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Show as a brick pavement, and cleanliness is certainly to be desired on a residence street. Brick pavement is no experiment. It has been used for several years in eaBt-ern eaBt-ern cities, and hns been found to answer evory purpose. Omnha has about two miles of it and proposes to lay more of it. Tho Omaha board of public works has endorsed brick in preference to asphalt or wood. The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, i.-3 now boing extensively paved with brick, as is also the city of IJoaluce in the same state. The adoption of brick for the paving of residence resi-dence streets will groaNy stimulate the manufacture of brick in this city. We hope that the property 6wners will carefully care-fully investigate tho merits of the various vari-ous paving materials ns to cost, durability, durabil-ity, smooth noss. noiHolessness, and hoalthfulnoss. Sl tiC.K.STIONM AS TO TAVINd. The Herald euggosta that East Tomnle Btrtet to tho bench be macadamized with either limestone or bIiiiIo. Wo think this would be a eeiious mistake. A macadamized Btreet would require con- uid( rablo repairing, ami "wo iuesti n whether it would be any cheaper in tho end than a good durable and smooth pavement. Thoro are two very good pavements for retiden'-o streets- -usphalt and brick. Asphalt whilo giving a smooth surface ie, however, tot) costly, and it lacks tho desirable quality o! durability. Uiick, on the other hand, can be put down at a veiv small 0 t, not mire than Sl.lo n square yard and j-ofsibly as low ns 1.35. Brick, when specially mado for paving purposes pur-poses ia n very desirable material, and it makes n pavement equally ns smooth t aid delightful for driving purposes as ' asphalt. A macademized roadway enn- 1 ot be clciim d ns easily or as thoroughly |