The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-15
KICK ABOUT BRICK
PROPERTY OWNERS OBJECT TO
THOSE ON WEST BROAD STREET.
SAY QUALITY is INFERIOR.
HAVE REGISTERED THEIR COM
PLANT WITH CITY COUNCIL.

Alderman Watson, Chairman of
Streets and Lanes Committee; Al
dermnn Dixon, and Director of
Public Works Gadsden Fail to See
Any Reason for the Complaint OF
the Property Owners-Brick Are
Not Inferior in QuaIity-Many Are
Clipped, They Say, But They Will
BE Rejected-Wfu Not Cost the
City or Property Owners Any
thing-Not InfreauentIy the Case
That Clipped Brick Are Thrown
Out.
Property owners on that portion OF
West Broad street that is to be paved
have filed an objection with the City
Council against the brick that are to be
used. They claim that the brick are
inferior in quality to those that have
been used on other streets.r
The brick against which the protest
has been filed were bought by the city
from the Eastern Paving Brick Com
pany They were intended for Castor
street, but paving on that street hav-
ing been held up by order Of the United
States court, the brick were diverted
TO West Broad street, where the work
of laying the pavement has been COM
menced.
Alderman Watson, chairman of the
Streets and Lanes Committee; Alder
man Dixon, member of that commit
tee, and Director of Public Works
Gadsden were asked about the protest
of property owners, but could not see
that there was any reason for any such
complaint.
us it true" Director Gadsden was
asked, that the brick are of inferior
quality?"
No" he answered. They are of ex-
cellent quality OF but one thing could
complaint be made, and even on that
ground there would be no real reason
TO sustain the property owners protest.
The brick are rather badly Clipped, but
neither the city nor the property own
ers will have to pay for those. Defec-
tive brick are thrown out. The com
pany from which the city buys paving
brick guarantees that they will be de-
livered in good condition. 1t is under
stood that brick with Clipped corners
and edges will be rejected, and the city
has not failed to reject them when they
have been found.
Among the brick stacked on West
Broad street for the paving are many
that are clipped. All the brick will be
subjected to a careful double insDec-
ton. AS the brick are laid any that
are Clipped will be thrown aside. Fol-
lowing the men who lay the brick Will
be others with tongs, whose duty ii will
be to find any defective brick that may
have escaped the attention of the brick
LAYERS. If such brick are found they
will be lifted from their places with
the tongs, and perfect ones will be sub
stituted for them.
N'This is no new thing. this discov-
cry of Clipped brick. When Jefferson
street, from Henry to Forty second,
was paved, there were 10000 brick re-
jected. These had been furnished by
the Tennessee Paving Brick Company.
In such cases the city does not have
to pay for the brick rejected and de-
duct!on is even made for the cost of
handling and hauling them"
The brick were bought with samples
in evidence. A comparison with other
brick showed that those of the Eastern
Paving Brick Company were equally
as good. and a protest from property
owners upon the question Of quality is
a criticism of the judgment of those
who accepted the company's bid.
Sometimes the city buys Clipped
brick. Alderman Dixon said, but they
are classed as seconds, and they bring
but half the price of perfect brick
The Clipped brick are used for cross
ings, and in places where 1t is not nee
essary that perfect ones be laid.