India Rubber Roads.
New ideas in paving have lately attracted attention, says Siftings. Among these is the paving of a bridge by a German engineer with india rubber, the result having been so satisfactory as to induce its application on a much larger Bcale, a point in its favor being that it is mnch more durable than asphalt and not Blippery. In London a section of the roadway under the gate leading to the departure platform of the St. Pancras terminus has for some time past been payed with this material, with the effect of deadening the sound made when being passed over on wheels, besides the comfortable elasticity afforded to foot passengers. Another material -which is being satisfactorily introduced for this purpose is composed of granulated cork and bitumen pressed into blocks, -which are laid like bricks or wood paving, the special advantage secured in this case being that of elasticity. 1
Every jerson in this district should send a nop^r of the JNew Zealand Cookery Book to t ieir fritnds. A more useful present could art be found.— Adtc.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 26 January 1894, Page 8
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181India Rubber Roads. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 26 January 1894, Page 8
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