Show PAVING PA AND CEMENT tito question at 0 pt p ieng ing will soon bo be a acry cry live ilvo ono in fit this city have the city fathers filli tM thought anything about ja it aava they decided upon any ny particular kind that they will adopt would it not lift a good idea lor them to try to procuro procure some object lessons by which tile the people might form comparisons pari Par kons sons would it not boa bo a good idea for them to advertise o for proposals tor for iho different hind that they bay may approximate to correctness in dalzin making 9 estimates speak to a dozen different people as to tile best kind or of a pavement for a city liko like this ind and there will hardly two answer the same ono one will alro that the only pavement that will bear all tests Is rubble another will object on tho the score of nolo noise and will insist that tho the pavement of 0 civilization Is asphaltum tho third will admit that forsight tor for light vehicles and pedestrians no is so pleasant as asphaltum except brick and that brick combines all tho the virtues at 0 both asphaltum and rubble another will moralize moral iio and explain that tho thing to do Is to tale take advantage ot of tho the material easiest to bo be procured and will hill insist upon a rabble robalo substratum sub stratum and an asphalt cover so they will go through the whole gamut from gravel up ivd iva suspect wore were the matter brought brou glit up cp in tho the council the result would bo be found to hn he just as 03 much alvor ity of op opinion hilon why then would it not bo be a good idea to ask tor for proposals po als not to pavo pave any particular street but tor for paving generally 1 tho two factors that will govern will bo be first the cost aud and second the quality ol of tho pavement everything being considered irwill it will not bo be long until some soma paling contracts will bo be in order it should not ho be postponed until july as ag proposed has aas tho the council begun to consider what kind ind of pavement will bo be most durable Portana fortunately tely wo we believe that every lice dad ingredient for firstos first class cs pavement ment Is at hand cheap unless cement may inay be required that reminds us na that a scientific man in our midst says saya tho the most perfect material in tho the world better than in england for making portland comert coment Is here so abundant and so close cloo at hand that with to cost not it can bo be in any desired quantity and ot of perfect quality lor for per tou ton it now dow costs coats hero here by wholesale Z 30 no ila sas near here is a great inexhaustible roof reel ot of hydraulic cement that close by in tho the next canyon the formation changes and there is an immense bed ot of tho the finest clay possible for tho the purpose pur poso and that those these with a little silica constitute about all that Is needed tor for the manufacture of a content cement superior to tho the best in the eastern market surely this is worth considering by men who he have tho the me means ami to spare with portland cement reduced to 1450 or e en per ton on there would be litty fifty tous tons used here N where here one is now used va while lillo tile demand tor for it in neighboring cities would test the fattest capacity ot of tho the works A good and cheap article of 0 cement would causio tho the plans ot of luany litany a 0 structure to bo be changed and alre proof buildings iu ill stead ol of h halt alf fireproof fire lire proof would be the rule certainly no city was over ever before surrounded by every mineral that men need and with so touch much to choose from it would ba a pity to lime any mistakes made especially are wo we anai anxious ous t to 0 seo see the first ono or tho blocks perfectly paved because that would establish two things first tho the material best tor for the purpose and second the advantages advantage ot v ell paved streets over those not paved they would bo be so apparent that the tha orders would begin to come in fit for paving taste faster than the authorities could possibly respond no ko city Is worth tho the name of city that does not make its streets a comfort rather than a di disgrace ggrace and burdon burden to the inhabitants |