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Show Use of Rubber Restricted. Piobably no f'nlmt Alice Is adapted to n gi enter vuilety of uses than rut ber, but Its applications are restricted by the limited supply and high cost. Among the purposes for which it has great advantages but Ib not likely to be extensively employed is that of paving icii'lwnjs. A rubber pavement pave-ment laid at n London lallway station in 1881 wah In 1902 worn down to five-eighths five-eighths of an Inch tn Its thinnest place. Notwithstanding the scarcity of the mateilnl, the cost was less than thiee times as great as that ot wood, and Its life has been moro than 20 years Instead ot the four years which the wood or asphalt would, have endured. |