The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-25

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basalt block Is necessary to be used upon
all streets subjected 10 heavy freight
traffic, Onthe contrary however. we nnd
Medina sandstone blocks used almost ex.
clusiveIy In Cleveland. o., also Kettle riy-
err sandstone being introduced In st. Paul
and in Duluth. These sapdstones arc re-
markable for toughness. By reason OF
which the edges do not spail, and as a
result the surfaces wear fiat. This makes
q pleasing contrast with many Of the
harder and more brittle GRANTEES which
exceedingly noisy pavement. and reaulr-
Ing redressfng. Your COMMITTEES obtained
samples of this sandstone, and Its chem
For light business and for residential
streets both asphalt and brici: are used.
Where grades are light. and facilities for
be the choice. On steep grades, and
where the facilities for street cleaning are
not ample. brick pavement appears to
lead The advice was freely given, not
to lay asphalt unless we had liberal APP
preparation for street cleaning. as nothing
will lie still on asphalt. as one engineer
said, even a brick bat will skate on it
II there Is a little breeze Cleanliness is
also necessary TO the life of this pave
ment. We were, however, shown one as
phalt pavement in Chicago eighteen
years old ana In Cincinnati and other
cities those fourteen years old, and in ex-
cellent condition. We also saw some which
had gone to pieces after only fourteen
Cincinnati. City Enginee. Stanley has
found the rate of surface wear TO be al
most identical with that of granite block
under uniform traffic. For extremely
steep grades. powders seem TO be the
only known success. very pretty effect
u produced on II per cent. grades IN Allie
gheny by use OF brick gutter and mar
gin and main roadway OF boulders. This
was the steepest open street we were able
to find ON our trip. and II was regarded
.rfets. nil Lee =. No..
grades have heretofore prevailed road
ways on easy gradients have been OBJ
tanned by running streets diagonally, and
the sleeper grades practically, closed up.
The common answer TO our question,
What would you use to pave streets hav-
Ing from II to y per cent: grades was:
them on. We are convinced that our
rapid growth will IN the near future COM
pei us to provide main thoroughfares
city with the business districts These
thoroughfares should be secured AT an
early day aud should be selected with
reference to. the minimum grade and gen
eral accessibility.
Macsdnm FOR. PARK Driveways.
For park drf9eways, intended for light
pleasure driving only macadam prevails.
This Is kept carefully sprlnkled and
rolled. In some cities. indianapolis IN
being laid. but your committee cannot
recommend any large outlay IN that line
at present. This pavement probably stands
first In the matter OF noiselessness and
furnishes excellent foothold for horses,
but II Is apparently more liable to shrink
age and swelling than untreated lumber
Some most beautiful pavements in lndi-
annapolis and other cities have been great
~ marred by reason OF excessive swelling
and heayiDg out OF place during this fall
In nearly every city visited We found
small amount asphalt boci, pavement
laid or being laid, generally for expert
mental purposes This seems to be made
by but two concerns one o. these firms
Us blast furnace Stag, the other granite
spnlls. In either case these are mixed
WITH hot liquid asphalt, and compressed
by great pressure into blocks about 4xsxie
inoRer n, dtmension. The foothoId FUR
nisned by this block is ideal but it's rec
ord as relates "a durability IL not Yet es-
tabiished. The tendency Is 70 regard the
durability OF this style of pavement with
some suspicion. In the liRhf OF The In
formation obtained during this trip, your
committee feels warfante IN recommend
ING that the future payements Of our city
be practically az follows.
In the wholesale district granite block
and vtriied brick IN the retail district
sheet asphalt and brick; IN the paved rest
dental districts. brick and sheet asphalt;
on heavy gradients. bouldcrS aud sand
stone. II 9 proper sandstone ee developed
IN our vicinity, on park aud boulevard
driyewaSs eilAee briek or macadam
The town 81 Warren o.. contains about
l2.e1p inhabitants II has more mileage Of
brick paNementS than seattle These have
been down several years and are as good
when laid We were at no place more
impressed with the stability and beauty
q the brick pavement, AZ Mr. piekey,
nor cold nor time. nor inattrnglon affects
them Clean them on and they are
bright and fresh, 4 left a little nnkept
the aligh; accumulation which on asphalt
would be offensive. If not destructive.
served on brick simply a. q cushion The
construction ~ Asphalt pay nlent must be-
Immediately followed by the organization
OF the White Wings constantly at work,
picking np each least particle Of waste.
I'm the matfeT - sidewalks there f. but
one verdict rhe hesi Portland cement
c0nertte t. the only faNcrite, In leading
cities a wooden walk cannot BE- laid on a
graded street The liability 20 the deVel-
upnent OF defects causing ar1 idents. lead-
INK % enormous damage suits. has caused
wood 70 6s abandoned
In every city We found a striving for
better street hgAtinE al reduced cost AL
teshcny Chicago and Detroit own ard
operate their own efectric lighting plants.
Duiuth owns Aud operates Us NAs plant
zach OF these cities ciaims Ia ee thek'est
lighted Certain d. l. thar each of Nom
Il well lighted The prices shown By the
records of these cities fpr hEht Is as fol-
lows IN Allegheny. nominal ouen 2vn
thirage slmilaf lamps cost $3.50 per an.
num wherv current l. conveyed under
ground aud Si09 PEE apnur where com
viewed overhead In Detroit me same hgnt
cests So 8 per aanam ln Duluth the
price Of gas U.s. for iighting, 81 p per thou
sand feet and for fuel 81 per thousand
December 81. 1891 The prlee % lighting gas
Will be reduced 10 81 The price paid for
gas coal by that city is s. > per tor.
Prior 10 city ownership the price Of gas
Was s. pei thousand feet. The official city
report saws that even wsth coal at &..4
per ton the cost 81 production is only t8 i~3
cents peg lhousand feet. In Cleveland %.
apal candle power are lamps nte furnished
M city at Ss.d0 per annuui. Cas- Is sold
nj IS cents per thousand fert, and Wiz out
any charge for meters Weishach lamps
arc furnished. supplied with gas aud main
tafnad at So per year NerA NuN GAsu-
line Mclshach lamp giving q I'd candle
power light "a furnished az 81 per wear.
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