Show 1 I Ii I i PARTY Editor of TIll The The Tribune does doen oes not now BOW rush to the defense of its i Economy gang It tell it its readers why wh its veneer walks fall fan To pieces pie t S as soon as used nor why its it curbing and 1141 its it dont work ami its itt asphalt 81 halt streets trl ts are arc ar full of which gives the pang gang a chance to hand band handout handout I out repair Jr jobs jolts to Poor Pat lat to keep him bim from going gOlD to the poorhouse i I Therefore I will give g e the taxpayers a little litt e light on Ol the ue subject AH AU j I sidewalks and concrete work according to city eity specifications should be he beI four incite inches thick and anti one to seven cement should be used and topping I should be bc half hlf cement and half sand and gravel If any Y ks e cement is i iI Is used the walks Milts will crack and disintegrate I The board of public workers is paid to me see that the tilt above specifications specification lure are carried out Dos Doa itt it Why is your walk two and a half to three inches thick and the contractors use cement from one olle part to ten mid and I twelve i This Ibis is is tho the reason taxpayers why you have haTe rotten sidewalks I Pat Moran foran has bu now laid at nt leant lenet le t miles of paving lie He and mid andI his hig men mOll can esit figure how much sand san sam and gravel they need to a street to I within a few loads and can tell within one o hundred seeks sacks how bow much cement I will wilt be required To say sa that Pat dont know would be bC a charge e of being as incompetent aS s the Tribune gang or the he engineers rs estimates Pat had to figure close eI to get the First avenue job from Strange it Maguire so O OI I close clog e that his hii hi men churned he lost lO t money on the job There is no doubt as to Pats ability The His success in getting from 20 lO o to 40 per r cent more than it should have oost lIt for street strett paving shows that he knew within bags hags of cement and loatH loads of sand and gravel how much would be Ite needed If he did not know these things he lie would be bankrupt in iii a short time Take fake my m word for it beis not bankrupt tor In Ina a II few years if this American gang can keep keell possession he Ite will be the tha John olm J D of the west wot When he ho finished the tho First l avenue paving lie he had more than bags b bof of cement left over and at least loads of gravel and sand I 1 did lid not count c the bags b g of cement nor did I r measure the sand and ami gravel but I r saw his hi tents more snore than titan half full of cement and I r naked asked one of Pats nen ell and ho lie told toM me the above aboe quantity Other property owners besides I saw that immense immense quantity of cement Did Pat haul that cement content up upI I to the die end of First FiNt avenue for the fun of hauling it to the west t side of the die city eity i He lie did not but hut I would like liko to know if it otto one to even of cement was need in our cement ment nine inches thick thiele I own 1110 feet fut frontage so you seer have an interest That asphalt that Pat uses I know nothing about but hut I do see the tho streets wearing out very rapidly Every spring SIring and fall Pat collects for tor repair work a few dollars Why it wears weaN out so I quickly I cannot tell Pat may mR and nut the engineers should So this chapter Signed JOlLY JOHN CONNELLY I |