The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-23

a
pavement III wasted by making tht
Pavement wider than Is necessary
narrow pavement not only costs less
TO construct, but also costs less K
clean and TO sprinkle. OF course, ex
cept for the cost, the wider the pave
ment the better but length is more
i desirable than width. An excessive
4 width Is a needless expense and de.
I lays or wholly prevents the getting of
lany pavement at all. and hence one
lhelp towards securing pavements Is
TO make them only wide enough TO ac
cemmolate travel.
4 II is not unusual to find residence
| streets in small cities. without street
car tracks, with payements &c to 40
feet wide The only travel over such
streets consists of private carriages
land the delivery wagons hat supply
goods Of various kinds to the resi-
dents. An the payements that such
streets really require is a width such
that two vehicles may pass at reason
sablo speed and with ordinary care
without interference A width OF tS
feet affords sufficient room for We
hicle 10 pass when another is stand
ing on each ide Of the payement-a
rare occurrence: and therefore il ap-
pears thai a pavement rs feet wide,
or at most 20 feet is sufficient for the
less frequented residence streets
Therefore any money spent TO con
struct a wider pavement is not only
absolutely brown away, but the cost /
of sprinsling and sweeping is also |
necllessly increaaed Further, mar
sowing the pavement increases the t
lawn space, which not only improves I
the appearance of the street, but also
gives additional space in which TO
place gas pipes. water pipes, etc, and
thereby prevent the tearing up Of the
pavement which is always a damage
The only objection to a very narrow
pavement is the difficulty of turning
3 team on it, The seriousness OF this
objection depends upon the construc
ion of the vehicle, Many delivery wa
gems, express wagons etc, may be
urned easily on an 1S.foot pavement
t occasionally a vehicle is compelled
o 90 To the corner 10 turn, or even 10
rive around the BLOCK, lle lnccnven.
ence Is not very serious, and is so
nfrequent as not to Justify any con.
ilcrable expense TO prevent it. IF the
lock Is long, or if the objection to
ONE vehicles being compelled TO drive
round the block is C nsidered import
nt then it is much cheaper TO con
truet turning place near the center
{ the block than 80 build an add
onal strip Of pavement the entire
myth Of the street
The cost of pavement per square
ard, is practically independent of its
-idth and therefore the reduction OF
le width of the pavement on resi-. )
ence streets from SO or 40 feet to
or 20 feet will ave nearly 80 per :
a1t OF the cost and if the cost can
fedaced one half, the number of
9sAh 2tf Gt ~ W HI re AbNtAhotd NtNND
'orc Tran proportionally
n Is not wise TO take time 10 dis T
ass tho width Of pavemcnts ON resi-
ance streets containing car tracks
or ON business streets, but a little in
viii show that in many
ages the pavement is considerable
'ider than has been found ehtirelt
ltlsfactcry undcf similar condit oAs. 4
he yinws here express rot more the.
ny, but are supported by experience in
number Of cities In recent years
aere has been marked tendency, in
be middle West at least. 10 reduce the
iidth o. payements on residence
treetG and on business streets in
he smaller cities Attention Is here
allied to the matter because far too
ften he witdth of the street regard
rs ofthe real needs OF travel. This
only one Of the many ways in which
)me municipalities suffer from the
lex Ct more competent engineering
arvicc-the loss frequently beng
iany times the saving Prof. Ira O.
aker in Neglected Details IN Brick
aFcmcnt CONSTRUCTION