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WOOD PAVING.
Schedule IV. represents the whole area of roads paved with wood, out
of which it will be seen 6,161 superficial yards have been laid during the
current year. The re-laying of Lillie Road is now in hand, and that of
King's Road, from Stanley Bridge to Waterford Road, is to follow. The
re-laying of North End Road, from Star Road to the "Cedars" Public
House, is badly needed, but on account of the new sewer which is being
laid by the L.C.C., cannot be done as the traffic could not be diverted. The
plain deal blocks as first laid in the three above-named roads cannot be said
to have been satisfactory, for after a time the wood becomes desiccated and
saturated with water, &c., and in many cases affected by dry rot. With
regard to creosoted deal this does not occur, as the process of abstracting
the moisture from the blocks and forcing in, by pressure, of 10 lbs. of
creosote to every cubic foot of timber prevents the evils mentioned, and in
addition acts as an excellent deodorizer and disinfectant.
These pavements, in the hot weather, are watered with the Vans, which
have in each load of water a small quantity of miscible creosote, which acts
additionally as a disinfectant and deodorizer.