Show SIDEWALKS THE BEST tam subject ot of sidewalks is one of importance and the ibe point as the oest nest molt material erial to use in their is being prominently dis aussel in consequence ot of this interest interact a representative of the news took occasion to ascertain the views views of bilas morris ow on the watter matter he be being abot only practical and rel reliable table in lodgment on general principles but in every way familiar with the subject subject toe the result of the interview was about aa follows ws the views of mr morris being given herein in substance 1 I have been asked the same ques lies by a meat many people and will it unreservedly it is 9 to the ett eft gee ke that cement walks take prece deace of 0 all ail others being the best cheapest and most moat handsome provi providing they are properly made lu in the their r manufacture these conditions must be e observed let the ground on abi which h the ce ment bt is laid must be perfectly solid it not the ground win wig settle nettle and ana the cement will crack this is a condition tion necessary even in the laying of rock sidewalks Ide elde walks i the cement must be of the best beat quality embodying the ingredients in proper proportions 8 the walk should be properly protected until it is firmly set some say we have several sped men of cement walk on main street that are failures this is correct and and aad the reason lor for this lies in the poor quality of the materials and the non compliance wita the conditions I 1 have named amid the parties who have done the work were not practically acquainted quain ted with the business and when such bach men take contracts at a low figure they try to te make them pay by not noc selecting or using the best beat sand and gravel tor for strength and by withholding due proportions oi of the constituents of good cement some favor rock walks on the ground that that material is ft entirely native the same argument ariment may be used in tavor favor of because it the latter la preferred cement works will undoubtedly be established in this city and aad in this way many thousands 0 ofa dollars be saved t to the territory be 4 ides what would flow into it by exporting x so valuable a material 00 th the e demand tor for which is increasing yalar yearly ly it should also be remembered that the e cost of good rock lagging would be at least double that of cement and would not be any more durable than the latter As for brick and shale they might be used providing there were noth nothing ilIg else elise I 1 would be willing to warrant I 1 such cement walks as I 1 could lay to wear as well as sandstone flagging for from five to ten years on condition that the ground and on a chith they are laid be well packed to prevent settling As samples in that line I 1 do not hesitate to refer to the walk in front of the callen house houpe which stood ahe severe frost test of last winter and is perfectly sound also that in frost front of the premises of evans spencer and another along the south front of the conklin block in the twenty first ward in conclusion I 1 will say that it la is useless to lay cement in frosty weather as when this to is done they will not adt tend stand I 1 repeat that when ade conditions I 1 have enumerated are complied with cement makes the most de in appearance bearance pe arance and la Is second to none in point it of durability |