The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-31
Bitulithic Folk Beaten on
Roll Call by Vote
Of % to 6.
PAVING WORK
SOON TO BEGIN
Broad Street Merchants Success
full in Hard Fight Against
Material Which They Re
garded as Inferior to
That Which They
Desired.

Desired.
Aspi-li biock paving for Broad
street won out by Is vote Of ~ t. 6
in 'he Common Council .a.t nlght. the
Nciors 90 ;ae merchants boins more
complete and sweeping thau tuey hat
dared to nope Concurrence hs The
Board 81 Aldermen rs now saia TO be
certaints ana h i- autlcipat.d that
ih" contra ding hrn the Washington
asphalt Block lu4 Tile Compauy. n-N
ne az YORK within ton dsvs Tna
Work is - begin ai Tenth Street. up
- which point there arc aNe4Gy SOW
,.rai rlor - % asphal; paving ana
progress wcstNardiy as FAR a. TIC .tp-
preparation of $4,000 will permit
Approximately 10 Thru Si-oet-slth
me cNp"ctailon That u vl be- COM
lnN"d westward with ike appro-
priaiion next year. Tho tracks % the
street railway line arc 70 he COM
p.etelt rebuilt and provision made for
slt Other necessary UNDERGROUND con-
/ struction
sullivan Lend. Opposition.
The meeting las, niEht Wa = goe-
/ 'ial one caliea bv President Peters to
settle tho parlrg controversy. the only
uslness being receipt ~ report ON
,sie subject from the COMMITTEES on
streets recommencirg an award Of
rpntract 20 tie Washington Asphalt
EIork and Tile Company a, is bid OF
S-3 p4r square ysrd for four-inch
blocks laid on six-.nch bed OF con
|crere
Nh suiiivan led the opposition.
/ nriefH explaining his directions and
; pretending letters from number 81
fiif engineers where ilc hltul'th @
plTins mas been used with success.
Letters were read from oMc!ais n
Portland oregon New Brighton. Bor-
ouEh y tho Bronx and other places
Mr. Hsdden followed in opposition 20
he asphalt, block contract. defending
ne recent irnketins trip TO Allan, C
/ city
Hsd Exclusive Price.
In series ~ questions Nj Jones
Brought II on, THAT ! smith & co
had had an exclusive price In Rich
mond IN 1910 other contractors beng
then unaai~ TO buy the block Nj
Jones thought the Smith hrm had 1a
: complaint because j; was not now
the agent. and s'nco il had made no
attempt 70 secure price before bid
J ding.
D. Resae dssenacd asphalt block
+ one % Mr. Sullivan's letters had said
'hs block was subject to climatic con-
dliions ~ ,hougni it had been amply
proved IN seventeen wears that the
climate ~ Rlrhmond suits tire blocks
10 rad himself seen the often quoted
bitultnic street in Atlan1c CITY.
+ though not member OF the iunketinG
/ party. and was prepared 70 TESTIFY
/ that after rains II Is series Of small
/ axes the surface having worn uneven
advance In price ~ asphalt nlook since
! 1910 he said. was no, greater than
/ in other commodities
l<tdrnppcd ny lobbyist.
/ Nj Pollock maintained that the COM
mite. would have had another report
had not one ~ its members been Kid
nappei ~ iohhyis, The rejoindcr
+ rye. 50 that had Mr Bliley reached the
: meeting &; would not have changed
+ the result;
| Mr.. Powen pointed out that SOM
. business men do not sell their product
: 10 everybody. and that the contractors
/ we're wise to Withhold the right TO say
( who shall lay their paving. limiting
tho sale only to those who viii do the
work promptly The hitul.thic COM
rany on tho other hand offered a pat
"nted monopoly which might hold the
, ci'y up 70 any amount on its annual
repair account
+ Mr. Jones closed the argument
I asainst bitulthic. quoting figures and
/ reports show tho economy OF asphalt
block. and tho annual cost of upkeep
/ Of the h'tulithic oontending that with
/ the patentei article tho cost Of rc-
placement OYER pipe trenches and SIM
liar cuttings vas greater than tho orig
inal OUTLAY As for any hold up" he
, pointed out that the hituithic offered
/ st $3.50 was hut three inches thick
I that thT.e-inch block was offered a.
{ s. 90. and that two wears ago thN Btu
/ lithio Company had hid sel7 for paw
/ ing around the High School
! BifuIifhic Criticized.
! Mr.. Jones read letters from tho city
| Engineer of Chicago criticizins the
/ Warren b'tulithic paving stating that
two niles OF it had faile1 and WAS now
being replaced from the commissioned
( of streets Of st Louis. saving nc would
not recommend bitulithic for business
/ sections. and from others
Mr.. Radcliffe thought If the members
were laying tho street on their private
/ property with their own funds. they
might use "vltrined smoke" If they de-
sired. but since 1t is tho public street
/ 10 he paid for with tho taxpayers
/ money. he thought the taxpayers
/ should have some say in the outlay.
| The merchants and users OF Broad
Street wanted asphalt block. and
should have it.
on the roll call Mr.. Nonderiehr asked
to be excused from voting. being an
cmploye Of the contracting firm of /
]. Smith & CO. Four of the six mem
bers composing the minority Messrs
! Cease. iIaddon. Pollock and sullivan
took part in tho now famous junket.
/ How They Voted.
/ The vote stood:
| Ayes--Batkins. Blake. Boschen Bow
man. Brown. Burke. FERGUSON Fuller.
| GIN. Hirshberg. Huber. Jones, Powell.
| j. c. Powers. J. r. Powers. Ratcliffe.