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6. A hard wood road is superior to a soft wood road for sanitary
reasons, as it throws off the wet better, and is dryer and cleaner.
7. If the harder woods are used, the disturbance of traffic, &c.,
caused by repeated relaying and repairs will be reduced to the
minimum.
The London County Council have already offered to lend money
for Jarrah wood paving for seven years to the St. George's Vestry
instead of five years, which is the usual term for which loans are
granted for wood paving works. If the London Surveyors would
combine, no doubt the Council could be induced to lend money for
paving with these hard woods for terms of ten or twelve years, which,
at present prices, would make the annual cost of hard wood paving
much lighter than deal.
One objection raised to the hard wood roadways is that they are
more slippery than deal. It is admitted that they are cleaner, and
as slipperiness is generally the result of dirt, proper scavenging should
obviate the complaint.
A further objection is that the hard woods wear, as Mr. C.
Mason, the Surveyor of the St. Martin's Vestry, describes it in a
letter to me, like "ripples on a sea shore."
In order to overcome this tendency, the wood paving in Jerdan
Place is laid quite close jointed, and I suggest that this tendency can
be further overcome by laying the lines of wood diagonally across
the road.
In conclusion, I suggest that when Surveyors are desirous of
obtaining blocks for wood paving, they should obtain alternative
prices for Karri and Jarrah. This course will enable them to obtain
the benefit of the competition for the supply of these woods.
JAMES P. NORRINGTON, A.M.I.C.E.,
Surveyor to the Vestry of Fulham.
Town Hall, Fulham,
March lst, 1893.
STREETS.
A list of the Streets of the Parish with the lengths of carriageways
and footways, and the particulars and average depths of sewers will
be found in Schedule II., at the end of the report.
A summary of the length of the Streets is given below:—
Summary.
Miles. Furlongs. Yards.
Length of Public Roads = 38 7 154
„ „ Private ,, 9 1 158
Ditto (not 40 feet wide) 1 7 202
50 1 174