En Samling Afhandlinger Om Veje 1876-1881

10 OUR ROADWAYS. experiment was not altogether satisfactory. The blocks became worn at the edges, while the uneven- ness thus caused, was aggravated by the want of homogeneity in the unprepared foundation, through which the blocks settled down irregularly. Neverthe- less in some parts, notably in Threadneedle Street, where it had been better laid, the wood pavement stood well, and proved to be a noiseless roadway, and when laid in narrow blocks (3 inches) a safe one. Mr. Tomkins, C.E., now surveyor to the parish of Marylebone, in a report written when surveyor to St. George’s, Hanover Square, December, 1872, says:—“Instances might be referred to which show “ that where wood is properly selected and laid, “ its durability is extraordinary: for example, a “ specimen of wood paving now in my possession, “ removed from Little St. James’s Street, where it '' has been laid for twenty-eight years, is perfectly “ sound.” Croskey's Wood Pavement.—Several plans of wood paving have been of late years proposed. One by Mr. Croskey was to manufacture cross grained planks of wood of any length, which being placed side by side are forced together by pressure, so as to form a compact homogeneous surface of wood, which was to be laid upon concrete. This plan does not seem to have been tried, at least in this country. Harrison's Wood Pavement.—This system consists of a concrete foundation upon which strips of wood