Crushes Hardheads

Yestoidi.v aficrnoon a stone -ru-lie.- was in o'peration at El liard s wood va.id. ow Detroit strest, aad gave the eltizeoB a.u idea oif whiat sort cf wo'ik could bc domo. The machine waa tibe Aanöriaan Sume ('rnsher, and [t ga-vte evideace of its power by ■', ap" "Uuee loads of colilile sto:nes In very slioi't order. It can he gwiiged ta ciuah iine er se, rtíi is jieeded, and these blue flint and white iliut hiard licads aie Vliowcd u p" with appamiUy B mucJi case as the eoíter lime and uanfl stoiies. Th play of tlie iron jaws that do all tlii work is only atoout one-half i.nh u. and yt na etofiè gets ra tween the ■■ticili" oí ilii- monster but lias to succumb to "tlie inevitable a,nd be reducéd "to girare), ('luniks oJ tron even were rum tliroTigh i.nd mail pieees. Aitgr beIng mi-lied aaa clevator taks the piooes and emptles tlicni int, -i ieïcvQlvin sieve, whieh sort.j tLe crusliod product into tliree different .-i rs. 'Jlic ooflise stoines ars used at ihe lioitmn oí tlic road to mako the ïound.-ition. After a few iiu-hes ol thls is tlioroughly roHed down ilicn tbe aiexl grade smaller is takea, and the ttnest grade is used fo-r a top dressinig". Hiere i.s a;J quefftioa Imt thls i- w luit A nu Ar'bo-r needs. Slie is a quaitcr of a oeintury-behind the times vih her muil Streete, a.nd s-hould eatch up wifch the ï-go t-ihu is traveling in. Som-e objeet-ioni is bciiug 'ra-ised l;ecaiise of expenso. The cit.y is as ïith iiio' as she ever will he. The longer Vi, i thina; is poit off, the harder it will toe to make tlie purohase. J-conomy niiglit better bc used ia pome other tlniitf.-. streets leed attentioa and nscd it pery muchAVibh a Btone crushier and road roller, Ann Arlor coiuld build streets tluit worald le better and more iluraIjle t-him p,aved etreete, espeeially ihe wood pavoment. And oven brick wears oait in a few yc-u-s, ■vhile these stroots conBtiiïBted of cruslied stone anid gravel, wi 1 last for generatlons. It is ecoaomy to 1uy these machines, and to luy tliein uow, v.'hile the city has muur, 10 do it wlfch'. Gravel is gettinig acaree, and besides li slmlply a waste of time and monej' to buy gravel a.nd dump it on the muil the. way th,at isbeijllg dome. Once i?et a roiad ftcuusbructed oL crushed soljic, and the city has soimeüiirg l.hal i aiO't oinl.v diu'able but a real luxir.'j' ifoir itea.mi:ig driving purposes. The OO'ii.ncil eEould not hesitate, luit sliO'uld go tibead and niake the ynvdhiaoe.