. Public works . t year. Novel Concrete Paving. Schenectady. N. Y.—. innovation is to be tried by thecity engineering department in the paving of OstranderPlace. This is to be pavedwith a 7-inch deep singlecourse layer of concrete andwill be the first real concretestreet in the city. Thestretch to be paved is about 450feet long by 24 feet novel feature that has notbeen tried elsewhere, to theknowledge of the department,will lie joints along-side of the curb and everytwenty feet running across thestreet diagonally at anangle of 60 degrees. That pavement will be divide
. Public works . t year. Novel Concrete Paving. Schenectady. N. Y.—. innovation is to be tried by thecity engineering department in the paving of OstranderPlace. This is to be pavedwith a 7-inch deep singlecourse layer of concrete andwill be the first real concretestreet in the city. Thestretch to be paved is about 450feet long by 24 feet novel feature that has notbeen tried elsewhere, to theknowledge of the department,will lie joints along-side of the curb and everytwenty feet running across thestreet diagonally at anangle of 60 degrees. That pavement will be dividedup into diamond-shaped blocks,each running the entirewidth of the street and curb for 20 feet, butseparated from the curb andthe adjoining blocks by aspace varying from one-fourthinch at the curb to three-eighths inch between blocks,and filled with tar asphaltumJohnson, photographer, and Hartford (Conn.) Daily Times. J similar material. The rea- LATING CONCRETE PAVEMENT. son for having these joints. 428 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL Vol. XXXVIL No. 13. run diagonally is to minimize the shock of the concussionof wagon wheels, as by this arrangement only one wheelwould strike the joint at a time instead of both forwardand back wheels together, as would be the case were thejoints or cracks perpendicular to the curbs. The curbswill be of concrete also and will be 6 inches wide by 24inches deep. SEWERAGE AND SANITATION New York Bans Roosters and Muzzles Dogs. New York, N. Y.—New Yorkers will not be disturbedat dawn by the crowing of cocks after November 1 if thenew regulations approved by the Sanitary Superintendentsof the Department of Health are adopted. The proposedregulations will prohibit persons from raising chickensin their back yards where there is another residence orpublic institution within seventy-five feet of the poultryinclosure, and, furthermore, residents of the greater citywill not be allowed to keep roosters. The chicken prob-lem in this city already has engaged
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