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REPORT, 1889-90.
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6.—The substratum of the channels to be composed,
when consolidated, of hard brick rubbish, not
less than 12 inches in depth ; and the said channels
to be 18 inches wide, and formed of square granite
paving, in three courses, not less than 7 inches deep,
laid in and jointed with hoggin.
7.—The breadth of every footpath to be not less
than one-sixth of the entire width of the Street, and
the substratum to be composed, when consolidated,
of dry brick rubbish, not less than 4 inches in depth
for the Yorkshire paving, and 14 inches for the
granite kerb; the paving to be of the hardest Yorkshire,
not less than 2 inches and a half thick, squared
through the whole thickness, well jointed, and laid
in mortar. The coal-plate stones to be not less than
3 inches in thickness—the holes to be squared
the whole thickness. Every such footpath to be
protected by an approved granite kerb 12 inches by
8 inches, which must not be less than 4 nor more
than 8 inches above the channel of the roadway
(except in the case of crossings paved or formed for
the use o£ foot passengers) and the slope of every
such paved footpath towards the kerb must not be
less than a quarter of an inch to every foot of width,
and all external angles of the kerb to be worked
circularly to a radius of not less than half the width
of the footpath.
8.—The substratum of the carriageway in every
Mews to be composed, when consolidated, of hard
brick rubbish or other approved material, not less