The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-13
IN REGARD TO STREET PAVING.

/ In making plans for He improve
nent Of Cairos streets there are
hrae points which. in the opinion OF
The Bulletin, should be considered
~ the Committee Of Twenty one
S the material with which the pay
ing is constructed, another. how Il
hall be obtained and, the third is
ale manner in which il nan be laid
There has been an immense amount
If speculation and discus ion on tho
CORNER subject during he last few
days and the concensus Of opinion
seems to be that the greater number
Of he streets that may BE- Improve
should receive a brick paving similar
% that which hag stood such a sue
,essful test on Ohio street between
Fourth and Eighth streets.
number believe, and there Is
much reason in the thought that Cal.
20 SHOULD have at least one boulevard
Constructed Of asphalt or some SINH
ar substance presenting a perfectly
mooth surface. Washington avenue
rom Eighth street to Thif'y-sixth on
rhirty-eighth street is suggested as
he proper stretch Of thoroug.tfare
and Ii has further been sugges ed that
he expense could be considerably re
rAlced and the beauty OF the street
much enhanced by planting grass
plots in the center of the street in
zach block beginning with point
opposite che custom house or beyond
fourteenth street, where traffic is not
Is heavy as 1t is nearer the center OF
he city.
A new material has been discovered
or developed which is now being
placed on used in number Of cities
including Evanston, tAis state and
paducah, Ky. which appears 20 be a
combination OF granitoid and asphalt
aud whica is warranted as a perma.
1ent. smooth surface that VIII not
.uifer from severe cold or intense
heat
It is certainty that few things
would do more to attract a high class
If desirable citizens than such e
street and there is no doubt that the
advance In the value of property on
this stree. and the amount thar
might be derived from increased rent.
ais would very much more than pay
for the extra expense over a brick
paving, which Is reported as incon-
siderable.
Public opinion favors one avenue
paved about as above described hut
Il is no less of the opinion that the
balance of the paving should be Of
yitrified brick. As successful as this
paving has proved in Cairo Il has
oeen laid at a very heavy cost. Tn
access arily so, Il would seem, if the
same IS compared with the prices
2aid by cities which are situated in
a territory where vitrified brick can
be made There is more than one
practical man who believes that with.
IN Alexander county or in the adjoin-
ng county Of Ballard. KY. the proper
LAY may be found for making a high
grade of yitridei brick If this H.
the case. and il shonli be most care
fully investigated. the expense Of the
material would be greatly lessenel
and a more importan. matter cannot
1 be determined than the possibility Of
The home manufacture Of this pro.
duct That Is the second suggestion
/ hat The Bulletin has 10 make: tina.
1 il be fully demonstrated whether or
not the proper clay for vitrifed brick
paving blocks can be found in this
part of the country, the brick made
a. home and the enormous freight
rates necessary to bring the bricks
from Ono or Indiana or elsewhere
saved.
The third point is in tae con iuIc
lion OF the street itself The Bulletin
asks it, readers to notice Just nov
he streets of the city are used by
teams and wagons How much OF
the street is actually used and now
much of it is devoted to drainag
Take Sixth str ct leading from Ohio
street. or Eighth street and notice
practically onethirj Of tae street
IN each side. is not used more as a
gutter than as a street Notice tn,
tracks Of the wagons ana you vii
see thar the city is getting. on ths
marrow s.reets. the benefit of less
than one=haif Of the street. The bal
ance Is a gutter. an open sewer.
! The reason for this is apparent il
the fact that the street contains Q
crown which washes Of all deposit