The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-10
cContinued from Yesterdnv)

The remainder of the letter of June 12 s voted to a summary of the actions of the writer Superintendent Streets the City of Boaon. Just what bearing these actions during 1908 and 1909 have on the present discussion regarding 1uinous pavemcnts is clear It would be of much greater public interest for Warren Brothers Company o give information what percent age O charged the City of Boston for bitu Hthio pavenlents is account of legal expenses and advertising, if d post-mortem of paving jts- tory is necessary Warren Brother Company to explain why famous offer of former Superin- tendent of Streets in Boston, in 19os to lay bitu- lithic fifty cents per yard and the equal ly famous offer of the oompanys representative to give him 1O00066 square yards at that price, were incorporated into contract
 What the matter with parts of Albany street Massachusetts avenue, West Newton street, Dartn2out street and Copley square, in Boston. and what has been the cost for maintenance? Also, Broad street Providence, k l. Highland street. Worcester, Market street Newark, N J., and many others?
 Newark Evening News, particularly the illus btrithto being pIoughed up after four years wear; ard also the editorial in the same issue stat
 .No one familiar with the situation Market street will henceforth contend that bftulithis can be chased permanent pavement on such thor oughfares."
 If they would explain the charges made in the report the administration of the State Depart nnent of Roads by the Joint Appropriat@on lon Com nittee of the New Jersey Legislature of 1914
 If they would answer various articles in the Bridgeport Farmer regarding paving conditions in
 If they would answer articles in the Nash ville Banner regarding the relations of Warren Brothers Company and the Southern Bitulithio Company to the insolvency proceedings against the
 As regards the official acts the writer Superintendent of Streets, which questioned by Warren Brothers Company the following facts are herewith submitted:
 engineer 8 Superintendent of Streets contracted During 1908 1909 for sheet asphalt at price 1ithio was excluded by cutting Of the speci- f.1ations. statements not correct Several small paved and a of Beacon street resurfaced with sheet asphalt during these years, in the former cases principally for reasons ,ffot1 tiCT7s pavements prepared by the city. The contracts required that the bidders submit their own specfi- cations and Warren Brothers Company inforb- ed and that btulithic would be admitted in cor771etttjon with other types of bitunanous pave rnent A large part of the work done by War ren Brothers Company, using standard sheet as- phalt. The advertisements for this work were in
 .yThe Superintendent of Streets invites propos- als for Asphalting and regulating -..- rish his own specifications for the asphalt, stat ing the kind he will furnish and also the price
 The streets present in excellent oondi- tion No apology is offered for the price, 1t probably low could be obtained at the time, the present time for the small quantity of pavement laid, and was lower than the price for
 Incidentally the custom now followed at City TTsll of printing several pages of recondfte bgIous phrases in city paving contracts, under the BftuIithic Specifications entails waste of public money, as all esential information would be given by inserting in the Notice to Bidders" similar to the foIowing: 'Warren Broth CTS Conpany's bituNthic pavement will be admitted in squal competition with the types of bitumnous pavement specified"
 Warren Brothers Company inqures; ''If Top eka mixture 2 inches in thickness costs only 64 cents per square yard. why shout your consulting engineer Superintendent of Streets contract inches of sheet asphalt at prices ranging from $1.50 to S2 per yard for such construction, when inches of Topeka according his statement, would have cost only 96 cents?"
 The writer has at time stated his belief that Topeka should be used D substitute for standard sheet asphalt He believes however, that the mat suitable, when properly laid, for pavements in the same of streets in which bltulithc suitable. is, streets with light horsedrawn traf fc and automobile traffic, at a much lower price than for bitulfthio Also, the writer the time acd1ainted with the merits of Topeka mix ture and 1t appears that the decision of Judge Pol