The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-17
EIGHT COLORS ON
CITY PAVING MAP
NOT A THING OF BEAUTY
THOUGH 1T Is THOUGHT 1T WILL
BE VERY HELPFUL TO ALDERMEN.

Officials VIII Soon Determine What
Streets Are to Be Paved Next Year.
Assistant City Engineer Howard
Has Almost Completed the Paving
Map for the Mayor, but He Has
Decided to Make a Second One
without Such a Variety of COlOrs.
Some of Next Years Work.
Assistant City Engineer Howard has
almost completed the paving map of
Savannah, showing just what streets
are paved and what material has been
used on each. In making the map,
however, difficulty was experienced in
getting enough colors to represent each
of the pavements, there being no less
than eight different kinds of pavement
in the city.
In its almost completed condition the
map at a distance closely resembles u
rainbow, so varied are the colors
shown. The map. however, is not
thing of beauty, though the work is
excellently done. There is none of the
fine blending of colors suggested by
the mention of the rainbow. The red,
representing one pavement, runs up
against the yellow, representing an
other, and blue, pink, green and vio-
let run into one another in the most
inartistic fashion
Practical If Not Artistic.
Though not very artistic, the map
will be of great help to the aldermen
in getting practical results. 1t shows
at glance where short breaks in the
pavement could advantageously be fill
ed in. The map was made for the
Mayors office for reference by Council
when considering the streets that are
to be paved next year. The aldermen
are already figuring on next years
work in this line, and it will all prob
ably be agreed upon in the near future.
Mr.. Howard has decided to make an
other, smaller map, as soon as the
present one is finished, using fewer
colors on it. One color only will be
used for both ebert and shell and an
other will be made to indicate all stone
PaVements. Brick and asphalt will also
be combined. In this way, Mr.. How
ard thinks the map will look much
better and will do just as we'll for the
purpose for which it is intended The
main thing the aldermen want is to be
able to see at once just which streets
are paved and which are not.
Some Interesting Data.
In getting up the paving map, Mr..
Howard has come across some inter-
esting date in regard to paving in Sa-
Vannah. For instance there have been
four different kinds of pavement put
down in front of the old City Ex-
change, where the City Hall is now be-
ing built. The eight pavement now
down in the city are vitrified brick,
asphalt, cobble stones. shell, ebert
gravel, macadam and gray wacke. OF
the last, however. there is only a very
little. A portion of Wheaton street has
it on it.
In recent years, however, only vitri-
fed brick have been used and this
material seems certain to be continued
In the future. With the exceptions of
the streets already paved with some
other material, almost the entire city
will in time probably be paved with
the brick 1t has been found the
cheapest and most satisfactory pave
ment here.
Next Years Work.
Much interest centers in the selection
| of the streets that are to be paved
next year. All these will be agreed
upon in advance by the aldermen this
time Much of the work that is to
be done will consist of connecting up
| the pavements already laid. In many
| instances there are unpaved spaces of
| only block or two, running many
good drives. At each of the squares
on Bull street, a block to Drayton will
| probably be paved. And if the pave
ment on Whitaker street is extended,
as has been suggested, the blocks con-
Meeting Whitaker with the squares on
Bull street will also probably be
| paved.
Lincoln, from Bay to Oglethorpe
avenue, is among the streets that have
been suggested for paving next year.
Abercorn is to be paved from Cor
don to Park avenue. The pavement on
Price street will probably be extended
and efforts are to be made to have
| Barnard street paved also.