New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1903-08-29


not yet proven his ability to do that.
is not sufficient ground for allowing
him to experiment upon the taxpayers.
When properly laid ana maintained,
it possesses wearing quality superior
to all other pavements. On this point
we quote an extract from Now York
newspaper: IL asphalt in Chambers
Street will last as it has for eleven
years, in perfect condition under the
heaviest traffic in the world item and
twelve ton sugar wagons in procession
with one wheel on the railway track
why need we ask anything better?
laid, the foundation is.intact. Traffic
seeks the street just as it seeks every
asphalt pavement On any other block
of this same street granite fails, the
blocks wearing, the surface sinking
into ruts. and the whole going to
pieces before the asphalt shows much
punishm mt. Yet we are told that
granite is the only pavement for the
heaviest traffic. Granite simply isn't
in it. Granite is so poor that they
never think repairing worth while.
Asphalt is so good that it must always
be in perfect cond ton or there is an
outcry''
Tho wearing power of asphalt is
also satisfactorily shown by the fact
that Broadway in New York, the
heavy traffic of which were out two
stone block pavements i'm sixteen years,
was in 1900 1901 paved with asphalt;
that Fifth Avenue in New York.
which wore out as fine granite
pavement as had ever been laid,
has been paved in asphalt; and that
Broad Street in Philadelphia, fremont
Street in Boston, Michigan Bouie-
ward in Chicago, Pennsylvania Avenue
| i'm Washington, and the most import
ant streets in Cincinnati, Cleveland.
Omaha. Kansas City, New Orleans,
Louisville, st. Louis and in fact every
| large city in the country, have this
form of pavement These streets
| would never have been paved with
asphalt had not asphalt been found
to have the higher wearing power.
The wearing power of asphalt is very
great in itself. but it is still further
enhanced by the ease with which re-
pairs are made.
As asphalt pavement such as is laid |
in America is practically an artificial |
sandstone, the cementing property |
being asphalt lit therefore presents a
gritty surface for the horse and it
can therefore, up TO very steep grade
of ten per cent, draw much greaterl
load with less trouble than upon any
other surface The danger to horses
upon asphalt is also practically elimi-
mated A horse becomes used to the
surfaces over which he travels as
easily rs man. When once used tol
an asphalt pavement, he travels over
it day and night with the same sure
ness of foothold as man does over
prefectly cement sidewalk. He is not
obliged to feel his way This is an
advantage of asphalt when
horses are highly checked and cannot
see the surface over which they areb
The minute that horse
strikes an asphalt pavement, he be-
comes sure that his footing is to be
The same every time he puts one of
his feet down and therefore travels
more easily, with less restraint and
no fear
An asphalt pavement during it's en-
ire life is less noisy than any other
pavement that can be laid. The only
loise which comes is the click of
,he horses shoes and this in ordinary
Weather is less sharp than on any
,ther hard surface pavement. Even
reosoted block, when it becomes :
ough, as 1T Is bound to do in time.
makes a pavement upon which not
My the sound OF the striking shoe is
leard but in addition thereto the rat
lie of the vehicles Us they pass over
lie rough surface. Asphalt is the :.
nost sanitary healthful and pave
nent laid. Look to the many petit
ions of physicians to pave with as
halt about hospitals and the evidence
the late Col Waring, which Is in
tself sufficient to convience any man
this advantage of asphalt It is
npervious to moist ure, bacteria, and
ermin. 1t presents smooth, un-
roken surface to which nothing can !.
cl
ling, and it is eaisly througl,ly and !,
cleaned. When washed,
!, til
Il disease germs are carried away by
re sewers. A city can be thus freed
rom any danger of disease bred from
10 putrid matter held in the inters-
ces Of the best jointed pavements
| economy of cleaning asphalt holds
le advantage. 1t has clean, nm