The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-02
BIIUlITHlC PAVING
WAS FAVORED.
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The York City, Penn. CounCIlmen
Present Written Account Of
Street Observation.
WOOD BLOCK TOO SLIPPERY
VERDICT.

iheiiDcTS tile beIiellt Vi tnelf OD
servations, was presented at tn,
meeting of the city council las
night by the party of CounciImer
} who had visited Atlantic CITY
Wilmington and Baltimore to in
! spect paving. The counciImer
reported that they had viewed
J many different kinds of paving
and recommended the Bitulithic
In the party were Councilmer
Rose, Craumen, Bahne, Hake
Meyers, Bentzel, Lish and Bren.
ner. The report follows:
To the Members of Select and
Common Councils of York
City, Penn:
The undersigned members of
City Councils visited Atlantic City,
| Wilmington, Del, and Baltimore,
Md, and made a careful and
thorough examination of the
street paving in those cities. We
were given an opportunity to in
spect all the different forms of
pavement, Bitulithic, brick, as
phalt and wooden blocks.
At Atlantic City all these pave
ments are in use, and with the
exception Of the brick, which we
understood has been down for a
long time, we found all the pave
ment in an excellent condition.
There is one street paved with
asphalt, Pacific avenue, and we
were informed it cost 1928 a
square yard. Tennessee avenue
for one square, is paved with
wood block, and looked fine. We
were, however, told by teamsters
whom we questioned that il was
very slippery in wft weather and
that horses frequently fell on it.
A gentleman whom we asked,
told us that this pavement cost
1929 square foot. We noticed
some brick pavement around the
railroad stations and in the alleys, |
some of which was good and
some showed the result of wear |
and tear and was very rough and |
uneven. The cutters paved with |
brick were in good condition.
Atlantic avenue, which is the
main business street, was paved
with Bitulithic, hundred feet
wide and five miles long. This
pavement is now in its fourth
year and was in perfect condition.
In addition to Atlantic avenue,
there are twelve other streets
paved with Bitulithic. We rode
Or walked over these streets, and
did not find a single hole or worn
place. We were informed that
the city has laid over 100000
Yards of this form of pavement,
$4,000 yards of which were laid
asst Fall, and we understand that
ne city expects to lay more of it
his season. We talked with a
of city officials and other
'ltlzens and all seementhusiastic in
heir praise of the BituIithic pave
nent, preferring it to all other
orms of paving.
We met the Chief of the Fire /
Department, who made a run for '
IS from two of the fire stations +
md we noticed that the horses c
Though smoothly shod, did not
lip at all while running at top t
peed on the BituIithic pavement.
he Chief told us that the horses
eemed to know the pavements,
hat they run with perfect free
Iom on the Bitulithic, but would n
Immediately slow down when :
hey struck the brick or asphalt.
n general, we noticed that the .
treets of Atlantic City were kept :
i splendid condition. 1t is the +
leanest city we have ever seen.
From Atlantic City we went to ;
Wilmington, Del, and drove over
bout three miles of streets. We 0
ound brick, asphalt and Btu :
thic. We saw on Market street, =
he main business street, one
quare of asphalt and one square n
t Bitulithic Immediately adjoin- T
1g, which we were told the city !,
nd five years ago as compare D
we test. The Bitulithic was, as
ar as we could see, in good con- D
ition as were the Bitulithic D
treets that were laid last year, u
ut the asphalt was a mess, full n
t holes and worn places, though :
re were told that it had been re-
aired several times. The brick
treets were in wretched con- R
ition, some Of them almost i'm t
assable. The Bitulithic paved F
treets were apparently as good in
; at Atlantic City, though a year d.
lder. There are about 100000 E
ards Of Bitulithic pavements in
Wilmington, but we did not see