Show I 11 I I I I II 1 U q 1 The Paved Streets of I Ii I Manchester I I II The rimo of ra l t ta ubO and an alt urea or of acres The length it of In the thc city I is about 00 nilos With large manur In Ing work York f. f prod ngo h loav a goods lion iron ai machinery etc cleo the traffic I la is con elee very ery heavy and the nt j have to bo be strong anI and bl FIt The whole of the public imbue streets arc Lre pt pa la f ei d CI with stone sets acts emit the to arel are arc 1 laVed l an aved d with Hugs not than titan inches incites thick ron quarries about twenty miles from the lIll ell city Approximately one une halt half of or tl tin mileage of or carrIa carriage c Wc ay Is pa pad la d tI with sets rout tn hl same sammie quart quarries as the flags laud l ih ut other moiety is c paved with irai It I r syenite stone In lii the tho con construction of r 1 jo MI Je ithe i- i the thom first cost Is charged 1 t t t- tI tin pi 1 erty orty fronting the Uie streets i hi 11 n ii afterwards declared 1 public ngn i 1 g I and maintained by t tIa a it III Till ri carlla carriage u was va of tho the streets In th the itral i- i part hart of tho the city and aUll mii iii lii-i- lii st class streets al are paved pa rii it II sets Bets thu tho et ets ire are U la lai I I I in lb h l ur r. r well rammed an and small stone are aro brushed into the Uie wit i I i ir- ir r. r r then them with wit J mixture oi ut S I. Sand au cud and cr creosote oil or ot tel tar The Thc prime Inc co cost t of or raving paving f 1 11 1 ii with willi new 1 gi t I ret sets ElI till i i thice and a halt half Inches wide mix NN I hI t. n I. I in s deep eCI and nOli live to eight in I PI i 1 about per Jer squar vard ald and amid i I a e conditions this hits in i II last a about o lt twenty live yeats eats lid bei- i- i i Is worn worm out even avon lh then n a t ia jui a. a rui lion of ur the sets UI are ar god gjud 1 r fur JI ji jiin I. in lit less Jess important t streets The average a prime primo co cost t of i pi i In- In i II tl th tIt t carriage way vay with 1 new grit g I s v t t u n nold old iu is about I 1 v. v I 1 square yard The cost if It UK II footpaths with three Inch Hags flags is about 18 per vcr square I trI There Is very ery little macadam 1 pV n. ii n. n ut itt utIn In iii this ell city tho traffic c being too loo li Iu a for or it The Tho total area of ot wood pa la I it t 1 I Is o 0 I square yards S and lI tIu mm uno-j uno t OJ ale ary mostly i kant j I wood tl th three Id I'd inches incItes wide five c t J I 1 eP ci I ml time nine incites Inches Jon long laid on a t t n rite nt-rite foundation six Inc Inch s ls s l hi I Tin The blocks are arc c paved with a 0 bed bce of ur ut one une Inch of or sand between tin till ii block and nud tho the concrete foundation and amid the Joints arc alc Hushed with a molten mixture of or pitch cud and creosote oil or ot t tr r to which a little dried drle sand has boon eon added Including the concrete foundation thou tion tho average lL cost coat Is ts about per square ard ald and Its life lICo is from ten ton to fifteen years e Team ream here to the thc use of wood pavement on I account of oC Its Us slipperIness and danger to 10 horses drawing hi big loads loa i nd costIng cost cost- Ing more than granite the corporation lon does docs not U use e It except under CI special cir cir- Time Tho increased us use of carrying carl from five 11 to ton ten loads loag hn has made mado stronger strong foundations and har harder er stono necessary an and the area paved IJa with will b be gradually all ally Increased as us It Is 18 found that thal the tte motor hurries split slIt the sots Consular r Con ulal report |