A HINT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
After a sufficient comparative trial, tho contest between granite, asphalt, and wood' for carriage ways has been decided in favour of the lost, and tho recent conclusion of the Corporation of London may bo regarded as a final confirmation of that decision. Mr. Heywood, engineer for the city, has shown (■ays Iron) that before a horse falls he may by expected to travel on granite 132 miles, on asphalt 1QI miles, and on wood 44(> miles; and although between the last two materials there is a trifling advantage in cost on the side of asphalt, that is much more than counter balanced in other ways. In easy traction and tho absenco of noise there is no comparison between wood and granite, and since the surface water has been kept out by means of asphalt, wood has become one of the most durable of pavements. The rapidity with which it can be laid, and tho ease with which it can be repaired, are not the least of its merits, while tho flooring of planks, which is nQfy laid as a superstructure, gives great elasticity and by distributing the weight equally over the whole pavement, adds to its power 1 of endurance.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5240, 28 July 1876, Page 3
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206A HINT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5240, 28 July 1876, Page 3
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