New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-13
GROOrlNG THE RUSS PAVEMENT.

fnettse Russ psvemsnt - lai in Broadway, from
uhop-squue to the Battery is failure and the very
wort khd II failure, every OF horses n, e I'll
viii acnit Ii is not an uncommon tisht-on ine
contrary, II is very common one-to see horses
down every day, sven when The pavement "a dry;
aid when 1t rs wet the wonder is why h4fth.: travel
over tbs tlassy surface DO mt f.L We have &c.
queLily teen bsh the horses OF = staee do yn
Of orce. On Tuesday l-st, bright, clear.
cold, Dry cay, we saw five horses OWN in pas.
ing five blocks Ore OF them Wa Grip ,led FIR III.
The evening before We SAY one good loo. ing animal
hsBed out into side stree, and ef. to stfrel in the
colo Ioih-ws,er that was blowirg-to die a victim
o. the Russ pavement The same eveoins we ssw
three other horse. f.. is, upon their orosdsde. on
the tsrd BID Of granite that tbs pubic have been 20
lorg sccuEOmed to Iaud ss tie perfection o, pave
met. 1t is tee perfection Of cruelty to snimsls
The May proposes to groove the fsce Of these
smooth bocLs, "t-snsve sely from cu-b-stone 10
crrb store" Does be mean angling the street,
or in ltIes straight across II either why should he
grooves be cut across We can see no reason, eI
cept that the cutting should be dons by hand 1sesd
OF by machinery, End that would give somebody
cbsnce to cut out grooves and votes at opars.on
But the grooves should not be cue cresswse, uasss
the surface Ia TO be cut in squares OF not more than
two inches face.
Cross grooves are only necessary o. The face Of
hill to enable horse to &c. foo, hold to pull up
bod back in going down. To prev mt horse from
falling when botirg bs K, as most of them do in
stepping a stage, let the Council pass an ordn ancs
compelling all stage owners to sffiK brakes TO taeir
cauisses Humanity demands it, and Christianity
should enforce it Let every pulpit send for rmou
on the text: "A me'ciful il metcif.l to bis
beast" We are worse than bass not to Dc mo
mercul.
To event hoses from falling on the R1ss pave
men let it be erooved four in ;hes sp2t leny s.e
CT the saest. When horses ia |, they slip ieways,
ell rsequeny groo tho, will cath the cocks of
the shoes they shove out fom perpen icul4r
lire unoer the borss, will prevent him from falling Ii
this lie not already apparent to City authorities let
them sptbd day watching The operation of fal log
20 BIC adway
B, rts way, will the N,yor order he Police 20 watch
Br aoway one day or one week, aud report the aan-
Der OF horses down The resul. woald sstonish the
old.
The growing Of the Russ pavement is not formi-
dsble Undertaking, " rightly d,te Wit, a stesm-
ell sire to drive eircu ar c.st-stse cutters al bgd
speed The whole be grooved in few weeks vita
oBt nterfer az with daily travel, and TO- small az
pe1H. Let the experiment be tried, and If the lotg
grooves DO lot Oh lat. the difficulty, then make cross
cuts 90 az TO bring the whole into squares.
OF caur.e this growing will hsve to be continued
until he blocks are out, or removed, o. covered
with plates OF iron. Something must be done. Taere
must be ch-nge. Tbs pubic will Lot submit to
thee fequen' iDbuman sights without bee ,mpg them
selves brutalized We csnno. permit our wives and
childrtD's feelings as well own, TO be daily
ou,rseed by sights Of suffering like these al to, COM
me oIee of Broadway.
Humsp y would y out against the bMbsri.y Of
driving en- srny Of horses every day sross glade OF
smoctb ice, Whsle the or butes would trembls at
every step f,r fear of falling The Russ p.vemsbt,
when wet, is just as slippery and dangerous a. ice.
Let it be grooved without del,y ss an expert neat;
and that does bot conec, the evil let It be renoved
and dir ardeo forever. As as iron psvemeots
put into practical USE and The form Of the iron i'm
proved, as 1t will be- there 10 net doub. upon our
minds that stone psvements wi be entirely repu-
dated The on object urged sg.iost the Boston
pattern, of which there IL sample 10 Nassau sIeet,
IL thai he hub projects too high, and Injuries the frog
OF the orse's foot
This objection is easi remedied. Notwithstanding
the rough look If these iron psvemen.s, We find that
stage runs a. easy to the rider does on the Rass
pAvtm.Dt We have Ioticed this repeatedly 10 Bos-
D. sDc did Lot there hear any complaint icj0ry to
horfes fest
We venture to ssy that horses could not be Injured
es n uch in travelling Broad~ay yesr il paved with
iron as Trey now every month As ~e have no
hopes Of iroa we beg The Conu1n Council to give us
tie gre oves psss ordinances that no stage shall
run upon the Ruts pavement after Nsw.Years without
be ing provided with an eff cisnt brake.