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up and re-laid, all defective stones to be taken away, and
replaced with new granite of similar description.
The new stone required for this purpose was purchased
and arrangements made for commencing the work; when a
memorial, signed by numerous ratepayers in the road, was
presented to the Board, objecting to the carriage-way being
again paved with stone, and asking that it might be repaved
either with wood or asphalte.
The memorial was considered by your Board, who ultimately
resolved to repair the existing paving, and defer
for the present the question of repaving it with wood or
asphalte.
The following macadamized roads were re-coated with
broken granite, steam rollers being used to consolidate
the granite after it was spread:—Chenies Street, Montague
Place, Bedford Square (east side, south side, and portion
of west side), Russell Square (south side, portion of north
side and portion of west side), Arthur Street, and Brunswick
Square.
Relay of Wood Paving.
The wood paving laid in Hart Street in September, 1875,
and in New Oxford Street in April, 1878, by the Asphaltic
Wood Paving Company, Limited, was towards the end of
the year found to be getting into very bad condition, and
the Board accordingly gave notice to the Company, under
the terms of their contracts, to take up the same and repave
the streets with new materials; this the Company was
unable to do, and shortly after filed a petition in the Court
of Bankruptcy, for liquidation. The Board thereupon decided
to make good at once the most defective places