The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-24
he FURTHER DISCUSSES THE
BRICK BEING USED IN
PAVING WORK.
Says catskilI Brick Had Nothing 70
Do With the Contract and Does Not
Understand Why Augusta Brick, Not
Up to Specifications. Were Accepted

In reply to the letter written him
py Alderman Calnan in the contro-
Versy now going on over the paving
oi newcastle street, Mayor Hopkips
yesterday mailed the following letter
to the chairman of the public works
committee:
Hon. C. T. Calnan,
Chr. Public Works Com. city.
Dear sir acknowledge receipt OF
yours OF the 22d. My reason for siy-
ing publicity to the matter referred
70 Is that at the time the complaint
was made by number of our citizens
TO the effect that material not up tn
lhe speclllcations was being used In
the paving contract, | succeeded In
stopping as far as possible such COM
| ment through q promise to these cit!-
zens that as soon as any of the work
was rendered to the city, would have
the material properly tested and then
give the matter full publicity.
When | exhibited to you the result
or the test | had made, at the same
time advised ycu that | would write
you a letter on the subject. Hac YOU
| asked for copy of the test 1t would
nave been my pleasure to have fur
nished 1t,
! you quote me as favoring the Cats
XIII brick; why not have given my
reasons at the same time. namely nv
contention that 1t was the best brick.
! ana offered at approximately $ov0. 80
less the job than the Augusta pay
ing brick?
quote paragraph four (4) of one
OF the specifications embodied in the
contract and thinking that you were
conyersant with this paragraph which
provides for loss not greater than
twenty 600 per cent under O rattler
test, l had expected your cooperation
as an alderman In an efort TO secure
\ q compliance with the Contract 81 ~ q
contractors;
a. Brick Paving. Approximately
eight Thousand square yards of yitri-
fled brick will be required The brick
are not to be less than eight nor more
IMAM nine inches long, not less than
TWO and one half nor more than three
inches long, not less than four nor
more than four and one4aalf Inches
: deep. Said brick shall be of a kind
known as repressed brick, and shall
be repressed to produce a mass free
from flaws, cracks or laminations. All
prlck must be regular in shape and
size and OF the best quality, equal IN
all respects to the samples submit
/ ted at the time of awarding the cep-
! tract.
When subjected to the standard
| rat'ier test adopted by the American
Brick Manufacturers association The
loss from abrasion shall not exceed
20 per cent The absorption after
being placed In water twenty four
aours, having been previously dried
in an oven, shall not exceed per cent
Of the weight of the brick. The brick
shall shCw a modulus OF rupture in
oss-breaking Of not less than 500
| pounds per square inch. Brick that
are brittlo, though possessing all 9TH
or requirements, will be rejected.
"All brick used in the pavement
shall be such az will meet tle appro-
val of the city engineer, and Of the
| committee on public works > ."
cannot conceive why wherein we
+, have specified in the contract that
the brick should not lese more than
20 per cent under a test, we should
allow the contractor to use material
showing q greater loss because that
material had been tested with some
other material, when both failed to
come up to the requirement. | cannot
therefore see wherein the test of the
! Catskill brick has anything 10 do
, whatever with the contract. The city
has made contract with the Georgia
Engineering company for paving brick
OF certain specifications, and while
! regret the apparent loss of yonr as
sistance as an alderman In enforcing
a strict compliance with the contract,
shall endeavor to do the best I can
( without 1t. Yours truly,
r. r. Hopkins, Mayor