The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-30

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Broadway who have recently signed 81
petition for creosote block pavement
have generally done So under a sinisap
prehension and that these petitioners
may have an opportunity to withdraw
their names prior to the meeting Of the.
council next Monday, April 2, from the
petition for a creosote block highway
b will give The Forum a few figures
startling figures figures that don't lie-
and that will result in coiifiscating much
of the north Broadway property, if these
disinterested { ?) gentlemen from abroad
are given an opportunity to loot the.
pockets of residents and owners of
property on north broadway. 1t is only
\ couple of months apo that petition
was circulated, and generally signed for
the cedar block with a concrete founda-
ton fo. north Broadway the same
pavement that we are to have on Broad
way between the two tracks. am very
sure that the petition circulated for the,
creosote block obtained many Signatures
becaiisesof the statement by the circulat-
or of the petition that everybody was
signing it-ald that everybody wanted it
and further that it would cost only about
SO per front foot The figures given here
are conservative and may be relied upon.
i No sophistry can controvert it. If the
cedar block with al concrete foundation
is good enough for lower Broadway,
why isn't lit good enough for north
Broadway? 1T is about time that tax
payers resist the encroachments Of CON
tractors and party bosses. tits time that
1 the owners of the realty should take
steps to protect their property against
the rapacity of contractors who come to
us with ain experiment for the crcosotei
block is only an experiment although
we are told. with an assault upon our
crcdulity, that the screosote block is good
for twenty years afid therefore it is,
cheaper than the cedar block with a.
concrete foundation for ais they claim
the life of that pavement is only ten
years. How do they know that the creo-
sote block is good for twenty years
for any specific time above FIVE years
4 You ask them where this block has been
in use Tor twenty years and they will
l tell YOU Paris, France. Now, Paris,
France, is a good way off, and we have
& been told by disintcTested parties that
the creosote block has not been used
/ anywhere IN foreign parts for a greater
period than ten years Another argti-
nlent that they make in favor of their.
pavement is that you have twenty years
in which to pay it--tWenty years in
which to pay y per cent interest. Now,
let us see about this. This creosote
block pavement will cost ait the end Of
twenty years with 2 per cent interest,
.$22.oo per foot / have had this call
culation made by an expert account
arit-and Voiich for its correctness.
have given the block pavement annual
credit for interest as paid and at the
end Of the twenty years if there is any
one gullible enough to believe that IL
4 will last for twenty years lit will have
cost the property owner $4,000 per front
foot h
Then for the information Of the MAJ,
behind the gun, the man who foots the
\ speaking pays the freight when it
comes TO the matter Of paving, it might
be well to have him know the difference
in the actual cost, the actual amount per
running foot, between the creosofe block
! and the cedar block pavement with con-
crete foundation, When the estimates
based upon $I.75 per yard for the cedar
Il block top and concrete base are compared
with the estimates of SAYS per yard for
escreosote block top and the concrete
base, II us easily seen thar the relative
difference in cost is about 37 per cent
greater fol, the creosote block over the
cost OF paving with the cedar block.
But an argument used In favor of the
creosote block top as against the cedar