Afewmiles-




of cobbles;

being re-
placed by
granite.
Ipswich


None.
2 miles creosoted
fir.
Leicester


72 miles, 815
yards.
459 yards Jarrah

wood, 324 yards

uncreosoted red

deal.
Lincoln


6 miles, 1,106
yards.
214 yards of 9in. 2fi0 varHs






by4iin.by3in.red
deal.
pitch and
tar mac-
adam.
Manchester...
621 miles.
1 mile of Jarrah,
Karri, and pre-
served beech.
None.
About 230-
yards of
paten t
pavements-



CAERIAGBWAYS AND FOOTWAYS.
89



DIFFERENT TOWNS AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS IN
THE SUBJECT OF CARRIAGEWAY PAVEMENTS.
Description of
Foundations.
a.
Means Adopted to Pre-
vent Slipperiness.
Opinion as to the Best
Available Covering for
the Carriageways of
the Respective Towns
under Local Condi-
tions of TraflSo, etc.
For granite, 7 to 1
-cement concrete 7in.
thick ; for wood, 6 to
1 ditto brought to a
smooth face with
cement 3 to 1.
Wood paving sprinkled
daily with fine gritty
gravel, small stones of
which become em-
bedded.
Where noise is not an
objection, well-dressed
granite setts, but wood
is a luxury well worth
paying for in certain
cases.
■Sin. Portland cement

concrete ; proportions :

clean shingle 5, sharp

sand 1, cement 1



Watered and swept
when necessary. In
frosty weather fine
shingle or coarse grit
sand is sprinkled.
Creosoted wood blocks.
Australian wood is too
hard, the price double,
but questioned whether
It will wear twice the
time.
'6in. cement concrete for
wood and granite paved

streets.
Thorough scavenging of Sin. by Sin. granite setts,
wood pavements by 'grouted up with pitch



street orderly boys, and
by sanding or gravel-
ling when requisite.
and tar.
Portland cement con-
crete Gin. thick.
Spreading small gravel
whenever weather de-
mands it.
