The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-06
CITY HALL NEWS.
New Type Of Paving VIII BE
Used Hereafter.
No More Corrugated Brick on
the Streets.
USE ASPHALT FILLER
All the Specifications viii Pro.
vide for This.
Hydralie Pump to Use on North
Side Sewer.
USE ASPHALT FILLER.

Il Topeka has passed a goal line in
pavement this year and the score has
resulted in the construction Of some
of the best pavement Of any city in
1.-THE United States This afternoon City
Engineer John P. Rogers has been
completing the report Of the meeting
of the board of public works which is
composed Of Chairman W. G. Tandy,
| C. E Jordan. C. W. Horn and City
Engineer Rogers This meeting was
for the purpose of changing the paw
/ ing specifications for the coming
spring pavement and it resulted in a
complete change over the old paving
and the introduction or the approval
I OF the introduction Of recent modern
methods of constructing brick pave
ment-
The greatest trouble with the old
brick pavement in the city of Topeka
today is the corrugated condition OF
the surface This has all been caused
by the use of sand filler for the upper
surface The first hard rain washes
wears down the corners and soon the
city has pavement that resembles
the old cobble stone blocks once used
on some Of the streets of the city
All Of this trouble will be done
away with in the spring pavement In
truth all of the pavement this fall has
been laid under the new methods and
it has proved its efficiency Instead
used by most OF the cities over the
country which cling to the ancient
methods, an asphalt filler is being |
used It is poured into the creviceS
between the brick blocks and when it |
becomes settled it is as good as as
pha1t itself. The new big brick blocks
are another Improvement over the \
small fiat ones. These new blocks I
have twice the surface space of the |
old ones and they are more dura BILE |
For instance take the new Sixth and 1
Tenth avenue pavement-it is better \
than any asphalt in the city today and |
Is much cleaner and less expensive to /
maintain. City Engineer Rogers said |
this morning that the Sixth avenue 1
pavement could be taken as a model /
of fine brick paving 1t viii be an ex-
ample of the future paving of the city. [
The corners are of a ten foot radius
The old pavement corners were Of a |
two foot radius and were bad to look l
at accommodations and everything
else in the way OF municipal good. /
Then the new system of combining the /
curbing and the gutter is gaining
ground with the city engineer The /
cutters and curbings are OF one solid /
concrete piece and serve as an excel /
lent drain. make less room for repairs I
and as for 1ook@a concrete curbed 4
and guttered pavement looks 100 per
cent better than the old cut stone at /
fairs which lose their color, their
shape and in a few years cave in to- 1
ward the street or toward the park Il
ings which ever was handiest-
Here is the way the new city pave
ment viii be constructed in the
spring:
a. Four inches of sand.
(2) One course brick with cement
fat grouted joints
C3) Two inches of sand
(4l Brick blocks
(5l Asphalt filler.
There isn't a pavement in the coun-
try that will stand the wear and tear
and look any better than the above
prescription calls for It is really the
height OF pavement building In. the
country today and Topeka is getting
the city are petitioning fer IS blocks of
pavement for the coming year-they
must have had a "huuchf of what they
were on the verge Of getting With
city engineer who is never satisfied un-
til he gets the best and a mayor who
is never satisfied until he gets a good
quantity Of the best, Topeka will enter
into a paving boom never before
equaled in the history of the city
Some people have been wondering
what will happen when icy weather ap-
pears and the fire department has oc-
casfon to make run over the cement
cross walks on the Sixth street pave
ment They say that the horses will
take one long slide fall to the pave
will be ground under the wheels of the
wagons City Engineer Rogers
saws this IS a pessinfsticaI view of the
matter and is untrue in every respect
He SAYS that when a pavement is COW
cred with ice it is all covered and the
whole street is one mass A little
streak of cement sidewalk viii have 1T
tie effect upon the feet Of the horses
Bl1t here is an advantage brick