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stone. For roadways the Potsdam and Medina sandstones 

 have been employed ; and there are In the city : * 



Streets paved with sandstone, total, length 3.40 miles 



Streets paved with cobblestone, total length 1.54 " 



Streets paved with limestone block, total length... .16 " 



Total 5.10 miles 



Streets paved with block asphalt 12 miles 



Streets macadamized 47.00 " 



Total length paved street 52.22 miles 



Oswego 



Oswego from its situation on the lake commands cheap 

 water freight, and in this way stone from the west and from 

 points on the St. Lawrence come to it. The principal build- 

 ing stone In use for common wall work is the coarse-grained, 

 light-gray sandstone, of the Medina sandstone formation. 

 It is quarried on the lake shore and within the city limits, 

 north-east from Fort Ontario to the New York, Ontario 

 and Western Railroad company's shops. For the heavy 

 masonry of the breakwater in front of the city, and for locks 

 and piers, Chaumont limestone has been used almost ex- 

 clusively. Onondaga gray limestone, dressed, and In course 

 work, appears in the county court house. The old Fort 

 Ontario walls and structures are of sandstone from the local 

 quarries. The United States post-office, and custom house 

 building Is of Ohio sandstone. The First Presbyterian and 

 Christ (Protestant Episcopal) churches, are built of sand- 

 stone from local quarries. The Church of the Evangelists 

 is of a spotted-red sandstone from Oswego Falls. One of 

 the newer stone fronts Is that of the Second National bank, 

 in which the Granby sandstone, carefully selected, has been 

 put. There are in all about a dozen stone dwelling-houses 

 and business fronts. 



"■ Annual report John B. Borden, City Engineer, 1889 page 69. 



