New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-06
UII J ITEMS.

1HT NIw IAyFyENT-THE WAY THE WORK !,
DoSE-As wc stated son, days since, this IS t. be
tiG'.r job, wihou; moe prospect % conpl,-
ton before the snow "a j. to ad in the tock tde Not
,rc block oi al those between the Brck Chu'c ana
Union Sqna!e Is vet fibisf "a Thee Is at 'hi.
uept in fiont of TnK TRInrSg oifi p, q gang of sx
u,n At wrk v here there is ample for sixty
But the rate st which Che work il tone, is rot the
wtrt |, Is rot vel done The true theory oi thi,
ktd of pav,neIt If TO use perfect cubes So tat 1t
W, ud hot Iostier which eide up tLey were laid in
place, and 70 tia. by .snd.by, when the upper sur
tac +, c, NEE worn and rounded 80 as De- III
Ike cobbe.s,oDe the cubes could be turned over, PIE
,enrirg . Few fst surface N0~ look at the blocks
of which the nex pavement is formed. We Ask The
Street Connissioner, the Ma1or, the Alderntn or
rome oiiic al person not interested N the Job, look
Il. h, - blocks See II they cubes, o. even rSht
angular blocks. Some OF them are very Tly tri-
angular; may are w,dgo ehalcd, May arr oet with
sharp points driven down into the Loose earth b-d
t,,p,r,d 10 mike the setting easy for the pavcrs
inst - md instead of lmc-unortcr, il pr, pared for
he mason To- bed h., rough brick m by which walls
are hu 80 worthless in this city. IL l. imposs bic for
some of these blocks 10 malr;ain their places; il is
iclc to ,1o'ct rperh' ps D. 'qu ily 1lc TO expect
that any authority VIII arrest the evil An inspector
should 90 IN the street and overhaul the piles Of
block and throw out very large per cent4ge Ii
th,.e wcdge-lke, sharp pointed and three-comered
stones are set, they will be driven down below those
adjoining IN less than one year, and the pavement
viii be fol e holes and lsn the cobble- stones.
If such blocks ave used at q they should oe set the
other erd up. Again. the spaces between many Of
the blocks aye shameiuly wide, which Of course
Il al 1ha .frapf TAX
good care to have the work covered mp fast as
it is laid down with good timex coat Of
loam that VII resolve itself into CON
sist.ncc ike poridgc when it ANS. ard do ~n
snd fiji up I'll the inrers.ice~ aud would be all very
vel il il would harden into suootance firm u, the
tocbs and remain 50; but unfortuhstey for the st.
blny OF tn pavement, the same cause that hqueted
il at Ist will liquefy it agaa tl it doses on, leaves
the blocks in shaky condition. and alo to work
up while another goes down. To make this good
pavement hc work must te honestly done; and if not
il never viii become popular IN tbs city, The cwoer
may make "a good job Of hi' contract. bur without
IN provcm, ~ in he work, he viii find himself 10 the
same boat with l.m Of the Russ pavement Every
boGy will cry out that The plan IS a arlar-, when in
fact the plan j. good One-he execution il wat IS IN
fault If good attlia had been used by Rdss-na
t,ral that would Dot glaze aud throw down horses,
worse than glare ice, he might have gone on tall he
bed paved the whole city IIech TO " make sgo d
"jcb Of it, ard paved street and d'p4rted amid
the execrations OF the people From preseut appear
aIcos the contractor of c. stham street aud the BoS
eiy is foovng IN the footsteps of his illu-tr"us pre-
dccossor The pavement, Hess the matstis il im-
proved viii prove a failure vii somebody look 20
L. il the official du of auJ dy - oOk after le
iIt,res, Of ihr city We suppose Fernando the FIR;
would at md - # hr -oud MAKE Any political ca.'
tai thereby. II lot, not