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Dated day of 188
wood paving.
The following streets are laid with Wood, there
being altogether about 29,834 yards super., and the cost
has been £ 14 475.
King Street East (portion of)
King Street West.
Fulham Road.
The Surveyor has made the following Report upon
Wood Paving v. Mac Adam.
Gentlemen,
I have carefully considered this question and have read up
such information as I could get on the subject, and present herewith
the result of my investigation. I have estimated that the
life of a wood paved street of fairly heavy traffic may be taken at
seven years, after which time it will be more or less faulty, and it
will be desirable, as well as economical, to renew the wood blocks
entirely ; the old blocks might then be used (or the best of them)
in bye streets, with the under sides brought to the surface, as has
been recently done in the eastern side of Broadway and Brook
Green Lane.
The first cost of paving a street with deal blocks may be
taken at 10/- per yard, which is about the average of the tenders
for a contract recently taken. If the necessary sum is borrowed,
to be paid off in seven annual instalments, with interest at 5 per
cent., and adding id. per yard per annum for maintenance, &c.,
the cost per yard for the first seven years will be about 1/9 per
yard. (For the exact calculation see appendix.) After the first
seven years the renewal will be less because the concrete foundation
at first laid will remain intact and will merely require a little