. Public works . his experimental section of : pavement has givensuch favorable impression that we have awarded con-tracts for laying square yards of it on anotherstreet. The lowest bid on this contract was $ persquare yard, including 6-inch concrete base and portlandcement filler. While we think this price is a trifle high,we account for this because of the fact that the pave-ment is practically an unknown quantity to local con-tractors and we think they have added a liberal marginfor safety. We have decided, however, to let the con-tract at this figure, hoping by keeping cost
. Public works . his experimental section of : pavement has givensuch favorable impression that we have awarded con-tracts for laying square yards of it on anotherstreet. The lowest bid on this contract was $ persquare yard, including 6-inch concrete base and portlandcement filler. While we think this price is a trifle high,we account for this because of the fact that the pave-ment is practically an unknown quantity to local con-tractors and we think they have added a liberal marginfor safety. We have decided, however, to let the con-tract at this figure, hoping by keeping cost account onit to show that it can be laid considerably cheaper than$ and in this way we expect to bring the price downto a more reasonable figure. From our investigation of this pavement and ourslight experience with it we are so favorably impresesdthat we hope to be alile to lay larger yardage of it inthe future if it can be done at a reasonable figure. I am inclined to think that it would be possible to lay. ON .M.\1N STKEKT, this pavement with a cheaper class of labor than is re-quired for the standard granite block. I have not triedto do so in Louisville, but have laid all the pavement todate with granite pavers at 50 cents per hour. We havejust started work* on our first contract for durax andI am going to have the contractor try common labor forlaying a portion of this pavement. After the completion of the car track paving on Mainstreet between 7th and 8th streets, we had left about 160square yards of granite cubes, which we have just laidon the side of Main street between 2d and 3d. We havekept the exact cost of this work, which amounted to •This was written October 2. Under date of November 28Mr. Lyman writes: Our contractor on tliis work made an ef-fort to use common labor, but it was not a success. The worl<was so poorly done that the contractor tore it out of his ownaccord and decided to make no further efforts alone this line,as he feare
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