The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-23
AN EX- ALDERMAN
Writes AGAIN 0F
PAVING C0NTAACT 7
T. CALNAN FURTHER DIS
CUssEs WORK DONE BY AU-
GuSTA COMPANY.


The following card IS siyen space in
The News this mornl2s~4a- ple urgent
request of c. 7. Calnan, who was in
c1 uncil ana served as cIa rman OF the
public works committee When the
.I>ewcastle street paving was done. No
further cards, LuN 81 Cr, On tnis sUi.-
ject will appear il these columns, I'M
less they so al advertising rates.
This one is published in order to be
absolutely iair to Mr.. Calnal.
Editor Brunswick News
In my effort to throw little more
light Cn the subject of paving, there
was no intent Of entering into argu
ment through the press; ~ desire
was simply to state facts and to cor
rect you where you unintentionally
misstated them. |, of course, appre-
ciaIe the tact. that you nave to rely
on information furnished you ana
while it is MT your fault ii the state
ments are incorrect it is very unfOr-
tanate nevertheless. The correct in
#forn sdon could be had by calling for
records on file at the city hall. | am
asking you, therefore, to give ne more
Of your space as you have been again
misinlormed as TO certain statements
ccntaned in your editorial Of the 18th
inst.
You state, that in tests made by
the Spackman Engineering company,
of Philadelphia, that the Georgia En-
4 cheering company brick "iu inc ratl
tier test showed a loss as high as 26
per cent" That statement is incor-
rect.
The Spacknan test referred to
showed Augusta first loss, pal; sec
sond loss, 21.25. Average, 21.S3.
N Catskill first loss, 1862 second loss,
1921. Average, 1912.
Southern Clay (Chattanocga) first
loss. &2.S7; second loss, $3.50, Aver
age, 2313.
These tests were on dress parade"
or exhibition brick, where each COM
retitor in submitting bids with sam
pies, naturally picked out the best,
of those they had to bid on
The information gathered person
ally by some members # the then
public works committee was so muca
at variance with the showing CT these
tests, made in 1908, that the commit
tee decided to have the Atlanta tests
made Of the brick actually put in the
work. The committee on September
23d. 1909, rendered an extensive re
port to council on the subject, and
it will be found in the issue Of your
{ paper containing the minutes Of coun-
ell on that date. The following is an
extract from that report: by our di-
reotions the city engineer went to
Charleston, where paving is now in
progress with the Catskll brick, and
your chairman (myself) went to
Gainesville, where the paving is being
done with the Augusta brick. and j
like number of ,hrick taken from the
work at each Place were sent to be
tested. in addition tc like number
of samples sent up by the agents of
the Catskill and Augusta manufac-
lures. In the rattler test the Cats
kill brick lott 27.06 Per cent
Augusta Loss, 25.82.
a difference OF 1.24 per cent. in
favor OF. Augusta. In tae absorption
test Catskill ABSORBED 100 per cent.
and Augusta only 1.56 per cent, a
difference of 34-1v0 per cent. III favor
Of Augusta. In the compression test
Catskill crushed at 4,248 pounds per
square inch while Augusta stO d up
to4,790 per square inch, this III favor
of Augusta.
We also ,eg to state that one each
of the brick taken from the work, the
Catskill at Charleston and the Augas-
ia at Gainesville, were brought to
Brunswick by the chairman of your
committee and can be seen at the city
han, where the superiority OF the Au-
gllsta brick is evident at glance
Morecyer, the city engineer in writ
ing stated that the Augusta brick were
closest to specifications and accept
able in the work to be done, and the
contract was awaYded on the Iasls OF
the Atlanta test This Information
was on file in your own Office, and yet
Won say in your editorial cf the 18th
"the contract for the work was placed
with a concern whose bid was 8 cents
per yard higher than a competitive
bidder and whose material, according
to accredited authorities on tests, was
inferior and was so made to appear
when placed upon the crucial in the
shape Ct standard tests"
i do not question the result OF the
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