Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-21
Well Known Stone Man Tells
Council Of Benefits Of Modern
Paving That Will Last
MAY ACT. ON SUGGESTION
East Main Street Resurfacine Resolu.
ton Tabled, and Council May Send a
Committee to Richmond, Ind, to In
vestisate Paving Mr.. Burroughs
Spoke of--cost Much Less.

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]. w. Burroughs, Of the LeGrand
| Quarry Company, on the invitation OF
| Mayor Ingledue, appeared before the
city council Monday night and told the
members what he knew of concrete
paving. Mr.. Burroughs cited work done
at Richmond. Ind where paving has
been laid eleven years, and Is still said
to be in the best Of condition, show
ling little or no wear even on streets
where there is much heavy. traffic.
The council may act on MIR. Burroughs
suggestion and send committee to
Richmond to investigate. AT least the
Speaker made such an impression that
the vote ito table the resolution calling
for the resurfacing Of East Main street
carried almost unanimously.
Mr.. Burroughs said that concrete
paving was not only more durable than
either brick or asphalt, but much less
expensive. 1t was also noiseless and
more sanitary. and these advantages
were all being looked for by the prop
erty owners of Marshalltown He
considered the advantages of vital In
terest ITO every taxpayer, and thought
that the council would do well if it
investigated the paving at Richmond
before any work was done on East
Main, or any more paving was ordered
1T n IA nit OF Nat
street must be repaved sooner or later"
Mr.. Burroughs added, "and when it is
paved let it be done with the best
pavement at the cheapest price lpos-
sible-a concrete pavement"
Reads letters From Richmond.
Mr.. Burroughs read at length from
Stone Products, trade journal pub
lished at Louisville, KY, several let
ters concerning the Richmond pave
ment and It's durability. All Of the let
tiers spoke In the highest terms of the
pavement and Its. lasting qualities. and
1t was declared to be no more slippery
than brick, and not so much SO as as
iphalt. Mr.. Burroughs estimated that
thousands upon thousands of dollars
could be saved the property owners by
the adoption of this kind of pavement
which. he declared, was not an expert
ment, but q pavement that has been
tested by actual use. When once worn
the concrete could be taken up and
recrushed, mixed with more sand and
cement and relaid at hardly no ex-
pense, aside from the labor.
Comparison in Cost.
Mr.. Burroughs also made compare
a. 4, alr III ,y, sy
even cheaper than asphalt, his figures
being based on rough estimates fur
nished by a contractor. He showed
that the concrete could be laid for rs V
cents per square yard, as against $l.7O
for brick.
When Mr.. Burroughs had finished
those in the audiepce room applauded
him heartily,Sand the mayor added that.
he considered Mr.. Burroughs had given
the council some food for reflection,
and that d committee should be sent to
Richmond to Investigate.
Resolution Is Il bled.
i Later in/ the evening, when Mr..
Young presented the resolution calling.
for the repairing or resurfacing o.
three blocks on East Main street, the
vote to table carried by the entire vote
of the council with the exception of
Devine and Jay Dr. Devine, however,
had not heard the address of Mr.. Bur-
The city attorney had pre-
viously given an opinion as to whether
or not the city could do the work and
tax the cost to the abutting property.
The opinion was to the effect that the
city could do either--improve the
street at the expense of the abutting
or make the Improvement and
tax 1t to general expense. DR.. Deyine
spoke along the same lines as he did /
a week ago. believing that the work
should be done at public expense. The !
mayor referred to the amount Of pave
ment in the city, representing q value
Of $3.50, 1000, and said that in twenty
years time all of it would have to be
renewed. If the precedent of repairing
at general expense were established, I
the city would have to spend $12,500 a I
year for twenty years It already
takes $4,000 to do the ordinary work
Of the streets and alleys department.
hence the mayor argued that it would
be impossible for the city to spend that
much money every year and do any
thing else on streets. The mayor could /
SEED but one way to do the work at /
general expense, and that would be to
levy a mill tax for not less than
twenty years, and if that were done
The people would be heard from in
short order
DR.. Devine called attention to, the
fact that the city was spending money
every year to repair paving that had t
oeen muti1ated by plumbers and gas
itters, and yet never spent a 5O-cent
piece on paved streets for improve
nents. He considers that it would be
within the means Of the city to do ALL
he repair work and still care, for
streets and alleys properly.
DIR. Devine moved to amend the ia
bling motion by placing the resolution
m file, but was declared out of order
wing to a motion to table not being
Up TO RADkE AND WAHLBERG, H