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required in every case, a great amount of vigilance
is indispensable. The immunity from serious accidents
is the best proof that this has been exercised,
and there can be no doubt that from year to year
this vigilance will have to be increased to meet the
advance of the time, or more correctly speaking, to
maintain the same speed, if such an expression may
be fairly adopted.
Probably, no class of work is more interesting,
both to those who are, or who are not interested in
the result, than Paving Works; being all upon the
surface, such Works are matters for fair criticism,
and the principle adopted, may, or may not meet the
approbation of the lookers on, any more than the
individual behaviour of the men actually employed
in the execution of the Work. The whole is of
necessity under the immediate eye of the Public;
which is one reason why such matters become of
general interest. The Local Authorities have
however to take a more serious view of all such
Works; in the First place, Public advantage is the
main point to be borne in mind, Secondly, Local