The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-23
A BRICK Pavement
IS STRONGLY
FAVORED
Valuable Information on This
Subject Gathered From
Many Cities.
ITS MANY ADVANTAGES
Deducted From Reports Of
City Engineers and
Others.

to request from your paper that
/ express my opinion regarding the
paving proposition here in our city,
wish to say that for the past five or
six months l have taken particular
notice of every report that have seen
street pavements and have
gathered considerable information re-
garding same and from the informa-
ton have received have come to
the conclusion that brick is the best
pavement for our city.
Information that have gathered
from different sources is as follows:
The mileage of pavements in seventy
seven cities in the United States is
reported as follows: Brick, S45 miles;
asphalt, 1884 miles; sandstone and 9TH
er materials, 210 miles. These cities
are in the following states: Ohio,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Illinois, South Carolina, Mime
sofa, New Jersey, Indiana, Kansas,
Massachusetts,, Alabama, Tennessee,
Michigan, Nebraska, Connecticut, Flor
ida and Texas. and I will say that the
majority of them are in Iowa, Ohio,
Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York,
and the reports from these cities are
made by the city engineers.
Reports from seventy-seven cities
show that brick has generally been In
use from one to eighteen years, and
in a few cases from IS to Is years.
Asphalt. which has not been resur-
faced, has been in use from one to
ten years.
Average conditions of brick good,
not one report showing it to be in bad
condition. Eighteen engineers report
condition of asphalt good, a like num-
Der reporting the condition from bad
to fair, showing an average unsatis-
factory condition. In every case, ex-
cept where pavement is kept up by
contracting company under guarantee
or has been recently laid, it is shown
that these asphalt pavements reported
in good condition, are in such condi-
ton only because of heavy mainte-
nance expense borne by the munich
pality.
Such cities as make report on re-
pairs--about so per cent-say that
brick costs practically nothing for re-
pairs for the first fifteen years. Fifty
one engineers report the average grade
practical for brick per cent.
Thirty-five engineers recommend
brick pavements as the best for
hnraoc, foofh0ld Tow rrofov <r,o,, -
or wood blocks where there is a grade
of six per cent or over, and thirty neg
lect to report on this point.
Average life of vitrified brick as es-
timated by the various city engineers:
Heavy Traffic-21 years.
Light Trafic-32 years.
Life Of asphalt as estimated by the
various city engineers:
Heavy Traflc-11 years.
Light Traffic-14 years.
Thirty-nine engineers report brick
as the easiest material to repair. One
reports wood blocks as the easiest to
repair and the balance make no re-
port.
Engineers also make reports on the
cost per yard for different kinds of
pavements and they also recommend
how brick pavements should be
cleaned.
l also have a copy Of the report of
Prof. Baker of the University of ILL.,
nois, which he made to the twentieth
annual report of the Illinois Society of
Engineers and Surveyors, wherein he
says that for small towns or cities
brick pavements are preferred for sew
eral reasons:
First-They are easy to construct
and maintain.
Second-Their first cost is compare
lively low.
Third-They can be more easily re-
paired than asphalt in case the streets
are opened for gas, water or sewer
pipes.
Fourth-They are durable.
Prof. Baker also gives very valuable
information regarding the different
kinds of filters for brick pavements,
giving the advantages and disadvan-
tages and cost of each kind.
In conclusion I wish to say that
the paving committee, Commercial
club or city council is welcome to the
papers that have in my possession
at this time or any additional informa-
ton that may receive regarding
street pavements, If they want to call
for it at the Office of the Red River
Valley Brick corpOration
Tout. Co,nnhou