Show ASPHALT AREA IN VARIOUS CITIES Tendency of Present Day Is Toward Cemented Surface Supplanting Others Washington stands fourth In the list of ot American cities in the area of as asphalt asphalt asphalt streets according to the latest bulletin issued by the census bureau says the Washington Post It has a to total total total tal of ot square yards of ot the ce mental surface which its engineer de department department department is required to look after atter day and night Outranking Washington in this re respect speet are New York Chicago and Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia But the time condition of Washing Washington ton streets and the fact that the tho greater part of ot them are asphalted leaves the general impression ion that no city in tSe te t e country can boast of or as many miles of ot smooth surfaces Cobblestone pave pae pavements pavements ments are so much in evidence in certain certain tain tam quarters of the three other cities mentioned as to leave the Impression that more yards of streets are uncovered uncovered uncovered ered by asphalt than really is the case caseI Following I Washington in asphalt area are aro San Francisco and Buffalo Balti Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore more although the sixth city In Ia the United States in population comes far fardown fardown fardown down on the list with only yards of asphalt thoroughfares The Monumental Monumental Monumental mental City also possesses square yards ards of cobblestone streets an anarea anarea anarea area three times greater than that of Philadelphia and equal to the combined cobblestone area of ot Cleveland Buffalo and Cincinnati Washington also alS l ranks high to macadamized 1300 00 square yards while the area of cob paving is so small as to be scarcely worth estimating Chicago and Detroit possess between them more than of the wood block pave ments meats In the United states A notable tendency of the present day says sa S the bulletin is toward asphalt pavements at the tho expense of wood woodblock woodblock woodblock block cobblestone gravel granite and Belgian block The bulletin gives a to total total total tal length of sewers of all classes In of the cities in the United States which possess a population ot of or more as miles New York is placed first on the list with Chicago second while Washington ranks alongside of Pittsburg Pitts burg with I miles of sewers Baltimore is again near the tho bottom of tho the list with only sixty y two miles ranking with such cities as I Fall River Mass which boasts of six I miles of or sewers |