The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-28
ASPHALT AGENT REPLIES
TO BECK ON PAVING AWARD
Says Foremost Experts OF Country Az
sert Tint Aztec Is More binding
1hnn Bcrmuiez brand.


Than Bcrmuiez brand.
J. r. Draney. sales manager OF the
United States Asphalt Refining Com
pany. yesterday furnished 20 Tho
/ Times-Dispatch the following signed
statement In reply to Henry +. Beck. a
member Of the Administrative Board,
as to the contract for city paving:
September 26. 1914.
! To The Times Disp patch:
Mr.. Beck. of the Administrative
papers az follows
First. MIR Beck states that Aztec
asphalt does not have the binding quail :
! ties that natural lake asphalt pos
sesses. no matter what IL may show In
IL laboratory test" How does Mr.. Beck
know this? Foremost asphalt experts
Of this country assert that Aztec is
more ccmentitious (binding) than Der
mudeZ asphalt.
/ Second. Mr.. Beck speaks Of the as
phalt block pavement around the Lee
! Monument being made Of Mexican as
phnlt This statement is In error. as
4 there were no asphalt block pavcmonts
I made OF Mexican asphalt at the time
b the paving around the Leo Monument
J was done.
asphalt has been In use only three
years. This Is true III so tay as the
| brand Aztec" is concerned but asphalt
from the same source and possessing
! the same chara ctoristics, and analyzin9
identicaliy the same. has been success
fully laid in jersey CITY for sixteen
! years: in Montreal. Hamilton ANA Win
| nipeg, Canada, for tho last sevcn years
aid the City OF Mexico and other Mex
lean cities FOR the past fifteen years.
Fourth. MIR. Beck states that Fifth
! Avenue New YORK. is paved with asphalt
foundation in fact. Nh Beck also
states three ycars ago Il strip OF nine
! foot wide Of Mexican asphalt Was pu,
put IN on F!fth Avenue" This is alb
( solutely without foundation In fact
also. The true facts OF I'ifth Avenu.
arc that Il wa paved seventeen ycars
/ ago with Trinidad asphalt, and this
/ pavement Is now being replaced to A
I large extent with Aztec and other Mex =
/ lean asph;lts. Tho paving OF F!fth
/ Avenue from Twenty-nfth TO Thirty
/ fourth street. passing thc waldorf
I recently completed
/ Fifth Mr.. Beck states tina; tho pri-
/ waite kilograms we're all from contrac-
+ tors and engineers using Aztec. or from
! asphalt experts employed by the Aztec
J Compony--it would he Unreasonable TO
! expect them TO say anything detri-
mental OF the material they were using.
and they onl; say Aztec is Just As
i good" This acknowledged Ber,nudez
- the standard. Who but those who
have used i; can know anything about
II; therefore. YOU could not expect an
swers regarding Aztec aspsal; from
? thos. who had not used il, Further
/ more. the only experts who telegraph
/ ed Mr. H!rschberg were those Who are
( employed by more than 100 cities
throughout the United States and Can
ada. and whose reputation for eff
cheney and ?rohity IS OF the highest
sixth. afr. Beck states: THEY also
state that there was awarded 70 the
Aztec asphalt sTo0. 900 worth OF as.
phait paving in Washington IN in
vestiRation will give thc following
facts: Repair contract this year was
, awarded on any kind of asphalt. not
: Aztec. However. the contractors tthe
Crawford Paving Company Will use
Bermudez asphalt In the pinch wear
ing service chat portion not exposed TO
traiic)
AS usual. the contract for the new
asphalt work in Washington was all
, awarded 10 Bermudez asphalt"
Mr.. Beck has been grossly misin-
formed or the true facts. probably by
/ the representative OF the asphalt trust
witch controls Bermudez asphalt The
+ facts are: The Crawford Paving Com
I ianN hid on Aztec and ISermudeZ as
phalt in Washington for the repairing
ana rcsurfacirp contract amounting 10
STuo,ppO iOr TWO Gears. The Crawford!
Company submitted aztec samples. and
were awarded the contract on this ma
ter!al FOR the entire work. This. the
undersigned stands ready and willing
TO prove At any time The resurfacing
work III Washington embraces some OF
I the finest avenues In that city. = small
, portion Of new work was awarded in
Bermudez asphalt. but this work en-
braces a few streets In the untraveled
part OF the city. and which for per-
sonal reasons tho representatives OF
on. company made no effort TO secure.
Mr.. Beck bases his vote in favor OF
the higher priced asphalt for the al
| legged reasons given by him In these
newspaper interviews. and which have
been answered above. assuming that
he has been correctly quoted.
/ Is a public official justified in voting
away about $4,000 OF the peoples
money when his reasons are based on
such gross Representations as are
referred TO above? II a fair and i'm
/ partial investigation had been under
taken OF this asphalt matter. there Is
} no doubt but the same action wouLl
have been taken in Richmond which
! prevails to-day In a vast majority OF
the leading American cities.
J. K. DRANEY,
Sales Manager the United States
/ Asphalt Refining Compnny.-Adv.
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