. Notes on the yellow fever epidemic at Hickman, Ky., during the summer and autumn of 1878. Water Conduit scale vio. YELLOW FEVER IN KENTUCKY. ^5 I made blocks 3^ inches cube of gravel from Hickman and Paducah,using in the various blocks Louisville cement, Portland cement, andordinary quick lime. Blocks containing 1 part of Louisville cement to7 sand and gravel, and blocks with I part quick lime to 8 gravel andsand, and y2 of 1 part of Portland cement, withstood a crushing weightof from 11,000 to 12,000 pounds.* After drainage, I would recommendthat areas be excavated back of the stores runnin
. Notes on the yellow fever epidemic at Hickman, Ky., during the summer and autumn of 1878. Water Conduit scale vio. YELLOW FEVER IN KENTUCKY. ^5 I made blocks 3^ inches cube of gravel from Hickman and Paducah,using in the various blocks Louisville cement, Portland cement, andordinary quick lime. Blocks containing 1 part of Louisville cement to7 sand and gravel, and blocks with I part quick lime to 8 gravel andsand, and y2 of 1 part of Portland cement, withstood a crushing weightof from 11,000 to 12,000 pounds.* After drainage, I would recommendthat areas be excavated back of the stores running through from Clin-ton to Jackson streets, and along the sides of the buildings betweenthose streets fronting on Cumberland street. For retaining walls to these areas, concrete from tr^e same gravel canbe used. Instead of hydraulic lime, quick lime will answer for thesewalls, although the former would be preferable. By sloping the bottomof these areas away from the buildings, and putting a drain on the lowerside, the buildings will be rendered much dryer. I think it injudiciousto use brick work in foundations,
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