The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-16

into practical expression. There is no
wonder that bog of well nigh i'm,
passable mud before ones door should
react unfavorably upon the entire fam.
fly. The improved road not only has
an aesthetic value In itself. but il is
potent in awakening the dwellers along
its borders to sense of aesthetic val
ues In home surroundings"
Local Prid. Awakened.
! What can you tell other cities about
the paving experience of Lexington.
KY" was the query addressed to one
/ Of her progressive citizens. and this is
his reply:
Approximately 10000 yards Of as
/ phalt pavement have been contracted
for here this year. SO. you see. an
/ asphalt street is not only what the peo-
pie want when they know what it is,
but is the best friend of progressive
| administration that desires to make
good in street buiding. can say
/ without fear of contradiction that Lex
ington's awakening is due solely or
primarily TO the first asphalt street
that was laid here Since then an end.
less chain of improvements have fol
I lowed closely OH the street improve
ments from year to year. 1t has made
life worth living in our town. and Lex
ingtonians pride themselves OH having
one of the best paved cities for its size
in the south"
Better than mere assertions that in
the awakening of local pride good pave
mentS work wonders is such evidence
as these editorials from Wisconsin and
Indiana papers:
Attains Reputation For Beauty.
Green Bay" the Gazette of that city
says, has attained Il most desirable
reputation for being beautiful city
largely through the extensive use here
of asphalt. which has proved so uni
versally successful during the nine
years it has been used. The sixteen or
seventeen miles of asphalt now in use
present to the visitor an unbroken vista
of attractive highways that are not
surpassed in any city Of the state.
Green Bay has not only been fortu.
nate in having always secured good.
responsible contractors who under
stand how to lay this pavement but
also in having continued to use the
natural or lake asphalt. which comes
from Trinidad or from Bermudez lake.
South America. it making an ideal
its entire use. while other paving ma
terials, macadam. tar macadam and
brick, have proved partial or entire
failures and required frequent repair7
or renewals at considerable cost.
Where asphalt has been used not a
cent has been expended for repairs on
any street during the entire nine years
since this paving was introduced here.
although many CT the streets now
paved have been subject to the hard.
est nd heaviest kind of traffic. ana
yet these asphalt streets are in as per.
feet condition as when first laid.
Best Is the Cheapest.
The result Of Green Bays experi.
ence is that well laid natural sheet
asphalt pavement, such as we have IN
this city. is the most satisfactory and
the cheapest in the end. even though
the initial cost may be trihe more.
1t is also more sanitary and certainly
much more attractive to the eye.
The city and taxpayers can be con.
graduated on the fact that this city
has so many miles of streets covered
with natural asphalts and that Green
Bay has fully earned the title bestow.
ed upon it OF The Asphalt City,"
An Indiana paper, the Evansville
Courier, comments In much the same
vein as the Wisconsin paper Just
quoted:
'The city Is about to let contracts
for a large amount of street paving
The tendency has been for the selec.
ton Of asphalt for all residence streets
II Is 10 be hoped this will be continued !
We should hate to see a backward
movement in the improvement of Ev. |
ansvile.
THE cost of asphalt paving has been
materially reduced this year over pre-
ceding years. The difference in cost
between an asphalt paving and a good |
brick with asphalt filler Is now so small |
as TO be negligible. This is especially |
so because the Improvement is practi.
cally permanent. Ii will last for TWEEN /
ty-hve years. and the decision OF the |
property owner cannot be reversed n |
mistake is made
Freedom From Noise and Dirt.
"rhe freedom from noise on the as
phalt streets is particularly to be not.
ed. People who must endure the rack
ct on other streets can certainly ap-
preeiate this advantage. Asphalt streets
are cleaner and more easily kept clean
Every housewife knows the work and |