THE BEST AND WORST KIND OF ROADPAVING.
The Horse Accident Prevention Society recently, by circular, invited an expression of opinion on the part of every driver in the employ of the London General Omnibus Company, the London Road Car Company, Messrs Tilling, omnibus and cab proprietors, and Messrs Caiter, Paterson and Co., carriers, as to which, in their experience and judgement, was the best — that is, the safest — and which the worst or most dangerous kind of road-paving in vogue in the streets of London. From the replies received it apreurs that 750 drivers declare wood the best, 219 macadam, 197 granite cubes, and 51 asphalt. As to i the " worst paving," 122 drivers say it is wood, and 1046 pronounce asphalt to be the worst and most dangerous paving material used.
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Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 11, 12 July 1890, Page 1 (Supplement)
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132THE BEST AND WORST KIND OF ROADPAVING. Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 11, 12 July 1890, Page 1 (Supplement)
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