The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-25

%pouditurc, according TO ssmi-oficlal
figures available,
What Is the necessary result, OF this
1on,ltiou 600 N thc query Of III" city
manager III mems that som" sort
81 S%urfucing must be obtained which
wul provide drainage, a smooth sur
face. small maintenance ana long
lfc." said Mi. Hehenstrcit TIA" next
sten that is often taken in vouuntuut
ties ~ the oilipE of theif streets How
ever. u is evident 20 nae that ollinE 81
not the proper solution Of the street
problem In the city of Albuquerque.
For instance. the iirst requisite Tor
oiliug streets b. perfect drainage,
which we do not have IN the low
Anda The second requisite is that
there shall not u" a prcpond"ranc" oi
and whicn we do hsve In me high
lands. Third. the cost is So great. That
Il IS uniustifisd insomuch as tho SO
suits are absolutely confined 10 main
trnancc Fourth. oiled streets would
not permit 81 any s"epag" which
method now disposcs ot q large per
crntagc Of an the water In the low
lands. since the oiling 81 streets IL IN
advisable. the reNt step - paving
while the .Lnual cost 81 maintain
ing "A pavement h trivial, the interest
,hargc and first cost are suhsianti"llN
larger. hut when 4 comparison OF the
results obtained ATE taken into con
s,dcration. II n very evident mat Z"
dollar spent for paving is worth q dol.
lar in results. whereas, "a dollar spent
in the present; n is of no value
whatsoever as far as permanent mn
pruVemsnt IT, concerned, and OF very
little value a. tar aS maintenance ~
concerned
Everyone knows hat The results
,o he obtained from .icquute paving
program IN the city are man fold pi
grentpr Importance Is the enhance
ment In value OF the adjoining prop
ertl. which one item often pays the
entire cost ~ the Improvement SAINT
tation viii be enhanced more 10y TINS
means than hy any other p%osslh'" AZ
this time. Identification of the rity
Which rs a measure Of civic prtdc, VIII
be increased tremendously Economies
such as the saving Of gasoline which
has never been taken into consIo"f'-
ton. win prove a substantial item
. ENperiments have been conducted ny
a large tire firm on the east with
wucks loaded to the capacity 40 TWO
TONS and operatcd over practically cv-
erv Kind and class Of roads, \ saving
of rNo and 0nc-hIlf gallons iset mlie
tof gts0uucl ~ usin" good pavement
as compared On tirst class rraNei tnau
mud a NIAlII 81 IN hAAlNANH Aff 49,
when compared with a tar etrth road
II is therefore safe To predict that a
saving much greater can be secured
when the comparison is made with 4
moor i.ruvel road or 4 poor carth road
Lrcnlling these advantage. lustltl"f
the opinion OF our citiIens that ANU
querque Is now ready Tor extensive
paying.
sidered and mustered before this pro-
gram can be carried Out are many
For instance. "a survey oI th' CITY Tor
The establishment nt grade a u"
made. This survey should nave neeh
mndc wears ago. which would nave
eliminated "A great many OF the I'M
proper sidewalk and street Eiad"s
which we now have. me determine
Ton of the streets To- he paved, the
width and kind OF paving Tor each
street. the method 81 assessing me
cost Of same. the relation between the
proposed paving district ana IN" CIV
plan. the method uf taking care OF the
'ruu.om water, the CONDITION OF un
dererouua lining must be asceriained
and defects rcctifled, the mhklng 81
IN. sewer and water connections ne
fore having. an are problems con
fronting the city officials "hn Nhlch
should be studied In detail
1T would be poor polSy !" P,.alvt
~ the present time. the illal s"iu'.en
nr these problems. For instance INC
kind 81 paving 20 he selecisu ueI.hnH
on "A great variety of conhluohs rHss
climate. second. traffic density thlrs
ceorraphical location with frieI'n''
10 materials available fourth tounda
tlon. nfth. haul from shipplns POM
or haul from local supply or. ma.e,
rial or. Tor instance rnh'oI ~"
must he taken care Of 10y aoul,lona,
storm sewers. provided the pr.sen'
iS Inadequate or pN sSn". III
VI surface drainage II suii''''"' '"'
can he obtained" -
The details Of those n.""
Ahopld be taken up a. a su''''' 70