Show ED EDITO ITO ift RIALS I 1 A LS TWO KINDS OF PAVEMENTS and and BOTH FAILURES ST louis has two kinds binds of patent pavement mv ement and ia Is happy with nei nel mer ono is the wood pavement and the other is 13 of the asphaltum order the globe dem of july 4 tells A tale of two streets with these thebe two pavements and here are two extracts first concerning the asphaltum fl yesterday morning the so called asphaltum pavement on third street between olive and locust succumbed to the summer complaint and ceased to exist as a pavement since the warm warin weather began it has apparently been taking a hint from the office of the register in bankruptcy on the corner and has had thoughts of going into liquidation and on yesterday it attempted to take a transfer team with the usual city load of fourteen barrels of flour earned on wheels one inch wide A large and sympathetic crowd gathered to see the wagon finally disappear appe arinto into the theSty stygian glan gian lake but the tho contractors had thoughtfully left the original nicholson beneath and after reaching this level the wagon stopped then the horses with one Centenni centennial ul tul tui pulled up the pavement like hendricks pulling up the st louis platform and the teamster went wen ton on his way the following is of the colson wood cit it will bo be a temporary inconvenience to have to wait until the asphalt has all run down into the sewer fewer but otherwise third street is not worse than olive street those who are tired of waiting for the asphalt to run down into the sewer can step around the corner to olive street where they will behold the pavement as it complies with the specifications of the city E engineers ngi office to say bay fay that it resembles the wreck of a flatboat rising above a sard saad bar gives but a faint idea of its picturesque beauty how well it serves the purpose of a pavement may be judged by the fact that tile the legion of old women and barelegged bare legged jegg ed mris girls who gather about the demolition of a building to carry off the broken laths baths andr and moul dered planks hans hape for a month been watching this particular pavement with the sagacious air of a flock of crows wa watching t h 0 a sickly buffalo we are better off than that here where we have no pavement of or any kind |