Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-08-18
AN EXPERT TALKS
ON MACADAM

| GrorYe 4. Meyers, Waluut STREET. Mr..
KIM was former ra.ihent ui tins
city i"avIng here III 1871. He is At
result Sr.eat Connii ss,uirr If Ool-
umbi u pusitiun Which hs has fill'd
with the exception of brief intervals
for II ly twelve years ast.
Mr.. KIM is much Interested in look :
ing NJ tbs old Landmarks Of DauvilIe
with which his early life WAS asso, lat.
ed. H. il pleased with the improve
,nent TN VI II street. although lie was
candid enough to SAY t'iat Inc has hut
lit lu admiration for the rema nter OF
oar streets, which hs thinRs are in
alb ,ut t 10 same coalition they wee in
wi ell he left Dsnvilie nearly thi ~
We ara ag,tvan IL not wors,.
| Mr. kim is II warm advocate of
M &C ,damized streets and points with
| u ide TO " hat has hern acomp ishe in
this line i'll Culumb That town.
winch contains q popu latiun of Is, 900.
has not single paw d tnoroukhiare
nut maintains q splrndid system OF
| ,nae ,daniz,d street whinh makes
the town unique among It .er muni'i-
| Hities To 8 .oS how thoroughly tbs
street. u g cuusti ucted sud what at
{ utiun ~ Riv II tn the detail OF drain
aga MIR. kim sra.ei that no matter
now heavy mr. how prolonged the rain
! il lis. than i've minutes aft, r the rain
| ceases q person can walk aGross aiy OF
! the prime ipal streets without getting
| his shoes mu idy and all this in face
of the tact t"at Columbia has no sys.
| ten, OF sewers.
Columbia employs limestone txclu-
, siysly in the coustruGtion of it's S re, t.. J..
| althnugh Mr.. kim agrees that ciuder
makes u very good bottom for the
macaiam a d If properly crushed may
be used tn 9 Vantage instead Of lime
! s,one in one or more Of the courses.
II nacadamiziug streets Columbia
employs about the same u etht toll . :
sd in constructing the SAFE highway.
| An excavation IL made to ranch the
| subgrala. Tn tirst course appii Is
one of linn stone. six inoies in the
orutrr aud .lanting TO four inches at
the sides. Tn!s is rolled, afr which
another course OF lime t,ne smaller in
size 20 to 3 inches thick is applr d..
~h,. h ~ also rolled. Tie top course
Is made up Of gtav or screenings OF
crushed limestone. sprinkled and roll
cd.
The cutters. which the property
,wners have to take cara Of. receive
great attention. The use of cobble
stones are not permitted; brlcs in u
instances being used to pave the gut
teIs. Back of the gutter over space
fifteen inches wide the Borough lays a
row of fit stones. which prevt Dts
washing aud assists to carry of the
water. Tho streets a. q rule are sixty
feet wide. which in addition to the
roadway leaves ample width for a
pavement aud a space between the lat.
ter and the gutter which is kept neat
ly .odded aud who re trees are cu.tiv.
ated.
On the whole the strt cts Of Colum
bia, the drainage and all are 90 salts
factory to the Inhabitants that they
have mouse for paved streets. which
to begin with cost infinitely more than
maoaiam, are difficult and expensive
to keep clean, aud are hard on horses.
causing. especially during the winter,
many to fall sustaining broken legs OF
other injury.
Mr.. Kim Is surprised that Danville,
considering its ,lo'e proximity tt
limestone. has not long ago macsdam'
ized its streets. The natural drainage
at many places is excellent; nowhere
IL it bad. All that is needed Is to brlni
some practical skill into play. con
structing a road according to scient. fl
principles.
1t Is question whether Mr.. Kim,
views are not entitled to a good d. u
of consideration. With the single ex
, ception of Mill street the str, cts o.
Danville are little short OF a disgrace
, Beyon couI IL of sarares ON Ess
MARI ct street whit re paving is talked
Of nothing permanent iu the way o
str, ct repairs is contemplated. Hell
and there where mud ! oles occur
cart load of cinder is dumped OH TIN
.treets, a system of patching which
renders the street unsightly in AZ par
anre and uncomfortable to drive upon
The harvest Of all this. will be p ent.
! of mud in times of rain and volume
of du t when the weather is dry.
r The question might be asked whtth
Q .r tha time and ou lay Of money lie
D quired to pave two or three squares
East Market street Is contemplate
would not macsdam that thoroughfa
over the greater Part of its length an
insure u better and more permanen
a job.
!, Take other parts Of town where paw
ing is literally out of the question q
the several squares on Mill street be
. tween Center street and the BoIouR
line ana no sane reason c2n De duuue
ed why a maoadam roadway shoul
not be constructed. The Reading lro
Company is the sole owner Of the Ian
on the west side of Mill street betwee
the two points above named and to re
e gard paving as possible there woul
v be to assume that the corporatio
-
y heavy expenditure indeed. This dot
l. not alter the fact that one OF the worI
0 pieces of road in town lies on its pril
oipal thoroughfare. Immediately bt
tween q paved street aud finely cor
r structed State Highway. The inpre
+ sion upon strangers as they jolt ovt
= the uneven surface Of this street. str q,