The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-25
Aldermen Being Urged to
Look Into Merits of a
Cheaper Pavement.
Us USED IN MANY CITIES
Good Results Claimed to Have Been
Secured in Use of Reinforced Con-
crete Pavements in Many Cities of
Wisconsin and Surrounding States.

Because of the high price charged
for brick paving and because re-en-
forced cement paying has proved sat
EisfactoFy in many cities where it has
been tried there seems to be grow
ing demand in the city that this kind
OF paving be given trial at least.
During tie last two years re-enforced
concrete pavement has been laid on
tn principal streets in number of
different towns. In 1910 about two
miles of this type of pavement was
laid on the residential streets at Fond
du Lac, Wis, under the supervision of
J. s. Mccullough, city engineer.
Plymouth, Wis, has some .10,7O0
square yards laid in 1910, according
to specifications prepared by w. G.
Kerehhoffer, of Madison, and this year
G. U. Bowley, city engineer at She
boygan Wis, is laying reinforced con-
crete pavements.
The specifications for the Fond du
Lac, Plymouth and Sheboygan pave
ments are substantially varying only
| in the mixtures used and thickness of
the wearing surface and base. The
pavement is all two-coat work, rein
forced with triangular mash woven
wire reinforcement manufactured by
the American Steel and Wire com
pany. The fabric, which may be OBJ
tanned in various widths, is cut into
strips of the required length, which
are laid upon and slightly pressed into
the concrete base as soon as laid.
After placing the reinforcement the
base is Immediately covered with the
wearing surface. At Fond du Lac the
reinforcing fabric is placed over the
center eighteen feet of the pavement,
with the heavy or carrying wires per-
pendicular to the axis of the street,
while at Plymouth and Sheboygan the
fabric extends over the entire width
of the pavement.
Highland Park and Hamtranck, sub
urbs of Detroit, Mich, have approx
mately three miles of reinforced con-
crete pavement, which was laid ac-
ebrding to specifications prepared, by
George Jerome, civil engineer Of De
troit, Mich. The pavement here con-
sists of 5-inch concrete base and a
Pinch wearing surface, reinforced with
3-8 and IA inch round steel bars, plac
ed as per the following paragraph from
Mr.. Jerome IS specifications.
EFThe 3-8 inch round steel bars to be
placed longitudinally and crossways 2
feet center to center and l IL inches
from the top surface of the finished
concrete; each system Of bars to be
well clamped together at the inter
sections; the IA inch round steel bars
to be placed longitudinally and cross
ways feet center to center and 5
inches from the top surface OF the
finished concrete, and both systems
Of bars to be well cialnped together
at their intersections. The two meshes
are to be properly supported in their
respective places before any concrete
is laid, and IN proper lengths and
widths so as to be embedded in con
crete panels so feet long and of the
width of the road. The steel bars are
to be supported and kept in place by
Thomas steel fasteners or some equal
ly effective device"
A system Of reinforcing to comply
with this specification has been de-
signed by the Thomas Steel Re-enforce-
ing Company of Detroit, who sell the
metal, all fabricated, ready to be plac-
ed in position on the street.
Reinforced concrete pavements have
been laid this year at Fond du Lac,
Wis, by contract at total cost for
pavement proper of $1.25 per square
ward. With combination curb and gut
ter at As cents per foot, this makes
total assessment Of but 1921 per
foot on streets 80 feet wide.
Reinforced concrete pavement was
laid at Plymouth, Wis, last year, in
Guiding grading, combination curb nd
gutter, at $1.59 per square yard.
The contract price for this type of
pavement at Sheboygan, Wis, varies
from $1.2O to $1.33 per square yard
on streets 81 to 40 feet wide.
The contract price for the pavement
proper at Detroit not including grad
ing was $1.57 per square yard.
: All the pavements described are TO-
day in first Class condition and the
property owners along the streets arc
delighted with their REINFORCED con-
crete pavement.
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