Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-23
FOR FINAL ACTION.

Dul tBtt 0Cth3 OCih feAD'a~@
man Marquardt, on behalf of the board
of public works, mailed to each prop
erty owner owning property admitting
on Third street, between Forest and
Grant, blank and report The re-
port was that made by himself and City
Engineer G. A. Nutter, on the result OF
their investigation of street paving, as
found on their trip to different cities
during February A statement also
conveyed the information that several
bids had been received for paving mater
ial, giving the price of each. The blank,
it was stated, was to be filed out and
returned to the board of public works,
giving the property owners choice OF
material to be used in the Third street
plan than summoning property owners
to meeting, for previous experience
proved that meeting does not bring
out the people as it should, and a fair
estimate of the views of those fiEanci-
ally interested cannot be thus obtained.
The idea was to get as many express
sions of opinion as possible, as a guide
for the councils action The scheme
adopted proved effective, as nearly
every property owner up to date has
returned his blank, filled out 1t is
seen from glancing them over that a
large majority are in favor of creosoted
wood blocks and it is the opinion of
some members of the board of public
works and of the special paving com
mittee that the majority ought to rule.
Since the firm of Fielding 4 Shepley,
of st. Paul, filed its bid of 81 50 per
square yard for creosoted block pave
ment, the company has notified the city
officials that it will make reduction of
Zoe per square yard from those figures.
At the council meeting Thursday
night the Third street paving matter
will again be brought up for considera-
ton, and it is thought by those in q
position to know that it will be finally
disposed of.
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counclmen and great many citizens
who are not directly interested financ-
tally in the matter are still in favor of
tar macadam, Notwithstanding all that
has been said adversely to it. For their
benefit let us herewith publish little.
article which recently appeared in the
Oshkosh Northwestern, as follows:
in the principal cities of Canada, not
ably Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton,
the construction of tar macadam pave
ments has been practically abandoned,
according to statement made by ex-
Alderman John j. Stevenson, who re-
Gently returned to Oshkosh from visit
of several weeks in Americas northern
neighbor.
Mr.. Stevens says that in Toronto,
where tar macadam was once in high
favor as street paving material, its
use has been discontinued entirely and
all streets in that city are now being inn
proved as to pavements, with either as
phalt or bitulithic. The latteris com
position of cement, asphalt and fine
granite and is said to be superior for
paving purposes. Its original cost is
high as compared with the cost of as
phalt or tar macadam, but it is claimed
to he much superior To either of those
materials and to be the most econom-
ical in the long run.
"Mr. Stevenson states that he was in
formed while in Hamilton and Toronto
that the experiment of paving with tar
macadam had been tried with great
in both those cities and
that the results had not been at all sat
isfactory. Asphalt is now the favored
as it has been found to be
much better. Not tar macadam
pavement has been laid in either Hamil.
ton or Toronto in the last three or fouI
years, Mr.. Stevenson was informed
"Pavements constructed of this
have been found to be much
more adversely affected by extreme
of heat and cold than
asphalt and they wear out and get into
bad condition very easily as compared
with the pavements constructed of
either asphalt or bitulithic, it is
claimed
On the bitulithic material there is a
patent and no one is allowed to lay il
except the patentees, Warner Bros, or
their agents. The fact that they are
protected by patent gives them the
right to charge whatever they wish for
the material.
From conversation with several of
those who are in favor of creosoted
blocks we learn that they want the
best pavement, no matter what the
cost, and they firmly believe the creo-
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