En Samling Afhandlinger Om Veje 1876-1881

OUR ROADWAYS. 27 able, may be charged against the local authorities as positive cruelty. On this subject, Mr. Haywood, C.E., Engineer to the City of London, issued in 1874 an elaborate and exhaustive report in which lie says: “ Slight rain makes both asphalte and wood more “ slippery than they are at other times. On asphalte “ the slipperiness begins almost immediately the rain “ commences, wood requires more rain before its “ worst condition ensues. The slipperiness lasts “ longer upon wood, on account of its absorbent “ nature, than it does upon the asphalte; when dry “ weather comes after the rain, when asphalte is in “ its most slippery state, the horses fall on it very u suddenly, on wood their efforts to save themselves are “ more effectual; wood also is frequently in that pecu- “ liar condition of surface in which horses slip or “ glide along it without falling. A small quantity of “ dirt upon asphalte makes it very slippery, wood “ requires a large quantity.- Slipperiness can be “ temporarily cured on both pavements; on the as- “ phalte by sprinkling it with sand,’on the wood by “ sprinkling it with gravel. The result in both cases “ is dirt. The sand thrown on asphalte helps to wear “ it out, the gravel thrown on wood tends to preserve it. “ When a horse falls on asphalte it lias difficulty in “ getting up; on wood it rises more readily.” In a special report on accidents to horses, Mr. Haywood says “ that a horse might be expected to travel on an average, without falling,