Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-23

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Cincinnati-The chief engineer OF
the board of public service says ex-
periments with cresoted block paving
has been satisfactory, that during
the present season the city is placing
approximately 100000 square yards
acknowledgements ]. Poetsch
chief engineer and president of the
board of public works, speaks of a
strip of viaduct paving 1000 feet in
length of creosoted wood blocks
which were put down six years ago
He says this paving is highly salts
factory.
Sioux City-G. Y. Skeels, city engi-
{ neer, says, Sioux City's creosoted
block paving which has been down
two years has given good satisfaction
He says to lay it with a sand filler
! is mistake, but with tar filler it
is perhaps the best form of pavement
now in use.
Hartford, Conn.,. L. Ford, city
engineer, states that a strip of creo-
soted block paving 10 feet wide was
laid on Main street in 1908, and so
| far' as wear is concerned it is in
about as perfect condition as the day
it was first put down.
| Rochester, n. Y.-E. A. Fisher,
city engineer speaks of the very sat
isfactory service secured from the
creosote block paving, and says he
! is very favorably impressed with this
material, considering it absolutely
the best where a quiet, durable paw
ing is desired.
Salt Lake City-Louis c. Kelsy,
city engineer, writes: 81 have re-
Gently made thorough investigation
of wood block paving in the cities of
the Eastern and Central states, and
am pleased to inform you that with
regard to wearing, traction and sani-
tary qualities, l consider properly
laid wooden block pavement superior
to any other class Of pavement now
being constructed"
Holyoke. Mass.-James L. Tighe,
| city engineer, says: I'VE consider
creosoted wood block pavement SUI
perior to any of the other pave
ments.''
Experts Rank It First.
| Government experts that have in
vestigated different kinds of paving
in different cities, have filed a re-
port which shows the creosoted
wood paving to lead all others, meet
ing so per cent of the requirements
OF an ideal paving material Por-
lions of this report are as follows:
For more than seventy years
wood has been used for street paw
ing. In the beginning, however, in
! complete knowledge and wrong meth
DDS led to failure, and it is only with
III the last ten years, or since the
introduction of the present creosoted
longleaf pine block, that wooden
pavements have been laid with great
er success. Wood has many oualit-
les which especially adapt it for paw
ing, and with better knowledge of
the fitness of woods other than those
now used, and of the effect of pre-
servatives upon durability, it is al
most certain that its use for this
purpose will steadily increase.
Until the beginning of the study
made by the Forest Service, longleaf
pine was practically the only wood
used for creosoted block pavements in
the United States. The only import
ant exception is in the city Of Min
neapolis, where Norway pine and
tamarack were laid six years ago and
have proved successful. Longleaf
pine was advanced in price so rapidly
as to make its use for paving very
costly. Since the United States has
Z large variety OF commercial woods.
ii seemed thar there ought TO be some
cheaper and more abu.- 'ant than
longleaf pine. which wou.. prove
suitable for paw ments. The 20. est
Service accordingly undertook =.
study of the subject.
In the course of the study, tn
Forest Service gathered data upon
creosoted block pavements in nearly
every city in the United States which
had laid them, and at those creosot-
ing plants which treat wood paving