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face, and difficulties of any kind overcome. I still
hope the specimen will induce the Vestry to adopt
it further, after satisfying themselves of its advantages.
The piece in Charles Street cannot he
considered as a test, but there are other places that
can be, and time will not be thrown away in watching
those places as opportunities may occur.
The position in which the piece of Asphalte,
"Barnett's Patent," has been laid in Piccadilly, is
one specially adapted to try its qualities fairly, as
there is just the kind of traffic (footway) to test any
kind of material. The surface produced is all that
could be required, and the rapid manner in which
wet and moisture disappears, is an incalculable
advantage especially in a position or situation where
a vast number of people have to wait for public
vehicles. In this instance as in the Wood Pavement,
the test that will be submitted, will I hope
lead to satisfactory results and further adoption, as
the maintenance of footways in busy thoroughfares
is becoming a more serious matter than is generally
understood; in fact they cannot be readily understood,
the change within the last ten years and the
increase of wear and tear being almost incredible,
po say nothing of the generally increasing and