The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-05-20
Jasper Street Improvements.
:. Doane, Editor Courier-

T street Improvements, May /
issue, ! concur in your opinion, an
s enclose a slip, clipped from the Ey
e ansville Courier" a. to the merit
of vitritied brick.
Now in regard to street improve
ments, there is not so much oppo
sition a. the names to the several re
, monsirances filed would indicate
but the opposition is to the manne
. by which It was, and il, being ma
lnipulated, by the same individu Al
that manipulated the eight and min,
loot hump" Satisfactory result,
cannot be had by gag rule and fore,
tactics, and only secret debates
Pubic affairs should be freely anc
publicly discussed and plenty @
time allowed to mature the bes
plans possible to obtain best results
particularly when the individual
money or property Of a portion only
OF the citizens must pay the cost.
1t Is an easy matter to follow the
old system OF limestone road beds
which was used generations before
we we was born, though all acknow-
iedged Its costliness and faults. II
we can have better streets al nearly
the same cost, why not have the
best, and adopt brick strsets. even
II we have 10 wait until the wire
edge OF the several subsidies so gen.
erously voted by the citizens Of Jas
per, has worn of some, and our cit.
liens by visiting neighboring towns
and cities and observing the differ
ence between, are led to comprehend
the difference in value between brick
streets and limestone streets? Let
them inquire when they look at
brick streets, the cost OF keeping
them in repair for say ten years.
the time the law gives them to pay
Tor such improvements-and also
make the same inquiries in regard
to Limestone streets, as proposed by
the Jasper town trustees. Let us
have the best. Its a good deal
cheapest in a course OF years,
Respectfully submitted
John Gramelspacher.
Below will be found the clipping
sent with the above. Mr.. Gramel-
spacher is unquestionably correct ia
his assertion for the best materials
for stneet improvements the mo-
ney to be expanded for such perms-
nent Improvements will pay for. The
determining of the kind Of improve
ment, and the letting OF the contract
therefore should not be controlled byI
any clique, but should only be done
after the fullest discussion Of property
owners interested, and the agree
ment OF a majority Of them. No
so-ahead town these days adopts
McAdam streets, unless the stone is
found adjoining the streets to teme-
tailed and even then il is often found
more expensive to maintain in good
order than properly constructed
brick streets. In Jasper, the first
cost OF construction of either brick
Or McAdam, will vary but a very
lew cents to the lineal foo. OF so.
loot roadway, if we encourage a.,
proper Jasper pride by getting our
home brick makers to supply the
brick. Our town trustees are GER
'ainly desirous, with every other
good citizen, that every Jasper in
fustry should prosper, and they
cannot show this to better advan-
age than by giving a Jasper indue-
'ry an opportunity for such a con-
ract as will enable il to keep its en-
Dloyees at work the year around, /,
hus helping every other business
enterprise in the town. This is par /.
icularly so, since since the material .
or making the kind Of brick re-
Iuired has been well tested, and !;
ound superior, and the quantity is I,
Ibundant. To pave east 9th street,
70 foot roadway, will require about
SO 900 brick OF which the town
must pay for those used in street
rossIngs. 1t will thus be seen the
lumber required for all the streets 4
Iow proposed for improvement will e
e quite large one. But the su- c
erior quality OF the brick, as shown 6
y the It. Louis test will make them
profitable article Of export, after v
he streets OF Jasper are paved, and q
e constantly bringing in a stream u
money to the town, TO the inan-
ial benefit Of every citizen Within
8 limits.
The cost Of such an improvement Il
a bug a-boo, which should be me, cl
nd dispilled by intelligent investi- tc
alton by citizens interested. Ii isItr
ornament improvements OF this d
ind which are not looked upon fav-ltf
rbly when the cost thereof exceeds Ia
) to40 per cent.of the value OF abut- II
Y lots. Supposing the improve VI
tents should cost - front foot Of &c
lie lots, this would only be about lea