The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-12
THEY ALL PREFER ASPHALT.
Property Owners in Houston's Business
Section Nearly Unanimous in Its Favor.

equally durable, with proper care, to brick
more economically repaired, and more clean
ly, and therefore better from u sanitary
point OF view.
The Trinidad asphalt Is healthlcst and
easiest on horse and vehicle; 80.
prefer asphalt TO any other pavement |
know Of. ] have travelled OF late over Eu.
pavement gives better satisfaction than any
/. A. sternenberg
am most heartily In favor Of the asphalt
pavement 10 preference to any other
or course. II should he properly put down
and with good strong g1naTTans! ,ssonov
Cbarlestown, w. Val should decld.
eddy prefer for the new pavement asphalt
Mrs. Mary Is. HI.
very much prefer asphalt pavement, as
l believe It TO be moro durable and ser.
yiceable. j. e. Hutcheson.
Fort Davis Texas-A good asphalt pave
ment is the best pavement in my Judgment
am most emphatlcally in favor Of as
phalt for all streets In the business center.
John Achenback.
The asphalt pavement is much smoother
aud when properly put down think Is
the best pavement we can have here
Gus Frederlcks.
There Is no material comparable to as
phalt for paving purposes. II would be
Il grave mistake not 10 have the business
center Of the city and the streets leading
from and proxlmate to i paved with best
asphalt. r. II. Chew Sr.
From our past experience we are very
| partial to the asphalt pavement for all
( purposes and consider It much superior to
| brick. Sweeney X Fredericks.
! Asphalt IS the accepted pavement of the
| country today. l much prefer It to any
| other. Spencer Hutchins.
prefer asphalt on odln avenue.
| Mrs James Gammell.
In answer to your question as to what
| kind Of a pavement prefer for streets
abutting property owned by or controlled
| by me, ] must say | prefer asphalt but II
must he of a better grade than any that
poor quality and too expensive. 1 wOult
prefer vitrlhcd brick laid on a good con
crete foundation In place Of the grade o.
! asphalt that we now have on our streets
| ] am satisfied that 1t would give bette
! satisfaction in wCnr aud durability and lesl
expensive to keep in repair.
Replying to your inquiry as 10 what kin,
ot pavement would prefer in front o
! property owned by me I prefer asphal
| for paving, providing We get a better urtl
Gle than what we now have, and II we ar
| TO have about the same, I would prefc
| Ytrihcd brick In place Of asphalt, whlcl
! consider better In price ana in durability
and less In cost to keep In repair
Mrs. w. Priester
! prefer asphalt and can not see why an
person would prefer any other kind i
they will look at Houstons asphalt an
other paved streets.
Brick is no good. Asphalt payemonts 9
D. u. Kennedy,
"A. e. Kennedy
Don u. Kennedy,
Property Owners.
am in favor OF asphalt by all mear
for Congress street. Yours rcscpctiyey
b, KAN.
{ Frst-cass vitrlGcd hrlcl, is the povemer
for this city, from the point Of econom
and durability. Asphalt here Is o failme q
the conditions here demonstrate.
100 feet on Franklin avenue.
should prefer brick paving I'm prcreren,
to asphalt Brick seems 10 be The mo-
Joe Edmunds.
do not think asphalt is suitable paw
meut for thls climate and whore there
Il heavy trnrlc as can be seen by the 60
4 dillon of streets already paved that way.
r prefer brick pavement. Yours truly
G Amanda Dunlay
A good vitrihed brick laid on about $
inch concrete foundation In our opinion,
superior TO all pavements, Therefore hri
2. is our choice.
Q Houston Land and Trust Co,
T. BY p. Il, Tlmpson, Sec, and Ire:
In reply TO your inquiry OF the 3rd ms
beg to say; I have no preference betwc
o. brick or asphalt for paving, II the mater
~ is of good quality.