The Washington herald., 1910-01-02

Baltimore, Jan. Baltimore leads all
of the cities Of the United States in one
thing-it has more cobblestone paving
than any other city; it has. IN fact. more
cobblestone paving than any two cities
or any three cities. More than one-third
Of all the cobblestone paving IN the whole
o. the United States is found right here
in Baltimore.
All Of this is made plain in the latest
report Of the United States Census Blu
reau on statistics of cities Of over 30o0o
Inhabitants. This report has Just been
issued, and a synopsis dealing with sueh
facts as paving, sewerage, &c, was made
by E. II. Mailing. division chief, and sub
mitted in Washington recently 10 Direc-
tor Durand, Of the Census Bureau
None other Approaches,
There is no other city in the country
which approaches Baltimore in the mat
ter Of miles OF streets paved with the
ante-bellum cobbIestoHes. once upon a
time all cities used cobblestones very
freely for street paving, but while other
cities have torn up the cObblestones and
replaced them with Belgian block or sheet
asphalt OF other smooth paving, Balti-
more has gone along content, OF appar-
emily so. with It's miles OF cobbles.
To find anything approaching Balti-
niore's record the Census Bureau had 10
group three cities-PhilaGelphia Buffalo.
and Cincinnati Taken together. these
three cities have nearly one-third Of the
.cobblestone paving OF the country. but
their total mileage is less even than the
mileage Of cobblestone paving in Balti-
more. Grouped together. these four cities
report more than two-thirds Of all the
cobble paving in the country. This sort
OF paving Is almost extinct in the other
big cities ike Boston. New York, S.
Louis, Chicago, san Francisco, &c.
Lacks Proper Sewerage,
The totsl length OF sewers Of all classes
reported Tor Isl Of the is cities Of the
United States which in 1867 had On
estimated population Of more than 80 eco
each was 2, se6.4 miles. according 10 the
same Census Bureau report. and he
Baltimore alone secures an unenviabie
first place.
The sewerage system Of Atlantic City,
/ y. J., is not included in these statistics,
since it is owned by a private corpora
ton. New York City. which IS first in
rank in population IN the country, is also
first in rank in miles OF sewers, while
/ Chicago is q close second.
The only large city in the country cen
spicuous FOR the small number Of miles Of
sewers is Baltimore. with q total mileage
OF only s23
OF the total mileage shown for the
cities reporting I7.1ZZ miles. OF 74S per
cent, consisted Of combined sanitary and
storm sewers; 1922 miles, or 2 per cent,
I Of sanitary sewers, and 1lso4 miles, or
/ 80 per cent. Of storm sewers The com
bined is the prevailing type OF sewer in
all the large cities Of the country. and
particularly in the Northern cities. Many
( OF the Southern cities are conspicuous
/ for reporting no sewers Of this type.
/ In 80 cities the sewage is pumped and
I in IS cities methods OF sewage publication
/ have been installed.
street improvements Behind.
One Of the tables shows the area in
square yards and the length in miles Of
paved and improved streets. The classi-
/ fcatiOn, according 10 character Of paving
or Improvement. is satisfactory for bat
/ few cities. as the greater number keep no
/ records containing this information and
therefore have recourse 10 estimates OF
varying accuracy.
/ More than two-thirds Of the wooden
I block pavements in use in America was
/ reported from Chicago. Ill. and Detroit
Mich. The other kinds Of pavement are
common to q large number Of cities. al
! though many Of the large Southern cities
/ are conspicuous for reporting none or but
small areas Of macadamized streets.
In comparison with similar statistics
for 1915, brick and asphalt pavements
have decidedly increased in favor. and
! bitUminouS maCadam even more. The in.
creases In these classes Of pavements
have been az the expense OF wooden
block. cobbIestone. gravel. granite and
Belgian block.