Show 1 PAVING WOULD CIRCLE GLOBE American Improved High Highways ways Enough to Twice Surround World World If It the mod modern rn pa ed streets treet ts of leading American cities w were re Into a gr great at high Iway Iway way IS 18 feet fet wide that highway would mor more than twice tlc Encircle th the globe according to the lh first na- na national national na national sun Bur e ci the tho results of ave just been ben announced The suncy suney that with an average of 18 IS te feet t of ther there are aro 8 miles mUs of o paled pa t In American cities of 10 or more population This mU mileage age by byI rr JT rr exceeds that of o ever r other country In the world orld These cities which Include all but three e of o the cities of 10 or mor more population and anil which corn com comprise com prise 65 8 per cent of the urban population of ot the thA United States report a total of 54 lards ards arda ot of o pa pa ci ent Ot 05 0 this quare lards ards or 78 per percent p r cent aro arc of ot the typos types higher r than macadam These TheBe high high- higher high high-er er t pes In turn comprise percent- percent percentA percenti i AA A- A than agee of the tho total A higher r- r than macadam a sa ae follows follow types 58 63 9 per pr c cent nt brick 21 9 0 per cent stone slone block ii 11 6 per c cent nt wood block 3 3 per percent cent Portland cement concrete te 5 5 per c cent nt tar macadam 2 5 S percent per percent cent miscellaneous 1 3 per cent In tho the 65 cities ot of o population population lation or more moro reporting the as- as as types comprise 54 51 9 per pu cent 0 of the total of ot PM pa ement ments than macadam line IT The be percentages for tor the other t pea higher than macadam are re as aa follows follow Brick 19 U 9 per percent wood block 4 0 per cent Istone block 14 5 per cent Port Port- Portland Port Hand land fland cement concrete 3 5 6 per cent cent tar macadam 1 I 8 Per cent mis- mis miscellaneous mis miscellaneous 1 4 per cent cont The Tho total yardage ot of o streets ta In these theoe 65 Ig 1 Is square squarer ards The total of all types higher n macadam ii Ir Is ards of which 83 square ards are of ot the as- as as 11 Total yardages for forthe forthe the respective types of ot streets In Inthe Ithe 65 cities clUes are aro as aa follows Gravel including surface treated square yards ma- ma macadam ma-cadam ma cadam Including surface treated square yards macadam square arde arda concrete 82 yards yuda shoe shea asphalt square Ards arda blick 65 65 pITS square yards Portland ceo ce ce concrete square bards lards asphalt block 4 quare ards wood block square yards stone block block 48 48 square yards yarda a types square yards ards miscellaneous non non square squire yards yarda In the 12 American hay hay- hav having ring ing the largest paving yardage the types comprise 68 2 per percent cent of all t pes higher than Wa- Wa wo macadam These Theae clU cities are New York Chicago Bt St Louis l leIPha eIPh a Detroit Baltimore Los Angeles Angela Boston Cincinnati Portland Ore and Kan-isas Kan KAn- KAn aas IS City llo Mo The Ibe total paving yardage all tapes t pes in these the a 12 ties Ues Is 18 square yarda yards e n total ft- ft if of f the 4 A MT I- I 1 I t Is square quare yards ew a ew ew York York with Its Ita yards of paved streets lood municipalities In the Stats a 8 I Is Ie to be lie expect expected d but Chicago Is Ia a close second with 36 square yards ards The next 10 i dUes cities In the order of theIr paved yardage are as folio follo follows s St StLouIs StLouis StLouis LouIs 25 ards DetroIt 13 Baltimore 12 Lu 10 Angeles 97 Boston Borton 1 Cincinnati 10 burg Pitt-burg 9 Portland Ore OreS S 8 and Kansas Cit Mo lILo MoS i s 6 Just how the asphalted asp t pee pea fig fig- figore tig ure ore In comparison with the other of o pavement ment In these thee 22 12 cities cilles ma Ibo be understood by the th tb follow tollow- I followIng Of the square yard total pa paling Ing In these cities are of gravel IncludIng ice treated 33 are arc of o macadam m 6 are of a macadam 2380 are of Ur tr m 16 are ar of ot concrete 80 56 are of phet asphalt 29 lIe 74 are ar arof of brick 4 are of ot concrete 3 are arc t of r block 6 0 6 are of eod Mock block are of ston stone ick ci 1420 are aro t of f t types t pea pes and 3 are of tOv non t pes snakes percentage r lall n of M thee n 8 to the lh total of all nil types type crease than le I td taS ta follo ollo iB Asphalt m ing p spI 1 macadam m ini 1 I 3 asphalt con con- conC C Uy t h 8 chett hU asphalt a 4 4 brIck brickIn In h concrete 2 25 S Ihl block 1 I 2 Mood block 3 3 crne blo block k 1 2 7 miscellaneous lIan ous as- as types tIes 28 and a ous ou t pe 1 17 7 In New lurk lork it 11 the tho I 13 1 ps 1 corn com r rf f at 69 6 7 per cent of all pa pave pave- higher than ma ma- ma dam In Chicago this thit percentAge is 53 In Detroit l Is In oe Angeles 94 04 3 and In Portland portion U 3 S 3 Los Angeles hu has ha a higher per per- per percentage of ot pa pat em of the tIc t pe than any other city In the country Portland 1 18 second and ChIcago third 00 |