28 KANSAS UN'IVERSrrV QUARTERLY. 



costing $2.80 per sq. yd.; i mile Colorado sand stone block, laid on 

 sand, costing $2.45 per sq. yd. The cost of maintenance of the 

 asphalt pavement was 10 cents per sq. yd. after five years of use. 



Leavenworth, — population 19,768; has 4 miles cedar block, 

 costing Si. 88 per sq. yd.; 9 miles broken limestone, 12 inches in 

 thickness, costing So. 50 per sq. yd. 



Atchison, — population 13,963; has 1.96 miles of cedar block, 

 laid on concrete, costing Si. 90 per sq. yd.; 0.55 miles Bois D'arc 

 block, laid on concrete, costing S3.83 per sq. yd.; 3.33 miles of Atchi- 

 son vitrified brick laid on sand, costing Si. 65 to $2. 00 per sq. yd.; 

 5.76sq. yds. lime stone block, laid on sand, costing Si.44 per sq. yd.; 

 2.42 miles broken lime stone, costing S-6o per sq. yd. This city has 

 abandoned the use of broken stone pavement and has i)aved several 

 of her old macadamized streets with brick. The cedar bUick pave- 

 ment has proved a failure in this city and will be replaced by brick. 

 The Bois D'arc block pavement which has been down for six years on 

 one of the principle business streets shows no signs of wear. It is 

 expected to last twenty-five years. 



Fort Scott, — population 11,946; has 5 miles broken lime stone 

 from 6 to 8 inches in depth, costing So. 35 and upwards |:»er si\. yd. 



Lawrence, — population 11,000; has i mile broken lime stone one 



foot in depth, feet of this have an eight inch Telford base covered 



with four inches thickness of broken stone, costing So. 45 to 0.50 per 

 sq. yd. Had 0.75 mile pine and cotton wood block pavement laid in 

 1870, costing S-25 per sq. yd., which lasted six years. 



Hutchinson, — population 8,682; has no pavement of any kind 

 but the city is now covering a j^ortion of the streets with cinders from 

 the salt works. 



Arkansas Citv, — population 8,347; has 8.5 miles of broken lime- 

 stone, the average cost of which was So. 33 per sq. yd, A part of this 

 is six inches in depth, covered with two additional inches of gravel, 

 the remainder is eight inches of broken stone covered with two inches 

 of gravel. The cost of maintenance is $200. per year. 



P^mporia, — population 7,551; has 15 miles of broken stone pave- 

 ment, covered with two inches of gravel. 



Parsons, — pojjulation 6,736; has 7,000 linear feet of broken 

 limestone pavement, costing So. 35 per sq. yd. 



Pittsburg, — population 6,697; has i mile vitrified brick, laid on 

 residuum, costing Si. 5 8 per sq. yd. Has no broken stone pavement, 

 and prefers brick to any other surface covering. 



Ottawa, — population 6,248; has i mile broken limestone, costing 

 Si. 20 per cubic yd.; 9,000 sq. ft. limestone, set on edge on natural 

 surface, costing So. 60 per sq. yd. 



Salina, — population 6,149; has no paved streets. 



