Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-16

! TIE BEST PAVEMENT Some two or three
years ago much interest felt in sscerainlg whs
kind of pavement could with advantage be adopted IN
Memphis where the usual b0ulders not readily ut
taiuable aad some experiments were made with view
10 ascertain the iacs The best pavement is undoubtedly
the IRON, specimen which may be seen on Main
street Jus. below the Intersection Of Monroe street
The expense Of tits viii probably exclude IT gene
Ia! use dough it may il the long run be the most ecau
omicI OF =Ey The next and probably tins best for
practical puposssl Is he wood pavement laid down as
..mslt Oy M. Gsge5 on Jefferson street. from
Fgslt Main T5ets The reader vino mss not noticed
IT, should fG to d. 60 !. can be best seen opposite
Tie Commercial Hotel where It l. kept clear CT dirt 1,
is beautiful pavement ths cutters are very nicely lad
Aaofl psveHsn ia the gas psgelusut laid down
On r.p-I.m11;, under ths supsriutead-nce Of Mayor
BauEu specimens q this caG o. seen the principal
wallis in Court square and Monroe st-sst from Mau
10 6a,a-d This could evidently be Iusds very good
pavement - tls due proportions Of tar and gravel were
observed If the geadsr noucs the specimens we have
ni1L-d Will find H. some places tue rough gravel
Ea.Iom.1at in 5tGsTs, The sIi -uOst wihou- p.b
y-eih If his inequality wszs corrected, all that as
lars very --sigs juc gas tar pavement would probably
meet ho of Memphis U55ar than any other plan.
urca better foot pavement can be made by its use,
u a more .aI-riug one than the brick pavement
Bd. i5a rl -Urposs wears away So rapidly that mary
persons have -yE- tas geuss II g-sOue for tho
'front.'. OF f- IGu-s srd stores When used f0r the lst
- ley a..aa broken Icy rolling casks and boxes On
-s-7 aE7sa- nc s.gui5 10 better and cheaper
than tle fe. If properly laid down When present
troubles CO end tae paving subject viii ayain de-
lrsnd attention ard the eitiz in The meantime VIII 90
w- 10 notice ho The expermen;iv= pavsments we have
mentioned answer their Intended purpose.
The CITY HosPITAL We yesterday visited
Il. cry hospital the Navy Iard, where panper patients
are sent at She expense of the city. The building
th0ugh by no means adapted for tine purpose 20 Which
IS put has the sdy utags of being light 7-u ventilated
and having rooms with Ligl ceilings IN the Office the
name ag. and place Of nativity of sseh patient is
entered with the time Of his sdission and disoharge
Another register gives tine disease unds- which tie
patient Is lab7rrg and La. l-Lsll r-y various PIE
scriptons Of r1- resident ph scisu In the case BY hs
means any physicis1 esiriug afford Lep to p.r.ica
ar patient can know what course bgs been ta5e- with
him end I'm the physician called away from his
duties another medical nzn car luteiigeny assume his
place The resident physicilu-we call him SO though
she city has faded in the desirable requisite Of furnishing
Lin O. ras.isuls on the spots Dr. D. c. Craycraft
gentleman who regular graduate iH medicine and
who has become well acquainted with hospital practice
by experience extending over tour years in the cities of
Philadelphia and Wheeling appear. wei qualified to
perform M duties and is very industrious his position.
He attends the hospital with slender intervals so- meals
from six Jcacs IN tie morning until ten at night, and
remains all -bs when extreme cases require IT, tie
kind. wen attentive. &c the unfortunate persons
committed lis Gaze and it gives pieasufs 10
that they are in 1cb good hands. lie well assisted by
Mr. Gorlen, very competent gentleman who acts ss
nurse TIE doc or, besides attending TO the hospital
also pTescrbes daily at the dspenssry f0r such outdoor
patients as attend from eight to eleven O'Clock IN the
morning The rooms Of the hospital washed thrice
week clean linen is put the beds at regular inter.
walls and is always changed for patients tie
we fouad purified with lime report lately presented
TO the Board Of Aldermen, which published, showed
haf during the four months d. Crayc-s has had the
ns,itu on in his Gaze the rate Of mortality much
less than during the previous four months although The
number Of patients was slightly greater