Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-09

UNliO ana NuNiN ~ InE DOW con ltNN
OF high buildings. II was boo the burn
ga district ana the paNcmvuts wcrr
not only subjected 10 the test ot truf.
fia and climate changes. but that ut
excessive heat as we'll
ON our tour of inspection Boo 1905
1871, closely examined these paN,m"ut..
with the following results The as-
ph1lt strips. the asphalt block strip.
aud ull th, ,itriucd block strips. save
The last. next tu Baltimore street
showed drUid,d wear. the wood block
strip showed absolutely mo- wear and
NOT block tho least out of position,
although one OF 90" rruS--uNrrs uu-
CURED ou this strip tas shown 1E
the plat ur same have before W,p,
and tu, sharp pointed blocks cat Co.
ut nugN boz th, angles 81 the cross.
over
cannot understand Why this test
did not convince every ON, of the
superior quality ul crcosptv wood
! block pavement
ma, uuly criticism against wood
! block pavement 81, heard durlug our
Investigation of paNcmcuts boo Sow
| York Boston. springfield. Mass Eu.
umur, and Brooklyn. was that 300
| sNoatt DAYS they ar, slippery. boat uH
one. go far as remember. charged
! the wood block pavement even 800
! swDty days. az being more slippery
than asphalt
Al, th, wood block paycm,uts iu-
| suy.t,d loo co., east ANA north were
! made OF blocks uf long leaf pine
| treated with ,r,usuto and resin uN
the United states Wood prcsorNug
! company
In Toledo. lu company with Muyor
James a.. Woodward. Alderman uol.
! land and Cuuurimru Wilky and
! Bowen. We inspected several streets
So paved, and spent some time with
the vorbmou engaged Boo the actual
work OF putting down the pavement
We examined shayIug- aud pieces ut
man, thousands uf blocks used there
iu. and every one examined was thor
oughly impr,gu1trd with the uil
pores absolutely filled
Onc uf the paycuyuts N, examined
had been down tive ,,Hrs aud had
! been subjected Co heavy traffic. got
not a sign Of wear aid v, discover
not even th, blocks around the Wau.
holes and catch basin. showed any
Vrar.-and not a block was th, least
Gut Of position. except AN occasional
block adjacent t. the yurn~ had been
,uucozcd up about uuc-fuurth of an
inch by the pavement cNpandius
INIghtly. ana uu this street the, had
madp mo- provision for expansion
| ON an future pavcmouts they had
provided for slight expansion ana mad
experienced NO trouble.
| Thor, iS nothing complicated ar
difficult connected either With The
treatment CO thu blocks CO.. ia, laying
of the pavement.
NoV, again, LET Ms nam, the essen.
. tUal qualities of pavement
| T. Reasonable first cost
. g. Cost OF maintenance.
g. Facility of repairs
& DurabiIit, under traffic.
.. Freedom of noise.
g. Freedom of dust
g. Freedom from dcod,
a. Freedom from absorption.
a. Fouthold for horses.
&C., Ease of traction.
How uearl, does The modern wood
block pavement lWfI these different
requirements of AN idoU pavement
g. so urst-class pavement can Doe
pat down cheaper than wood bloch
pavement.
O. No pavement can bo az chcapl'
maintained.
g. No pavement H. SEQ easily Il,
paired IS" plant required "a labor
,r hammer q chisol a bucket %
pitch mixture and "A treated block arr
an that are ncodcdl.
& The Rush street hridg, iu chi
pago. the water front. san Fran
cisco. Halliday street. Baltimore. th
. streets already named I'm London an,
3 Paris, all stand as proof ~ the fac
. that the wood block pavement is th
/ most durable of an paycmonts
q ?. Properly put down, directly "i
tine foundation. without q sand cush
Il ion, the modern wood block pu,emcn
les AS uoisclcSs as e pavement can De
q Their, is nothing about a Woo'
E block pavement 90 grind into dus'
and IL is Therefore On, most free fruu
f.. dust of lu pavcmruts aud the castles
4 Go keep clean and therefor, ih
,lcauost
A T. ProporI, selected ANA trcaic
A with orco-rcsiuutr miNtur,, Kr'dou'
! Crculinc. coz some specially prepare
heavy crcosntc oIl the modern 400
block pavement viii not decay lea 70
=, Years II ever ESQ one has ever see
# e block property treated which ha
dccaycd, even iu partD
IS modern wood block sclocto
c aud treated us above described, CA
% not absorb any moisture or impufit,
.. the pores. being filled with the best q
q preventative, aud az the same TIM
4 the best disiufoctant known, can ne
10 take 10 anything elise. Two hudi'
la can not occupy the same space al ID
10 same time" This being true. ana O
.o dust arising thcrofrom, the modcr
IF wood block pavement must be- I'll
q most sanitary pavement known 10 90
Il ginptTF.
1, .. Except ON "swoaty DAYS
Of which wc hay" precious few hours
B, no DAYS, the wood block Placement
ri not slippery; ana should q horse "
Ia u is easier for him a. regain b
ii footing than on any other smooi
D. pavement
.p 10. II may ulfcr very slightly mo-
Il, friction 10 traction than asphalt hu
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