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Show Tile Sidewalk.. Daniel Jeneu, a rc-ident of Mill Creek, tut who l e"ta'o!ihing a buslne In tlili city, is laying t.Ie sidewalk lufrcnl of the Thirteenth Ward Co-ap. ou Main Street. The tiles vrc hexagonal in form and about ten inched in diameter. Thry are composed of ecju il parts of Portland Port-land cement and tlver sauJ, auJ after being moulded arc hardened in water for rcVcral limes. On !ing taken from the water they art- slowly slow-ly dried in the shadf. Mr. Jeli'-cu claims this to be the true proress Tor making them hard and durable. The tiles are laid In mortar coin-potd coin-potd of one part of Jcrtlatt J cement and four jartsof sant. ThI- mortar Is spread on a fouti lation composed bf one part of Portland cement and nine rarra of pu'esanl a-il gravel. Mr. Jensen warrants this klu J of a sidewalk for five eari. and states that he has kn--ru It 1 1 lavt t-reuty yean, in the city of .o.Kiihageu. The cot ranges from S5 to "Ki cents per squire foot, not a high figure, when the luauty and durability of Uie sidewalk are considered. Every third tile Is red, and Uie rest aic gray. Thn latter Is the natural in'or of the materials utd, and the former Is produced by a mineral su "stance, milted wiUi the materials In Uie process of manufacture, and will never fade. |