city cannot be
too careful.
For my part. I should think that on
the streets where the traffic will be
very heavy, around the wharves, for
instance. the paving should be granite
block. On the other streets 1 should
say the best and the cheapest paving
would be Telford MacAdam. It is the
most durable and at the same time is
practically noise.ess- It can be easily
repaired and can be put back so that
you could never tell that IT was dis
tu.bed. Tt sheds water easily, is
smooth ard even, makes an ideal paw
ing for driving and for bicycles, ana
has many other good features. could
not approximate the cost. for I do not
know how close you are to material
understand there lis PARTY of rock
around Richmond and you have water
hauling from that point. You ought,
therefore, to get the material here very
cheaply. Ordinary MacAdam would be
no good on sand so:l. By the process
suggest the foundation is made OF larg-
er stone. from eight to fifteen inches in
depth. set on an edge, the intertices fill
ed with smaller stone. It will last for
ever and requires very little repairing.
Now, as to sheet asphalt, IT is costly.
and it is very hard to repair. 1t is all
right to talk OF having all your pipes
down and connections made before put
ting the paving down; but you cannot
tell what viii crop UP. When a water
Il pipe becomes crooked, YOU viii have 10
rip UP the asphalt to get to 1t. and the
place where the paving is repaired viii
always show. Asphalt block is no good
except for very light driving. B:ick
is very good for hight traffic except in
winter. when it becomes too slippery.
On the whole. think the MacAdam is
the best paving you could possibly put
down"
MT. Mitchell is quoted at considera-
bic length in this connection because
he has advanced suggestion that has
not heretofore been considered in refer
ence to paving. The matter is enc upon
which too much light cannot be shed,
and the opinions of wide awake men
are to be considered seriously. 1t MA y
be that on many Of the cross streets,
at least. the MacAdanl paving will
eventually tie used.