Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-24
WANT FOURTH STREET
CALLED BROADWAY OR
NAMED BROAD STREET
Continued from osFs /.

New ballast. ties and rails have been
put on Fourth street from the Chris
tiana to Union srtcct by the Whining
ton 4 Philadelphia Traction Co.. and
the space between tho rails Is being
paved with Hillside bricks. East
Fourth street is being surfaced with
Belgian blocks on n substantial con-
crete baee. The pavement on West
Fourth street. except on hills. where
Hillside bricks are being laid. consists
of n six-inch' concrete foundation. with
"A | n Inch asphalt top and Ia Inch
binder, composed OF asphalt and stone
Street Commissioner pierson says the
foundation will last indefinitely and
replacing the surface VIII he mex
penelve. The north side of West Fourth
street is finished from Adams etreet
to Franklin street. and both sides are
completed from Delamore Place to
Union street. Paving is retarded
where sewers are being constructed.
Fourth street from Market street to
Union street VIII soon be n splendid
highway and will likely lessen traffic
on Sixth and Ninth strestAL Admirers
of the improved Fourth street suggest
that its name be changed tn Broad
street or Broadway, but the Street and
Sewer Department has not yet con-
sdered the suggestion. Some citizens
| think the new pavement will become
an automobile speedway and the fines
| Imposed for speeding will pay n large
! part of the cost of the street improve
ment. Market and King streets are
alao being covered with asphalt on n
concrete baae. operations on King
street between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets will be hurried because Fire
| Company No. 4 Ia situated at Twelfth
and King streets.
Materials for street paving are pre-
pared at the Street and Sewer De-
partment's plant on the north side of
the Brandywine. adjoining the east
approach 20 Eleventh street bridge
The department has tract of land
220 by l49 feet. fronting on Thatcher
street and the Brandywine and ex-
tending from n short distance north
Of Eleventh street to Thirteenth
street One-fourih of n mile of track
lowned by the department. connects the
plant with the Pennsylvania railroad
The buildings consist Of ston'
breaker, an asphalt. sand and ston,
mixer and an equipment storehouse
The breaker IL large. and the mixer
covers n space so by 40 feet and IN,
storehUuse SO by 40 feet. Depart
mcnt employees designed and erected
tho storehouse, a brick structure, al
, OF which ls fireproof except the doors
, sixteen men are employed at the plant
, tof which Albert HIryel In genera
superintendent and Henry Doushert!
Ia foreman.
By courtesy OF Street and Sewer nj
l rector Grier and street Commissions
Q pierson representative OF Ever,
J Evening inspected the plant Mr.. Pier
, son says as much care must DO cNor
I cised In the preparation OF good stree
. paving materials az In making goo
e bread; special attention must no pal,
to the quality and the quantity OF tn
Q ingredients. He states the output O
! tho plant Is excellent Asphalt
e shipped there In bulk and. after bein
3 connected with 1.-Two steam, Is pumpc
I from cars up to n hot drum. where
l Is heated to u temperature OF $50 dc
I grees. Fahrenheit, ana descends b
Z gravity in 600 pound patches {
c automobile trucks, ready to be trans
e. ported TO the streets. In tho prepare
G ton of binder sand and stone &
u through the same process. After bein
e heated To temperature Of 300 or 30
degrees they pass through pug mil
n where the asphalt. sand and stone nj
a mixed. and they next descend to III
l. trucks. Two hundred carloads OF n.
& phalt have been prepared ut the plar
< this year. In transporting asphalt
% the streets three trucks of Ave tor
each are used. and Ave tons OF aspha
, are now sent out every 16 minutes.
100 tons per day. The stone break,
is operated by an electric motor ar
brushes 100 tons OF stone daily, mo
OF which material is from old sewer
Some of the plant employees are GU
ting Belgian blocks in half for use {
East Fourth street. This is the plant
third season. When tho Brandywii
is dredged the Street and Sewer ID
partment may construct a wharf
the plant, so that asphalt may
shipped there by barge. in addition
car shipments.