Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-20
PROBLEMS
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council, as they cannot help the ex-
ira cost and are only trying to find !
cut whaatt is best for the city, but the |
matter of the additional cost is n /!
thing that will fall heavily upon the
property owners
F. ]. Randolph: II am not in
formed upon pavement, and would
only suggest the Importance of the
city making the right selection at
this time"
Mr.. Heating: 81 have listened
TO the addresses of the engineers and
And the chief cost and important
feature of any pavement Is the foun
dation, and that the wearing surface
is merely a skin. In that event the
cheaper the skin, the better for
I ewiston. Our experience in New
York is that asphalt is materially af-
fected by heat, and I would dare say
that at the close of one of your hot
summer days an asphalt pavement
would be rutted as badly as the
present street surface I do not be-
lieve there is a more expensive ex-
pertinent for the city to make than
to try asphalt pavement"
Major Perkins: II believe the
brick pavement best suited for
streets where heavy traffic exists.
have seen brick taken up on the
street intersections after being in
use several years, and 1t was impos-
sible to determine which surface had
been exposed to the wear"
City Attorney Cox: II wish to
explain to the property owners that
the paving petitions circulated are
merely an expression of the people
and are in no way binding to the ac-
tual pavement construction. After
the council has reached a decision
as to the pavement to be used and
all specifications are completed, the
| matter VIII be submitted to the
property owners to say whether they
want it."
w. G. Brooks: NJ would be favor
allie to brick pavement. have
noted the results of pavement in
other cities, and believe the brick
Pavement to be the most satisfactory
where conditions similar to those in
Lewiston exist"
Councilman Sarsberg stated in an
swer to a question that the council
was yet undecided as to what was
/ the best pavement to be used and
could wait for a period of 80 days
for the club to secure further infor-
nation and the property owners to
reach decision.
Mr.. Hurlbut, Mr.. Heating and Mr..
| Graves, who are soon to visit the
coast cities, were appointed a COM
mittee to investigate the paving
conditions and report to the club
when they returned.
The following kilograms from
outside cities and letter from H. L.
Powers were read by Secretary Ma
son: t1.,'a@ 1'FFi ']1aE
I 'Walla Walla. March 17.-Have
found asphalt satisfactory; no ex-
perience with brick except for gut
ters.-Commerc;al Club of Walla
Walla.
"Minneapolis-Min exper-
fence has shown brick preferable tc
asphalt as paving material.-W @
Nye, Commission Commercial Club
cleveland, Our city admins
tration prefers for Cleveland kind
lot brick now being used here. Easiel
to maintain in good order. Canno
: express opinion without knowledg'
of local conditins, character of ma
terial and foundation.-Mun A
Havens."
Spokane Asphalt regarded bes
for level streets, business or resi-
ldence.-Chamber of Commerce.
portland, ore.-General expert
ence he approves vitrified brick TO
nllIS anu SitS6N5 - -
: ceptionally heavy, as Front street
asphalt and bitulithic for othe
streets, such as Morrison, Washing
ton and Sixth. No brick except Wit
rified is approved. Letter follows
H. L. Powers"
Secretary Mason then read tn
following letter from H. L. Powers
: who is the president of the Lewisto
Orchards company, and which lette
: followed the telegram quoted above
This is a subject which has re
! ceived a very large amount OF a.
tention by property owners durin
the last 10 years, and some owner
! who own considerable property hav
: made the matter special study an
Z have even gone to the extent {