The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-08
CREOS0TE BLOCK PAVEMENT
Is POPULAR In CHICAGO
This Class Of Paving Constantly Growing IN Favor and More
Of It Being Laid Each Year IN the Windy City
Has Proven to be the Best

OF Rush street bridge, but properly
owners generally have persistentiy
objected because OF its expense, ana
because, not having the time or oppor-
tunity to study its merits, they OFTEN
get it confused in their minds with the
old cedar block OF fragrant memory.
West Taylor street, therefore, will be
q most excellent test of the quality OF
creosoted block, as it is car track
street and has great deal OF traulc
both light and heavy. If this pavement
comes up to our expectations It VIII
prove an object lesson to properly
owners, and we believe will result IN
a rapid increase in its use, particularly
on first class residence streets, where
4 handsome, lasting, sanitary pave
nent, free from noise, is wanted"
The success OF the Taylor street
pavement proved Mr.. Lynch genuine
prophet. The pavement Is now seven
years old and although 1t has been
grossly abused by public service cor
porations making cuts, II is in excel
lent condition today. There has not
been a dollar spent in maintenance
and a block taken up by the writer
from the roadway of the pavement last
December showed a maximum wear
of less than " inch. An analysis OF
the block indicated that the pave
ment had lost none of its preservative
oil.
In 1905 Astor street from Burton
place to Schiller street, 1919 yards,
was paved with creosoted blocks while
another block on the same street.
-, - WAS
paved with the same material by pri-
yate contract. The area Of this street
was 1900 square yards. In 1905 creo-
soted blocks were laid by the city on
Halsted street from Forty ninth place
to Garfield boulevard, total area OF
1890 square yards
| The work in 1907 consisted Of paw
ing in two alleys, 2,617 yards. and a
private contract on Monroe street. be-
tween Clark and Dearborn. LABS yards.
The little progress in these three years
| is probably explained by the long
drawnout process of bringing out a
paving project under the Illinois law,
It was nearly four years after the COM
pletion Of the Taylor street pavement
before 1t began to bear fruit in an In
crease OF this type Of pavement. In
| 1908 creosoted wood block payements
were laid on seven streets. the total
! yardage being $3.50.
These seven projects distributed
creosoted wood blocks in the FIVE geo.
! graphical sections OF the city: Blue
Island and Irving avenues on the west
side: Milwaukee avenue on the north
side; Lincoln avenue on the north
side; Cottage Grove avenue on the
south side and Adams street and the
Masonic temple alleys in the down
| town district. They afforded property
owners an opportunity to study the
merits OF the pavement and have borne
| their fruit.
1 The year 1909 proved an off-year for
creosoted blocks in Chicago, only about
61,S52 square yards being laid.
There was an upward tendency IN
the yardage OF creosoted blocks used in
Chicago in 1910, the total area paved
amounting to 102.177 square yards. In
1911 there was a marked increase in
the amount Of the material used. Tho
area of the streets paved or awarded
to contract this year amounted to
| $4,000 square yards. TThis was en-
tirely in the downtown district, or
what is known as the "loop district. 7
Summarizing the above by years we
have the following totals: