Public works . ring up the other half; by leaving astrip of the old pavement in front of the passenger entrance, for the use of pedestrians crossing the street or using thestreet cais, until just before it was concreted, and laying planks on the concrete at this point as soon as it was laid, forthe same use; and by rushing the work as much as possible. The photographs shown in this article were taken from the point A in the plan, and show the 7th Avenue and 33rd streetcorner of the passenger station. The removal of the old pavement here and up to the center of 34th Street began Tues-day aftern
Public works . ring up the other half; by leaving astrip of the old pavement in front of the passenger entrance, for the use of pedestrians crossing the street or using thestreet cais, until just before it was concreted, and laying planks on the concrete at this point as soon as it was laid, forthe same use; and by rushing the work as much as possible. The photographs shown in this article were taken from the point A in the plan, and show the 7th Avenue and 33rd streetcorner of the passenger station. The removal of the old pavement here and up to the center of 34th Street began Tues-day afternoon, and the grading was completed Wednesday. Concreting at this corner began at S a. m. Thursday; pavingbegan at 8 a. m. Friday, and traffic was using the new pavement at 4 p. m. Friday, or :s to 32 hours after the concretebase was laid. Owing to a rain storm Monday and Tuesday, pavement was not laid south of this point (toward SlitStreet) until Wednesday. AcGusT 30, 1919 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL AND PUBLIC WORKS 129. work is due to the contractor having a good organiza-tion and giving close personal attention to the work. The first work was the distributing of the new granitecurb-stone along each side of the street, after which theold paving blocks immediately adjacent to the old curbwere removed and the new granite curb, 6-inches in widthby 16-inches in depth, was set in concrete. Xext the granite paving blocks, which came from quar-ries of Joseph Leopold & Co., at Vinal Haven, Maine,were delivered and piled along the sidewalk. The next After the concrete had had a chanceto set for forty-eight hours or morea cushion consisting of one part ofPortland cement to three parts of sandwas mixed without the addition ofwater and was then slightly moistenedand spread to a depth not to exceedone inch over the concrete, after whichthe pavers laid the blocks, standing inthe grade the same as when a sandcushion is used. The paving gang usu-ally consisted of fourteen or fifteenpavers and seven ra
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