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

with which the pavement was laid
and the amount of expansion that
was given it has safeguarded 1t
against the loss of its shape and We
have detected no movement of any
kind since it's laying, in any place.
The street is flushed twice a week
with an automatic flusher and even
when perfectly clean has the appear
ance of asphalt; the joints being
worn absolutely invisible.
altogether the paving is giving
perfect satisfaction and is undoubt-
eddy the best noiseless pavement that
has yet been devised. l do not hesi-
tate to say that fir blocks properly
treated with creoSote are as imper-
vious to moisture and as sanitary as
any pavement but they must be treat
ed not only for the purpose of pre-
serving them but also for the eXclu-
sion of moisture in sufficient quanti-
ties as will prevent the undue expan-
sion of the pavement and consequent
distortion of same
/ City Engineers Favor Wood.
j. l.. Darnell, city engineer of Kan
sas City, Missouri. writes:
THE Fourth street viaduct over
which passes the heaviest traffic in
Kansas City, was paved with creo-
soted wood blocks a little over two
years ago and shows no signs of wear
Formerly this viaduct was refloored
with four-inch oak about every
eighteen months. The creosoted
block paving has not been in use in
Kansas City long enough to justify
my giving it my unqualified endorse
ment. However, it has successfully
met every test to which it has been
subjected thus far"
Baltimore-B. T. Randall, city en-
gineer, says the wood block paving
in that city has been down from two
TO five years and is very durable
and excellent pavement.
Haverhill, Mass-George E. Hutch
ms says that a strip of creosoted
wood block paving has been down
since 1904 and so far as the wear is
concerned it has given the best sat-
isfaction.
Chicago-City Engineer John B.
Hittell, writes that the western me-
tropolis has in the neighborhood of
100000 square yards of creosoted
wood paving, and, in general it is
considered by the board of local i'm
provements as an exceptionally
good pavement, being laid on some
of the heavy traffic streets where
asphalt or brick would not at all be
adapted and where granite blocks
would be too noisy. The oldest piece
of paving in Chicago is the wood
block stretch on Michigan avenue in
front of the Auditorium hotel which
has been down since 1900 and which
is giving good results
Worcester, Mass.-Fred A. Mcclure
the city engineer writes: The first
wood block pavements were laid here
in 1901 and today show practically
no wear. For streets on a flat grade
he considers them the most satisfac-
tory pavement that can be obtained.
4 Pittsfield, Mass-A. B. Farnham,
city engineer, advises that while BIZ
tulithic paving is giving doubtful
satisfaction in his city, the wood
blocks are giving the best satisfac-
! ton and he strongly favors their
use.
Harrisburg. Pa-Speaking of the
creosoted wood paving in Pennsyl-
vania's capital, NJ. B. Cowden, city
engineer, says the block paving put
down there in 1904 is in good con-
dition.
Springfield, Mass.-Charles NJ
Siocum. city engineer, says his mu-
n!cipality will have 33,S63 square
wards of creosoted wood paving by
the end of this year, much of which
was laid in 1901 and is giving good
general satisfaction. He says it is
smooth, easily cleaned and noiseless.
Continuing his letter after citing
unfavorable impressions of bituithic !
paving in Springfield, Mr.. Slocum
says:
The creosoted wood blocks are ex-
pensive-s3.50 per square yard on
five inches of concrete. but the pub