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Show and wholesale or jobbing trado it is wholly unfit, granite being preferablo to it. . It is strange that iu the intelligent discussion of the various materials no mention was made of brick, and yet brick is gaining in favor and is standing the test of time and! wear wherever, tried. Wo have the clay out of which to make the best paving brick and it might not be auiiss to give it a show. AS TO PAVING. That was a sensible meeting of sensi-bio sensi-bio business men last night at which tho merits of tho different paving materials ma-terials for Main street were discussed. Tho predominating choice was asphaltum asphal-tum under certain conditions that were embodied iu Mr. Raybould's resolution. There is no question but that asphaltum asphal-tum on the whole gives the greatest satisfaction satis-faction in tho end, provided it can be laid as cheaply and as well as any other durable material. It looks woll, is not so noisy and can easily be kept clean. The greatest drawback to it is the hardship it works to horses, especially when they are standing still, and the annoyance it gives when repairs iu it or below it are beiug made. However, How-ever, Washington, tho best paved city in tho world, has experimented with all known materials, until finally it has adopted asphaltum almost exclusively for its best streets. Iu some cities asphaltum has not proved an unqualified success, and we believe it is not adapted for every climate. cli-mate. Strange to say, this point was not even mentioned in yesterday's meeting. Where, as iu Omaha, Chicago, Chi-cago, New York or Boston, sudden aud extreme changes in temperature frequently fre-quently occur, the asphaltum contracts or else cracks very readily, and needs frequent, costly nnd aggravating repairs. re-pairs. In Washington these sudden changes do not occur; neither do they in Salt Lake City. Of course, in discussing asphaltum, wo refer particularly to Main and State streets, where light traffic aud retail business are carried on ; for heavy traffic i |
