Show WOODEN BLOCK PAVE MENTS M In tho the borough of Hampstead there are ara now about nine miles wiles of or wood paved street those sustaining the heaviest traffic being paved with Aus Australian hard wood sectional blocks block which Including concrete foundation cost 3 Oller per superficial yard ard On roads toads where traffic is hJ not so o heavy beavy creosoted Baltic timber limber blocks are used the cost of concrete found foundation lion tion being per Iler yard jard ard The aver average average age life of the wood paving in Hump stead is 15 about ten years and the bor borough ough engineer states tatos It Jt has given gen general general eral oral satisfaction as the tho road gradi gradients gradients in that section vary van consider considerably considerably ably abI and wood paving gives excellent foothold for horses horse on gradients up to toi 1 i in aa 29 9 There Thero are arc about fifteen miles of woodblock roads r adR In the populous bor borough borough borough ough of or St Marylebone In the con construction of ot these roads tho the macadam 01 or other previous paving material Is la excavated the ground properly graded a six to Portland cement concrete foundation put down with a perfectly smooth surface and ancl when thoroughly set sot paved over With creosoted deal blocks bloc five Inches deep grouted routed with bituminous com coma composition composition position The average o life lIe of oI tJ lk paving IB la ton tan to fifteen years according n to the tho I amount and nature of or traffic Tho The cost coat per square yard la It for five fie I Inch Mein creosoted d deal d al blocks placed oh on onI oni o I i iJ i a J l i it t an eight Inch concrete foundation The borough engineer states that this paving paying Is very advantageous because It la is comparatively comparative noiseless much more moro economical to structurally maintain than macadam and affords a fair tooting footing for horses borsos but owing to Its Us smooth surface and impervious nature requires more cleaning than I macadam Consular Report |