Commercial and architectural St. Louis ; illustrated (1891)
St. Louis : Dumont Jones · leaf 15
ssto say that granitepavements have givensatisfaction. Theyhave facilitated andthereby decreased thecost of transportationover the streets verylars^ely. Manufact-urers and business houses handling a large amount oi heavygoods report that this paving has reduced the cost of transport-ing their wares… … Michael Foerste, Treasur ARCHITECTURAL ST. LOUIS. 11 wood blocks laid onconcrete base ; 20,882feet or 3.95 miles ofstreets c o n s tr u c t e dwith sheet asphaltum ;96,739 feet or 18.32miles of street madewith telford pavement.During the fiscalyear of 1877-78 theStreet Department ex-pended on the…
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