Arizona republican., 1915-12-07
NATIONAL

National pavement is patented pavement which has been laid for
 several years in the city of lola.
 Kansas. which has q population of
 about ten thousand. It is a patented pavement on which it is understood the patentees receive a royalty Of approximately 15 cents per square yard. The pavement is composed of natural earth. mechanically re- duced to very fine dust from which the organic substance has been re- moved by fire. and mixed with Is percent of asphaltum of bltumin binder It is stated that this pave
 ment is malleable. water proof and Justices
 Through reliable sources from lola. Kansas. We learn that = blocks of this National pavement were con structed in 1913 but not laid until the spring of 1914. and that this ! year contracts were let for 45 ad-
 ditional blocks but that all the new work is being laid on a concrete | base; in fact all of our infOrma- | tion from lola indicates preference | for this pavement laid on a concrete base. and We find that the contracts recently made by lola for National l pavement laid on a inch concrete ! base were given at s1.S5 per square yard
 | In a recent letter J. J. Warner. l mayor of lola, makes the following statement regarding National paving: This paving is composed of com i mon mother earth pUlverized to dust I as fine as flour. then mixed in a machine with 16 percent of asphalt | all heated to about 100 degrees. This 1 mixture is then spread upon the street to be paved whether on an | earth or concrete base as may be desired. the base having been first ! thoroughly rolled to make it soliG We have at this time 2 blocks Cf l this paving some of which has been l Ibid four years and the longer it i is used. the better it seems to p.. It is not only durable paving but is noiseless. elastic and will stand any ] temperature of heat or cold without any detrimental effect. In addition i to the paving we already have of | this kind we are now putting down IS blocks more and have petitions for more blocks pending" As this pavement is a comnara- ! lively new pavement and it's use has been confined thus far practically to lola, VIC have made quite an earnest | effor. to obtain from representative citizens of lola a frank expression. and publish the following letters: The first letter from MT. C. l.. | Scott. editor of the lola Dairy Reg 1 ister. is as follows:
 Dear Sir:
 Your letter Of the 27th ult.. inquir- ing about National paving. has been [ on my desk for some time. delay in reply being due to my absence from home
 Answering now I wish to say that so far as we have tried it out. the. National paving has been satis- | factory For the most part it has been laid only on residence streets | where the traffic is light. In such places it seems to be all right all ! though none of it has been down | more than three years We only | have one small block at a heavy traffic point. That has been down
 about a year now and shows no
 signs Of wear.
 My personal opinion is that laid
 on a concrete base and with proper ! specifications. it is a good pavement.
 Yours very truly. (Signed) CHAS. r. SCOTT Mir. l.. L. NOrthrup. Vice-president | of the Northrup National Bank lola. under date of Oct 2nd writes as fol- 1 lows:
 lola. Kansas. Oct. ?. 1915. l Mir. Dwight B. Heard,
 1 Phoenix. Ariz
 ! Dear Sir:
 "In reply to your inquiry of the | 29th alt. regarding National pave | mcnt will say that the machines for
 this pavement are made here. bat | there has never been a great deal ! If the pavement put down here. We | have. however. one short street which | has heen used about six years ana
 which shows very little wear. The | pavement on this street was laid on l the sround-no foundation whatever | We have another short block where | the pavement was laid over bricl, 1 pavement. This block has probabl | been used more than any other bIoci.
 in town and it is standing mp fine. | The company now has a contract for something over forty blocks of this