The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
RAILWAYS ON PAVED
STREETS REAP
BENEFITS
But Merchants Also Find
Advantages in Being on
Such Highways
so SAYS
TO THE ENGINEERS
Fuel Gas Holds Its Own Be-
cause Of New Use That
Has Been Found For 1t
so SAYS SPEAKER
TO HI

Engineers Of the state continued
their sessions in Grand Forks today,
hearing three interesting papers at
their morning session, held in the city
hall. This afternoon they will close
their work, electing officers for the
coming year, and selecting h next
place of meeting.
The sessions have been exception
ally interesting to the members of the
society, the numerous topics taken up
being of such nature as to arouse
very good discussions. Tho banquet
Of Thursday evening mt h univer-
sity commons was a splendid feature
Of the convention also, with several
addresses being made.
Street Cars OH Paved Streets.
This morning c. p. Brown of Far
Construction in Paved Streets"
The speaker believed it would be
q wise provision for the cities to have
granite block pavement laid between
the rails Of the a lines, irrespective
Of what material was used on the bal
a tendency to keep vehicles of the
tracks, me there would be no delay
in the ear service. .
In the business district tho speak,
err said he believed tho streets that
were supplied with good car service
were the most valuable for business
purposes. The cars bring the people
to those streets from all parts of the
city, and the speaker believed 1t to
chant who was located on those
streets to have the large number Of
people brought directly to their doors.
From the viewpoint of the car
company. the idea of having tracks
on the principal business streets also
was important, as it would mean in
creased traffic.
on a paved street was declared by
the speaker to be about the same as
on non-paved streets.
The principal advantage for the car
companies in having streets paved
is the added convenience to the pub
lie in being able to leave the cars
without having to wade through mud.
The provision that is made by most
cities that the street railway COM
occupied by the car rails. is a relic of
the horse car days said Mr.. Brown.
for in those days there was heavy
wear of the pavement because of the
use of the horses.
Coke Sales Reduce Cost.
1t is because gas manufacturers
have been able to find a market for
IIl0HI COhC lIldI liz SOSl VI SaS IldS
been reduced, according to NJ. l.. Iib-
bard, who addressed the society this
morning on Fuel Gas" For many
years the company could not ind a
market for the coke, but of late years
this market has been created, and the
consequent revenue has made 1t pos
siblc for the gas companies to re-
duce the price Of gas.
While gas lighting has suffered a
decline because of the wonderful ad-
vancement of electrical lighting, the
revenues of the gas companies have
not been seriously affected. as the
increased popularity of gas ranges and
numerous other appliances has made
up for the efficiency.
The gas range still continues to hold
it's supremacy over it's electric rival,
and this chiefly through it's must low
er cost of operation. He showed that
electric current at "a to 3.2 cents per
kilowatt hour is equivalent to gas at
$1.35 per 1000 cubic feet.
He also showed wherein the gas
gave a. greater number of heat units.
as compared with coal, the loss not
being SO great.
Closer Cooperation Urged
j. A. Jardinc. in a paper on high
way bridges. urged hat tho county
engineers and county boards cooperate
more closely.
Concrete abutmcnts for bridges were
endorsed. and the speaker also below
ed hat floors of bridges should be Of
concrete. Steel bridges, he said,
should he built strongly enough to
carry UGH a floor.