The Detroit times., 1911-10-25

aR1 should not De baseu upon Nhc 70
Inmates furnished by the Department
Of Public Works included In the orig
lnal bids.
Your committee. with the assistance
OF proper engineers and after pro-
loreod study might recommend ths'
cerTaiT tests De tnCtutrd- tft-th -Speol=
fications for the purchase or various
material used BY the department oi
Putlic Works In surfa-tng and raNlhs'
and might recommend that certain spe-
cifCEtions for fhe proper laying OF
paVements be adopted but the commit
tee believes that 10 viii accomplish
more by recommending the permanent
Organization OF a paving department
in the Board OF Public Works IN
charge OF a competent engineer or OF
a mar experienced In the construction
OF pRvemeats
Tn, committee therefore recon-
mtbds
~ The organisation OF depart
menI la the Department or Pubilc
Works in charge OF paving 10 be d.
rect0d by competent engineer eN-
periehcCd In paving, or by man OF
fony practical experiences in construct
ing ravemcnts This department.. when
So organized would make study or
the natural conditions IA Detroit. the
Kind and extent OF foundations re-.
quirVd. the surfacing material best
ADAPTED to DStroiJs streets the cost
or various kinds of surfacing material.
the relative service of the various ma
tsrtals; would prepare proper specih.
cations for paving and surfacing and
for the purchase OF materials. ana
" ouid organize force for the inspec-
tioI OF materials purchased by the de-
paitmtnt. and the inspection or work
as IL progressed and would undouoted-
~ maks use of specifications proven py
other cities TO be satisfactory. ana
which are without doubt superior 10
those now In use in Detroit
60 The establishment OF repalr
H.. inc n = n
OF the Department Of Public Works.
under whose supervision the streets
woulf be systemR tically inspected and
repaired before great damage has re-
settled. necessitattnR IN the end 4
LARGE expenditure than would be re-
quircG IL the repairs were promptly
made when defects appeared. Your
,continittee regards IL IA matter OF
great importance that the pavemeats
be promptly repaired as defects appear
CO. That the Board OF Commerce.
cooperate with the Department or
! Public Works 10 obtain from the CONF
mon Council and the Board OF EST
mates sufficient appropriation 20
carry out the above recommendations
go Your committee reSommentS,
iuasmuch as new asphalt pavem' MT
repaving with asphalt surfacing 1nd
asrhalt resurfacing is costing the CITY
less than new brick pavement, re-
payirE with bricK and brick resurtac-
l ire. and inasmuch as asphalt surtac-
with q reasonable annual expenditu"e,
the Increased use OF asphalt for new
pavement repaving and for resurfa"-
ins The committee. however, Is NOT
! unmindful OF the fact that although
brtcF surfacing is not suitable Tor
heav~ trafic. the needs OF traffic re-
quiTc brick .pavements or some other
rough surface on some portion OF the
streets OF the city. and your committee
there fore recommends that out OF hve
Fs rallel streets running north h'd
south OF east and west. one street
should be surfaced with brick or some
I other rough suFfacing material, fura-
ishiEg a foothold for horses anu trac-
tion for vehicles an bad weather
C5) In the case OF new asphalt
lpaVfment the abutting property own
er should be assessed on the basis OF
actual cost including overhead. main
tenance and depreciation charges OF
the asphalt Plant Plus -fessenthle
sum TO cover the repairs for three
years, ana not on the basis OF esti-
mates furnished by the Department OF
Public Works 10 the contractors. and
Included ia the contractors bids. II
I IL IL necessary TO make any changes
I'm the law To bring this about, such
ichanges should be made. but your com :
mittec believes that rebate TO the
aeutting property owner covering the
difference between TIA stimaed cost and
the actual cost could be made, the
iestimate always being higher than
the actual cost.
(61 That the Committee on Streets
OF the Common Council and the Board
of Estimates in SUCH years as they
hold over. arrange TO make their eN-
larlinations OF the streets In the Fan.
when weather conditions arc better
for this purpose than in early Spring
In order TO decide upon their appropri-
alton for paving repaying or resur-
(7) That hereafter the various de-
Ipartments OF the city and various pub
iiic utility corporations confer with
. a. D.
done by each in the streets with view
iot having all work In any street so
far as possible. done before the street
rs paved. repaved or resurfaced as the
case may BE-. Your Committee further
recommends In this respect that the
actual taking up OF the pavements and
the work OF replacement should be
done by the Department OF Public
whatever department OF the city pub
Hc utility corporation or private i'm
individual requests the work.
go Your Committee does not find
that the inspection at present provid-
ed by the Department OF Public Works
furnishes sufficient information for a
decision as to the quality OF the bricks
49,, = VIII 49, x ed.
M Mccabe. who with Mr.. Fishbaeh,
to test the quality OF the bricks now
being furnished To the city that he Is
unable 10 determine by the abrasion
loF ratler test solely the quality OF the
bI icks now in controversy. Your Com
mittee therefore recommends that an
engineer. skilled In such work be APP
pointed by the Common Council to act
with Mr.. Cabe and Mr. Fishbach with
power 20 determine for the city the
pending controversy Such an engineer
viii be abte by use OF the various tests
for paving brick, such as the crushing
test, the transverse test. the abras ion
tor rattler test solely the quaIity OF the
| by visual examination and his know
ledge OF the various brands or brick
to readily determine the quality of the
brick now In controversy. IL was not
considered within the province OF your
committee To employ an engineer to
make such tests.
/ Respectfully submitted.
JAMES COUZENS
CHARLES Il. woNLES,
r. u SMITH
J. Il. HOWARTH.
EDW. > GEORGE.
Paving Brick COMMITTEES
Accepted and placed on file
FROM THE SAME
To the honorable. the Common Council:
Gentlemen-I beg to advise your
Honorable Body that the following
liquor dealers applications and bonds.
under Act No. 29l OF the Public Acts