The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-28
D. DyLEFLoRE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY JUNE 49, 1912

Bltullthlc, pronounced Blt-u-lllh-lc
| derived from a Greek word for
stone. And thi pavement is now
| offered to the eople OF Green
| wood.
| The City CGncil will not be
| asked to experiment at the eX-
pense of the property owners, but
to present a pavement that has
stood every test and on merit
alone and his achieved its remark
able popularity. All that is asked
by this company is an inyestiga-
ton and aropportunity to demon
strate the herits of its pavement.
| SMOOTH AND SOLID.
Being ssmooth solid pavement
without cams or joints and pos
sessing the malleability of lead
the Bituithic is a noiseless pave
ment, / pavement that can be
swept md washed and thereby
easily !leaned. 1t is a dustless
pavement for granite siftings i'm
beddd in a maStic cement, con-
stituthg the finishing coat, will
not grind into dust, Having no
Joint or crevices to catch and
hold filth, it is sanitary pave
men. In appearance it is pleas
ing and restful to the eye, par
takIngof the color of the finishing
coat of granite siftings,
| Compare the comfort of pave
ment of this kind to hard, rigid,
concrete or brick pavement. A
single wagon cannot pass your
home without making such a deaf
ening racket that if you happen
to be sitting out Of doors, for an
instance, enjoying the cool of the
evening, will drown all conyersa-
ton; SO likewise, even when in
doors, if the windows are up, you
may be enjoying the sweet strains
of some melody rendered by a
talented visitor or guest when,
just at the heavenly points, along
will come a numbering wagon and
harmony is lost in discord.
Churches located on these hard
pavements find them a very ser
ious handicap to the minister and
the services generally. 1t is
simply impossible to catch more
than a sentence now and then OF
a minister's discourse if the Win
dows and doors are open, and it
invariably happens that the noise
is more diStracting just when one
is most anxious to hear. In driV-
ing over these hard rigid pave
ments the noisy racket of the
wheels of your and of passing
vehicles makes conversation such
an effort, you prefer to keep 81
lent. One milk or bread wagon
at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning
will awaken a whole neighbor-
hood and perhaps, cause serious
consequences where there is sick
ness in a home.
REGARD FOR DUMB ANIMALS.
In building our streets we
should have some regard for our
poor, faithful dumb animals. 1t is
for them to toll upon, to draw
the heavy loads, that we have
our streets, and we should have |
some regard for their comfort
and welfare in deciding upon
the character Of a street pave
ment. The Bitulithic being Of a
resilient nature affords a firm
footing for horses and yet it is
sufficiently hard to afford excel
lent traction. AT a recent test of
this feature in Rome, N. Y, in the
month of August, truck loaded |
with Il tons of pig iron was drawn
upon the pavement with four hors-
es. After remaining in one place
for fifteen minutes, there was but
a slight depression in the pave
ment. The horses started the
heavy load without slipping, their |
foot-hold being firm. Another
test recently made at Norristown, |
Pa, to show the credulous, was
the passing of a loaded truck over
the pavement, weighing 10 tons,
and the City Engineer certifies |
that although the pavement was
only 6 inches thick, it did not |
make an indentation or the slight
est crack. 1t is positively non
slippery pavement and automo-
biles never skid point.
LOCAL MATERIAL AND LABOR
In the construction of the Btu
lithic pavement local material and |
labor enter more largely into it
than in any other standard pave
ment that could be adopted. The
Bitulithic wearing surface as well
as its concrete base, being manu-
factured here on the grounds, |
about the only foreign material
that would have to be shipped in
would be the Bitulithic cement.
In entering upon the work Of
street Improvement Greenwood |
is undertaking a most laudable |
and necessary work, for no city |
or town can ever hope to achieve
greatness without having its |
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