The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-11
IMPORTANCE OF PAYMENTS.
Kinds in Use. How to secure Good
Ones.

Kinds In Use. How to secure Good
Ones.
By J. W. HoaoGrd, Consulting .E'agi-
neer on Roads, Streets and Pace
mentS, Broada0dy, Neao York CSty.
INTRODUCTION.
A city is a living being which will
grow, become strong, wealthy, pros
porous, permanent and contented or
the reverse, in proportion to the at
tention it gives to its moral, mental
and material welfare. The health,
wealth, prosperity and success of a
city depend as much upon it's engineers
and builders as upon its merchants,
lawmakers and teachers.
Although some cities because OF
their location or other natural adj
vantages at first seem successful,
nevertheless they are not so in the
broadcast sense. Crowded, narrow, I'M
attractive or unwhOleSOme streets,
lacking pavements or having pave
mentS which produce noise, mud and
dust, absorbing, developing and giving
off germs destructive to human life,
demonstrate how short Of true pros
perity and success such cities are.
IMPORTANCE OF STREETS.
Investigation shows how vitality the
construction, maintenance and man
agement of city streets affect the vel
fare of each inhabitant. A street is
much more than a means of transpor-
tation. Well equipped streets pro-
vi q
natural light by day and artificial light
by night; necessary over head con
venienceS and the means of seeing and
enjoying the architecture of public
and private buildings and the beauty
of parks and other views too often
hidden by narrow poorly arranged and
badly administered streets,
STREET EQUIPMENTS.
We find upon street surfaces, beside
sidewalks for people and roadway pave
mentS for vehicles, many necessities.
separate problem. Among the neceS-
other posts; letter, fire and police
phone trolley and other poles. Trees,
!,
drinking fountains and benches afford
needed pleasure, health and rest.
Streets must have appropriate gut
tiers and other provisions for surface
drainage with inlets to sewers and
other underground equipments. Street
car rails are needed in some streets and
should be Of approved form and firmly
set.
Wo Aud npdor cfraatc ,,ouoh that ic
necessary and useful, as pipes for
water, sewage, gas, electricity foI
power and light, steam for power and
heat, telegraph, telephone and other
wires.
PAYEMENTs A NECESSITY.
You have visited handsome cities at
home and abroad, handsome and sue.
cesSful because of their well equipped
streets. You have compared the at.
tractive parts of such cities with the
Opposite there and elsewhere and often
wished you all had equally handsome
and efficient public squares and sIreets
/ Pavements of sidewalks and road
ways are an economic and social neces.
sity. The question of cost Is rela.
tive one. A community without
| pavementS cannot preserve its exist
ence. IL cannot compete with Other
places thus properly equipped. The
lack Of pavements or the presence Of
bad payements impede the moving Of
people and materials. Street cleaning
is impossible. The comfort and health
are endangered. The character, edu
cation and success Of the people are re
| tarded.
THE PAVING PROBLEM.
The paving problem involves many
| things among them are the first cost