Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 3

'SMALL PAVING BLOCKS USED ‘They Are Proving Popular in Rural Regions In Europc—First Lald In New York State. i For a number of years country roads In parts of Germany, Austria and oth- ‘er European countries have been paved with small cubes of stone but it is not 80 generally known that small-block pavements have been laid in the Unit- ed States. They are believed to have n introduced first by J. Y. McClin- tock, county superintendent of Monroe county, N\ Y. After an experience of ten years or so, he recommends the use of blocks of vitrified clay, meas- uring 2% inches on each side. These mre laid on a base of gravel, macadam, concrete or broken slag, which is usu- ally made wider than the pavement In order to support the gravel or brok- en stone laid beside the cubes to form hard :shoulders to carry vehicles that Laying Vitrified Blocks. are forced to turn out of the main roadway. During the last year about six miles of such pavement were put down in the county. . Mr. McClintock holds that this type of construction is desirable where a substantial base is already in place, as In the case of an old gravel or ma- cadam road which is not worn out, or a base can be constructed at low cost. The vitrified blocks are often laid by anskilled labor, properly supervised, with entirely satisfactory results. Another type of small-block pave- ment was recently laid on the Morris- town turnpike in New Jersey, which cgeries a heavy traffic. There 1s a sec- of this road about 1,200 feet long aving a 7 per cent grade, where it was declded to try small granite blocks in the hope that their numerous joints would reduce the tendency to slip and skid on this rather steep slope. The blocks are 3 to 4-inch cubes and were laid on a thin foundation. They were not lald in rows but In curved lines, forming a mosaic pat- tern, and the joints were filled with fine stone and a grout of cement and sand. PIONEER GOOD ROAD BUILDER Dver $120,000000 Expended or Pledged During Last Two Deo- ades In New York State. TS ———— = ! Twenty years ago New York em- ¢ barked upon its policy of state aid for the construction, maintenance and re- pair of state, county and township bighways. Since that time approxi- mately 20,000 of the total mileage, es- s ated to exceed 80,000, have been i proved. As a ploneer in the good roads move- ment, the Empire state has always oc- { cupled first rank. Over $120,000,000 | bas been expended or pledged during | the last two decades for highway con- struction. CONVICTS BUILD GOOD ROADS Prison Camps No Longer In Experl- mental Stage in Oklahoma— Accepted Institution. 80 longer in the experimental stage, 5 says the National Committee on Pris- v(\ml and Prison Labor. They have ... . become an accepted institution In the state. In the central and southwest f ons prisoners are bullding the | : ——— [ In Oklahoma prison road camps are ¥ Ozark jail; in the southeast, they are grading the Jefferson highway, and in other districts they are assisting in the ! jocal good road movement. Illinois In Earnest. = The state of linois will put to its E yoters at the 1918 election the ques- £, v tion of issuing $80,000,000 in highway *he the interest and retiring fund or which 1s to be provided for by an fncrease in the motor vehicle registra- tion fees. < ————————— Drainage and Foundation. . Drainage and a good foundation are the first considerations in improving & d with a hard surface. The best &&Mflmu-mm wi th a low crown. DO NOT OVERHEAT RADIATOR Good Deal of Trouble May Result Dure ing Summer Months If Necessary Precaution Is Not Taken. The motor car is heir to certain sea- sonable troubles, for which provision must be made in advance, if one is to ride in comfort. In winter the freez- Ing of cooling water must be guarded against by using an antifreezing mix- ture. In summer just the other ex- treme, overheating, must be guarded against. There are a number of things that may cause this trouble, and to prevent it all the sources must be overhauled. To begin with, the radiator ought to be drained, to see if the water runs freely throughout the entirg length. By pouring water into the empty radiator it may . be determined very easily whether or not the water is flowing through freely. Often enough there may be an obstruction, preventing rap- td flow, which turns out to be simply some minor sediment around the drain-cock. In this case aematch thrust upward will clear away the ob- struction. If there is an overflow pipe, this is a possible location of trou- ble, as dirt often gathers around the lower opening. ‘The rubber connec- tions in the cooling system ought to be taken out and the inside examined. If the fabric is broken and hanging, renew the connections. The fan belt should be carefully looked over, given a dose of ofl, and tightened® up if nced be. + E War Weddings Decline, in Glasgow. War weddings are on the decline, if one Is to accept the figures regarding Irregulur marriages in Glasgow as con- clusive. In 1915 all records were broken, the number of couples whose¢ weddings were legulized by the sherif; exceeding anything hitherto known Last year there was a drop, though the total for the year was still consid erable, and far in advance of normal times. The present year shows a fur- ther decrease. One day, for instance, there were 32 civil marriages in the county buildings, bringing the total for the year so far to 1,440. At the sume date last year the total was 1,760. Good-by Leather Shoes, The leather shoe is becoming so ex- pensive that it will soon be out of the reach of all but the rich; therefore. according to Andrew H. King, writing in Metallurgical and Chemical Engi- neering, its place is to be taken by shoes with soles of rubber and uppers of canvas. The properly muade rubber sole, into which ground cotton waste and leather dust are incorporated, will NIAGARA KEEPS ARMIES WELL Chlorine, Used in Water, Kills the Germs of Disease, Yet Leaves the Drinker Untouched. In the trenches of Europe there must be pure water, lest epidemic dis- ease sweep over them, destroying more than the shells, shrapnel and machine guns of the enemy ; and Niagara comes forward with chlorine, or an allied product, which kills the germs of dis- ease, yet leaves the drinker un- touched. In the simplest forms, the process of breaking up salt and getting command of the qualities of the two elements in It consists of dissolving about one part of common salt in eight parts of water and "passing a given current of elec- tricity through it. The resultant fluid Is a great bleacher and disinfectant. A gallon of it will kill all the germs in a day’s drinking water of a city like Washington. A thousand American cities sterilize their water with these products of Niagara, which have done more than any other agency in the hands of the sanitarians to wipe out water-borne epidemics. In the hospitals of France and England they form the active part of mixtures used to sterilize the wounds of the soldlers,.—National Geographic Magazine, FAMILY REFUSED TO MOVE Tenant Contended Baby Made No More Noise Than the Owner's Bark- ing Dog. There 18 a baby in an East End fam- ly, and the owner of the house in which the family lives is a woman who owns a dog. The baby cries and the dog barks and howls, says theeln- dianapolis News. The family with the baby went on a vacation trip recently, and during thelr absence the landlady decided she pre- ferred a different tenant—one with- out a crying baby. So she notified the family to move out. 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