A treatise on highway construction . Fig, 18.—Section of Brick Pavement on Fig. 1 9.—Plan showing Arrangement of Junction, 260 HIGHWAY CONSTKDCTIOIf. quality of the local clays for the mamifaoture of good paving circumstance, together with the comparative ease with whichcontractors who have little experience can bid on this class of work,and the difficulty of rejecting the lowest bid by local authorities,will in many places result in the failure of the brick cities, however, in making contracts for brick pavements, willkeep these contingencies in mind, and as
A treatise on highway construction . Fig, 18.—Section of Brick Pavement on Fig. 1 9.—Plan showing Arrangement of Junction, 260 HIGHWAY CONSTKDCTIOIf. quality of the local clays for the mamifaoture of good paving circumstance, together with the comparative ease with whichcontractors who have little experience can bid on this class of work,and the difficulty of rejecting the lowest bid by local authorities,will in many places result in the failure of the brick cities, however, in making contracts for brick pavements, willkeep these contingencies in mind, and as far as possible exercisediscrimination in selecting bricks made especially for this purposeand contractors interested in making these pavements popular,then the development of a great industry may be anticipated. 307. Durability.—Brick has been used for upwards of a hun-dred years in the Netherlands, and pavements laid half a centuryago are still in good condition. There are several brick pavementsin the United States from ten to eighteen years old which arestill in good cond
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