Show BRICK FOE THE SEWER I TIle Money Will Be Spent Here Instead I C of Going to England The labor unions take a deep interest in the method of construction to be employed em-ployed the gravity sewer and the Federated Fed-erated Trades Trill hold a special meeting i meet-ing at 5 oclock this afternoon Ira the t Purpose of formally endorsing the action i of the board of public works in adopting i the all brick plan The resolutions will t be presented to the city council tonight The decision of the board of public works relative to the great outlet sewer A seems to have been due to facts not generally gen-erally known or understood by the pub lieThe The decision in favor of brick was the result of plain facts stated and proved i as to the best practice in the modern cities Of the world Now that the work has been awarded q some or these facts may be of interest especially as to the cost and the real benefits bene-fits to come to the public by this decision Two plans with specifications were submitted to the board by the city engineer engi-neer one for a sewer practically of a concrete con-crete made from cement sand and gravel the other from hard burned brick laid in cement mortar Shortly after the publication for bids on this work it was discovered that the plans were such as to practically prevent the use of one of the great outputs of the territory and called for the sending to England of some 65000 for foreign cement to make concrete and plaster when it is notorious that brick is the l usual and better material r The following figures however tell I t the story and show wherein the board of i works has deeded wisely Tho concrete sewer as specified requires 1 re-quires 252i5 barrels of Portland cement ce-ment which at 100 per barrel is10gSO I Slie brick sewer three ring requires mortar 17130 barrels ol Portland ce i meut at Si 00 is 68520 i r Making a difference of 0115 barrels or8 36480 i to be sent to England The plaster lining and outer coating calls for 736 barrels more and U used means 29460 i to Which makes a total of 8 65920 never to return to this territory Now the amount of brick required to build threering brick sewer is 13527500 t having a value of 900 per thousand or territory 121747 ail of which will be spent in the |