En Samling Afhandlinger Om Veje 1876-1881

6 OUli ROADWAYS. others, in the shape of rates, the ratepayers have to pay largely for its maintenance in the wear and tear of their vehicles from jolting over the hard stones, and in the damage done to the feet of their horses. The condition of the legs of a London cab-horse after a few years upon the stones is sufficient proof of its cruel character; and, in fact, pavements oi granite cubes arc now looked upon as quite unsuited to busi- ness localities. They are dirty in wet weather, dusty and slippery in dry weather, and to keep them in an ordinary state of cleanliness requires a consi- derable expenditure, as shown in Mr. Haywood’s Report to the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. Their first cost exceeds that of either asphalte or wood, and averages from eighteen to twenty shillings per superficial yard. -Their estimated mean duration is fifteen years, after which the cubes can be either re-dressed for pave- ments in smaller streets, or broken up for what is commonly called “ Mac.” The system of granite paving adopted formerly was one of large blocks, which after some wear rendered the road rugged, and early in the present century the objections to this system became so clearly felt, that the country readily adopted the proposal of Mr. Macadam, a Scottish surveyor, to substitute for this regular pavement of large blocks a pavement of small stones, to be flattened down and consolidated by the gradual action of wheels