St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-11-01
THE St. LANDRY CLARION NOVEMBER 1 1913.


square yard on five-inch concrete base,
Our rock asphalt cost us Ste per SO yo
On same base. ! am mailing you under
separate cover copy of our specification
My further information will be gladly
given.
Laurel, Miss, Oct. Is, 1918
Letter from Commissioner of Public
Works.
DR. j A Shaw, Opelousas, La.
Dear Sir-Yours of the 18th inst. The
class of pavement you should use de-
ponds entirely upon your present and
contemplated traffic. / judge your city
is about the same size as ours with a
population of ten thousand. Our first
venture was for 1000 SO yds of wood
block, this included our business Sec
tion where the traffic is heavy, this
wood block job cost US $2.49 per So yd,
not including grading; the blocks were
treated with Is pounds of creosote oil
to the cubic foot and put in place with
a filler of asphalt. Our wood blockhas
been down about 8months and we have
not had a single instance of tsbucking"
and I consider this the most permanent
paving you could use in the business
district.
We are going into the second
venture in our resident section and we
are using sheet asphalt put down with
a part coat with a few inch concrete
base, this work is costing us $1.87 per
SO yd including grading, and we think
it just the thing for our streets in the
resident sections. Should you want
additional information command me.
Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 20, 1918.
Letter from General Manager, Birming-
ham Realty Co.
Mr. Percy Dunbar, Opelousas, La.
Dear Sir-At the request of Mr. Orlaff
Lake of the Barrett Manufacturing Co,
| am writing you our experience with
their Tarvia road material. Some two
and one-half years ago we did extern
sive development and in this was about
10000 So yds of street paving. After
more than a years study by our en-
cheering department, we use Barrett
Manufacturing Cos Tarvia in a mixed
preparation and our experience with
this paving has been such that we be-
lieve it to be as good as any pavement
laid in this city, except the wooden
DASSfAs pay sEEfI LIZ LILY
practically all forms of pavement. We
are engaged in another develop
ment and the first experience was such
that we will pave there from 10000 to
80, 600 SO yds additional. Our pavement
has gone through two years with ex-
IRENE heat and quite considerable cold
without showing any sign of giving
way, and so far as the closestinvestiga-
l fInn will chnSU ii IrIcf nc rrfAaI -, orrr& &c
when it was laid.
Hattiesburg, Miss, Sept. 25th, 1913.
Letter from the Mayor:
Mr.. C. P. Dunbar, Opelousas, La.
Dear Sir: In reference to your letter
with reference to bitulithic paving,
will say that this paving has given sat
isfaction in the residence portion of
the city, and we find it very sanitary
and noiseless.
We can't say about its lasting quail
ties. as We have only had u paving
about eve years, and the only re-
pairs necessary was on a damp street.
We find it considerable trouble to make
repairs where it is necessary to cut the
paving. Brick paving is giving us bet
ter satisfaction in the business district
where heavy traffic is necessary.
Americas, Ca, Oct. 18th, 1913.
Letter from City Engineer:
DR.. j. A. Shaw, Opelousas, La.
Replying to your letter of 18th inst,
relative to our wood block pavement
would say that we are very much
pleased with this class of street pave
ment. The blocks have been down for
nearly two years and have given US
comparatively little trouble. Here
quite recently we have had some trou-
bic with the blocks bucking at the ends
of pavement and in some Instances in
the middle of the roadways, but that
does not AMOUNT to a great deal. The
repairs are made with common labor,
hence your expense for maintenance
is slight. We are more thoroughly con-
WINGED now than before the pavement
was laid that we have made no mistake
in selecting the wood block pavement.
In other words, everyone is satisfied
with the selection.
Crowley, La, Oct. 10th 1918.
DR.. ia. Shaw, Opelousas, La.
Letter from the Mayor.
Dear Sir: | have before me yours OF
the 18th, inst, and in response thereto
| beg to state that Patterson Ave,
which is our Main Street, is paved with
creosoted wood blocks, which in my
opinion is giving perfect satisfaction
and as for myself I'll say that wouldn't
exchange creosoted wood blocks as a
pavement for any other pavement that
I know OF, and for your information
I'll say that before paving u streets
w appointed a committee, who after
visiting several cities in getting the ad-
vice Of different city engineers, re-
turned favoring wood blocks as astreet
pavement even at the advance cost
over other pavements.
It is but a short distance over here
and if you gentlemen just come over |
would be glad to give you any inform
alton you desire; also show you the
pavement.
Dallas, Texas, Oct. %, 1913.
Letter from City Engineer:
DR.. James A. Shaw, Member City Coun-
Gil, Opeiousas, La.
Confirming my Wire to you yester-
day, ! beg to advise you that the City
of Dallas is paved with principally creo-
soted pine blocks, and bitulithic pave
ments. The city has some I or s miles
of brick paVements. These have not
proven satisfactory, and do not fSvor
any more brick in the City of
Dallas.
Brick payements are fairly s~atisfae-
tory in small cities where the traffic is
light, il it is laid under strict super
and the city has facilities for
thoroughly INSPECTING same. otherwise,