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GALES B U R G ,

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SN the selection of paving brick the point of origin is of greatest importance.

All impervious paving brick of the first grade are manufactured from shale, because from this natural material the most dur¬ able brick can be made.

Shale has been dis¬ covered in various sec¬ tions of the country, but

is without an equal. It has been adopted as standard by the United States Bureau of Standards. The high quality of Purington Pavers is primarily due to the absolute uniformity of *-J f=^~ I

MANUFACTURING

Mode .Tii equipment is necessary to produce good paving brick,-but to

the purchaser the burning process is

one of great consequence.

Paving Brick of homogeneous character must be made from shale which shrinks materially when burned to the point of vitrification.

Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.; paved 1898; photographed 1911.

Wearing surface — Purington Brit

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is one inch in eight inches, and this quality, though indispensable, de¬ mands extreme care and experience to obtain the best results.

The force which has charge of the burning department of the Puri ng-

ton Paving Brick Company is com¬ posed of the most expert and exper¬ ienced men in the business, and to their knowledge and the unequaled

form high grade of Purington Pavers.

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QUALITY

I ERE are numerous meth¬ ods of testing the quality of paving brick, but the two generally adopted are the rattler tests of the National Brick Man¬ ufacturers’ Association and the National Paving Brick Manufac¬ turers’ Association. Hither of them is efficient and both have the same object in view, viz: to determine the quality of the brick bv computing the loss due to the specific abrasive action of the test. The chief difference between the tests is the construction of the rattlers, the shape and size of the shot abrasive and the number of paving brick constituting a charge.

The reputation of Purington Pavers has been augmented by these tests, and by the more important test of time.

After an exhaustive investigation, the United States government selected Pur- inglon Pavers for paving the streets of the city of Panama on the Isthmus of Panama.

TERRITORY

THK territory in which Purington Pavers are used is constantly increasing, due to the growing de¬ mand for hrick pave¬ ment.

Kngineers and other officials who are re¬ sponsible for the pave¬ ments of our cities are insisting that only the best material he used in th eir construction, consequently the ever increasing market for Pan ?igto n Pavers made

EASE

OF TRACTION

Till', distance mer¬ chandise has to be transported is year¬ ly increased, and modern efficiency, therefore, makes necessary the constantly increasing size and weight of the load hauled.

STONE BLOCK PAVEMENT

Light or heavy loads can he moved by a less expenditure of energy and with greater rapidity over a brick pavement than any other form — of road construction.

ROAD

ASPHALT

PAVEMENT

TREATED WOOD BLOCK PAVEMENT

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COUNTRY ROADS

O NH man with a pick could not do as much harm to a mile of ordinary country in one day as a heavy automobile could do on the same stretch in the same ength of time.”

Modern traffic condi¬ tions demand a wearing surface of Vitrified Paving Brick for Country Roads. When a country road is paved and paid for it > should cease to be an ex- pense to the taxpayer. It

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Country Road, Warren County, running out of Monmouth; paved 1906. One course Purington blocks laid on four inches of sand

used tor the wearing surface there will be no future cost for maintenance and repairs.

FORM OF CONSTRUCTION

THK cardinal principles involved in the proper construction of a brick pavement are few in number and simple of exe¬ cution, yet of vital importance, but are so largely governed by locality, cost and traffic conditions that the subject is not treated in this booklet. The Kngineers in charge of the work are the most competent to make the selection of the form of construction and the materials to be used m brick pavements.

Pi/ ringto ?i Pavers have been used as a wearing surface with all known forms of construction and have thoroughly demonstrated their lasting qualities under all conditions. I he I unngton I aving Brick Company will be glad to impart to those interested the knowledge gained from this experience.

DESIGNED. ENGRAVED. AND PRINTED BY THE CROWN P R ES S. C H I C A G O