The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-19
Wednesday, April fo, 1922

on both Fairfield avenue and State street, and also on Main street from Gilbert street to Seaside Park, and possibly on Broad street from State street at Elm street. This is the same pavement that is laid between trolley rails on Fairfield avenue from Ash Creek to the Railroad viaduot, and also on East Main street, Noble ave- nue and Main street from East Wash ington avenue to North avenue.
 'fIt is a common road laid by first putting down the trap rock and then pouring the cement through the stone. This leases the stone showing in the surface you have noticed in the above streets, so that the wear comes directly on the stone. Lip estone will not stand this wear but will crush, powder and split.
 ''The city also plans laying some penet IF ton roads. This pavement is laid the samesas the Hassem, except that asphalt is used instead of ce- ment- The points, the stone is rigid in the surface of the pavement and has to stand the gaff
 "A few years ago in New York City. they would not consider the use of limestone for any kind of street work, but after the New York State PaHsade Park Commission forced the trap rock companies on the Hudson river to close on account of the way they were destroying 'the Palisades to get trap rock, the city then had to use limestone for concrete base, but only where the concrete was covered with sheet asphalt. wood block, granite block, or some other wearing surface. New York City uses trap rock now for penetration roads where the stone comes to the surface, and is willing to pay the extra cost.
 The New Haven Trap Rock Conn pany just received the contract for supplying trap rock to the City of year. They also supply trap rock to the cities on the Hudson River where they have limestone quarries right in the town. The answer is that lime- stone can not take the place of trap rock for road work.
 T. J. Pardy, one of the biggest builders in Bridgeport, says trap rock is worth the difference in price in and he also says that comparing lime stone with trap rock is the same as comparing yellow pine with o->k.
 Ut has been said that the New Ha- ven trap rock company is an out Of town concern. Is this not true of the the other Quarries on the Hudson River. who are simply planning to put agents in town to sell their stone. The New Haven trap rock mpany has operated a plant here in Bridgeport for years, and is already established. It also occupies a very valuable prece of dock property in the center of Bridgeport, with the largest storage bins in the city, to accommodate it's customers. The New Haven trap rock company is a tax payer in Bridgeport and it's stone is quarried within 30 miles of Bridgeport, in the State of Connecticut, and trap rock is one of Connecticut's most valuable resources. When you dea1 with New Haven trap rock company, you deal with the quarry direct, not with an agent.
 'I might also add all of the stone which has been sold by the New Ea- ven trap rock company in Bridgeport Q yxAnC h rod n10c Jnc Inv S1itN weigher in the employ of the city. The stone is sold by the ton the same as you buy coal. They do not sell stone stone in truck and caM it yards, as is the custom in the sand and gra- vel business in Bridgeport"