The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-07
BRICK OR ASPHALT

BRICK OR ASPHALT
Editor Telegram: In the Telegram
cs Jan 81 | see the first authorita-
tive attack on sand-asphalt | have
seen by Mr.. ]. w. Sibley, secretary
of the Southern Paving Brick Man
ufacturers' Associatfon-or trust.
Last fall E. W. James, U. S. gov
eminent road expert, was in Florida
and ir some way the brick boosters
quoted him as saying the U. S. gov
eminent could not endorse sandals
phalt etc. The Pinellas papers dis
played the interview and tried to
give the "velvet way" black eye.
Fairness demanded these papers es-
pecially publish Mr.. James official
refutation of the interview, No
doubt it is being circulated in Flor
ida yet, perhaps in Polk county. So
l append it for the sake of Truth!
LIE NAILED
Brick People Worked Pinellas
County Voters With False
Statement Which U. S.
Government Officials
Contradict
(Eustis Lake Region, Nov. %, '15.)
Washington, D. c., Nov 16, Is.
"Hon. Leroy Brandon,
County Judge, Clearwater, Fla.
Referring to article in St. Pc
tersburg Times of Oct. 80, 1915.
wish to state that, as between brick
and bituminous pavement, this Of
flee makes no general recommended
ton. We only recommend a particu-
lar material for a particular road,
the condition of which we have stud
led. IL either brick or bituminous
materials are used, the greatest care
should be exercised in determining
their quality and that suitable speci-
fcations be drawn covering the con-
struction.
IL. w. PAGE,
Director Office Public Roads and
Rural Eng ineering.
Washington, d. c., Nov II, Is.
Hon. Leroy Brandon,
County Judge, Clearwater, Fla.
Editorial in Sanford Herald Nov
~ purporting to be interview with
me and saying sand-asphalt roads
ere not favored by the government,
they are but an experiment and an
unsatisfactory one so far" was not
given by me to the Herald or to any
other paper nor is it an expression
Of my opinion.
"E. w. JAMES,
Chief of Maintenance Office of Pub
lie Roads
Fairness demands that all papers
that misquoted Mr.. James should
publish these denials.'
Let me close with this open letter
from one of the best known editors
in Florida:
"DeLand, Sept. 25. Is.
Editor Eustis Lake Region:
ION frequent visits to Eustis Con
the way to Leesburg, where Mrs
Codrington has sister) | have been
watching the stretch ofsand-asphalt
road in front of the New Ocklawahs
hotel, and am very greatly pleased
with, and amazed at, its lasting
qualities.
"Those districts of Lake county
that are using sand-asphalt con
struction are making no mistake.
9-foot road of sand-asphalt costs ap
proximately $4,000 per mile; with
bonds bearing six per cent. interest
your interest charge per mile will
be $3.50. There should be no main
-tenance expense for at least thre,
| years, and little for the next tw,
Or three years. If the road last sever
years, which it certainly should do
the first cost will be less than l,
cents per yard! l hope you will fin,
the sand-asphalt lasts much longe
than this. But time alone will tell
"a cement-filled brick road, nine
feet wide, will cost about $4,000 pc
mile; the interest on this will
amount to $4,000 per mile. If yo
have to tear up your sand-asphal
roads in ten years and lay them al
over again, you will save enough i
interest charges alone to pay for re
building the roads,!
'CHRIS. o. CODRINGTON,
Editor DeLand Daily News; Pre-
Florida Press Assn.
Next week Eustis advertises fc
bids on fifty-four blocks of sand-a.
| phalt streets. Our district is con
| IL