Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17

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movement had been made plain 70
them.
,ATayor O. l.. Ingledue is strongly IN
favor of going ahead with this paSane'
provided that the request for u comes
from those who own property along
the street.
Would Not Force It Thru.
while Mayor Ingledue would like TO
see the street paved, and especially
with concrete, he is by no means IN
lfavor of II unless the owners Of the
majority Of the property abutting tte
proposed Improvement are willing that
ii should be made. The city admins
fration has learned by costly exper-
fence the unadvisability of forcing paw
ing on property owners, as councils
Of the past have done. But there are
some who own property along Thir-
teenth street who are willing that 1t
should be paved. Mayor Ingledue says
that the Marshalltown Improvement
company, which plated and opened the
Electric addition, and which owns
considerable tract abutting on the east
side of the street, would not> stand IN
the way of the Improvement, and In
fact are mildly, if not enthusiastically,
In favor of it. Other property owners
on the west side of the street are also
!, IN favor of paving with concrete.
HOSPITALS Burden to Be Met"
The ST. Thomas hospital owns some
thing like $50 feet on the east side OF
the street. It is realized that to bur
den it with the cost of its proportion
Of the paving would. nhanifestly he
burden. To get around this Mayor In
eledue has suggested that it woulo be
easily possible to raise the hospitals
share of the assessment by public sub
Scription. when its consent could be Sc
cured, which with that Of the others
mentioned, gives approximately the
majority desired.
Concrete Paving Only Considered.
~. The paving of this street has been
freely discussed among the councilmen,
but there has been but one opinion,
and that is that it should be paved
only with concrete. This paving, 1t is
generally recognized by Those informed
on the subject, is no longer an exper-
ifnent, but has become an established
type Of paving. Those who are inter-
ested in this street feel that. 1t would
furnish good opportunity to start its
use locally, with view of adopting 1T
FOR more extensive work in the flu
!ture, when its cheapness and value has
been made known to our people.
The city has already entered into
contract with the county to build
iconcrete bridge over the small creek
south of Summit street. This improve
iment is to be made next summer, and
Iif the street were paved the same year
the Improvement would be a most
needed and admirable one.
IL Street Quarter Mile Long.
s. Thirteenth street, from Main street
ITO the soldiers home gates. is about
1920 feet long, approximately a quarter
of a mile. If paved the paved portion
would be probably thirty feet in width.
lit would require about 400 square
yards of paving to cover it. OF this
amount strip thru the center. about
iseven feet in width, which would be
the space between and eighteen inches
lon each side of the rails of the street
lear track would be assessed to the
|Marshalltown Light. Power and Rail
|Way company, which would materially
lessen the cost to the property owners.
What II Would Cost.
The cost of concrete paving depends
very materially upon the amount Of
grading required, and the cost of ma
'terials, and the distance they have to
.be transported. Concrete paving has
been contracted recently for as low
as 81 cents a square yard and as high
as $40 The former price repre-
sents less than one-half what asphalt
or brick paving has cost the city. A
fair average and the price that it
might be contracted for in this city
would be from $1.15 to $1.25 a square
yard. Estimated at $1.25 square
yard the Improvement would cost $751;
800, exclusive of the curbing.
What is Concrete Paving?
Concrete paving is a foundation OF
concrete, similar to that used under the
foundations Of heavy buildings, with
"a sllrfacing Of cement and sand, which
by either being checked or otherwise
treated prevents it from becoming
slippery during certain seasons of the
year This foundation is ordinarily six
into the sand and cement in proper :.
itions of. one part cent, three Of sand,
six of stone, with surfacing two
inches thick mixed one part cement,
one and a half sand or sand and
rock.
Many Cities Using It.
Several cities have within recent
years adopted concrete paving to the
Exclusion of all other kinds. Some
of these cities are Bellefontaine, Ohio,
Richmond, Ind, Allentown, Pa, and
Gary, Ind. c. L. Duffield recently re-
turned from Gary, md, which is the
town being built by the steel trust.
where he saw the whole city being
paved with concrete. LeMars has had
concrete paving in use for several
years, which has said to give entire
satisfaction. Some concrete paving IS
being put down in sChicago.
counciInnsn Favor the Project.
/ Members Of the council having fre-