The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-08
TO HAVE MORE BRICK PAVING.
Several Streets Likely to Be Paved
With Brick Next Year.


With Brick Next Year.
Mr.. W. Fl. Lasey, general manager of
the Tennessee Paving Brick Company of
Chattanooga, spent yesterday in the city.
MIR. Lasley came down to Savannah to
see his family Oft on the Kansas City
and returned to Chattanooga last night.
While here he was seen by Alderman
Dixon, chairman of the street and lane
committee, and Director Gadsden Of the
pubic works department., both of whom
are interested in the subject of paving
brick The brick pavements so far laid
in Savannah have given entire satisfac-
ton and it ir likely that considerably
more Will be laid next year, if the recon-
mendations of Director Gadsden and AL
derman Dixon are followed.
The Tennessee Paving Brick Company,
being the nearest to Savannah of any of
the paving brick companies. has the adj
vantage of lower freight rates. This and
the fact that it manufactures a first
class article of brick give it the call in
Savannah and other cities of the south
east The company furnished The brick
for Wheaton street, which was recently
completed, and also nearly all the other
paving brick which have been used in Sa-
vannah.
The company has also done a big bust
ness in Tampa, Jacksonville and Macon,
furnishing nearly all or the brick used
in these cities. Mr. Lasley said yester-
day that if the eX-Volunteers who spent
last summer at Tampa We're TO revisit
the city this summer they would find a
well-paved city. which was certainly not
the case year ago, the new paVements
being almost exclusively OF Vitried brick
A large amount Of brick paving has been
done by the company In Macon and more
VIII be done in the near future. The Ten
nessee company secured the contract for
paving there over the Warren-Scharf Paw
ing Company and the Southern Asphalt
Paving Company, although its figures
were higher than those of its competitors.
being $2.0S per square yard, as against
$L92 and $l.& respectively for the as
phalt companies. The brick companys
contract at Macon is a perpetual one, Civ
ing Il the call indefinitely on all the paw
ing to be done in that city in the future.
1t is likely that Mr.. Lasley will have
the chance to furnish considerable brick
to Savannah next year. Director Gadsden
Will recommend to Council that Indian
street be paved with brick from West
Broad street TO the canal and that Farm
street be paved from Indian to River
street. completing the present Belgian
block pavement on that street This VIII
mean very decided improvement for
Yamacraw and in a territory in which
paving is much needed on account of the
omouRt of heavy traffic to and from the
wharves and warehouses and the brewery
II Director Gadsden's recOmmenda lions
are followed the city viii do considerable
paving next year. The director wants a
paved street leading to the crematory as
the hauling through the heavy sand is
very hard on the city stock. He Will
also recommend paving of either Sixth or
Tenth street across the city TO connect
Jefferson and Drayton and the eN-
tension of the paving on these two streets
to Twelfth street This with some
minor paving, win give the city about all
the work in the paving line that it Will
care to handle in one wear