Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-03

Trv NrCHoLsOs P~AVEHEgE-Eds Appe1i
Permit me. sfter your timely warning against
nr111sll@. 10 say a few words about The mis-
e.ss hunBnr which heads the caption ofthis
article u seems that or people are oeset Win
propositions % pave Man street with 00ooen
51-ls-lu Nicholson paceme3L Jheinventor
- Boston man, and he caused ihat city 70
waste much money before the authorities pro
r1lHcs5 80 an utter fe1zrs IN eighteen hun
Crsd aad hry-slK Mr.. eager caused 20 be filed
yvo Columns ora city paper, with oeruncaiss
from s-esucommisioners englneerseterofBos-
con. procured several yeans previously strongly
r-slmmendiug this system Of paving and sub
Gagusluy s. piece % IL was laid down ia Jefer-
son -r-sl ia This city. visited Boston that
summer. and took with me those certthestes
wl-h The view t. sake inquiries and learn
something in regard u Uhs work they SO highly
-ecummeUdeL Calling on tss subscribers, I
received uE following information aThe cer-
l1cstes are genuine, and many Of as believed
b. the llaT, that uhs blocks would make a good
pavement but o~fc9urse 4.ad - any kind can
not be Gura5.e. They do very well Enul they
asgin 70 decay, SAen they ~ on az once. and are
MOI worth repairing. B-ttE0 shoE pieces now
r-ussu-5ns in Mason. ana tas other In E1-
.H.use street TIE latter VIII soon b. taken 10
ana replsesd with stone and tue former may
last another wear. Nothing Is more Q5ard b
-5 suB,ose that uta9d can be made duraJe
~ street paving. Il va not DO 10 say thai II
glaEes a coed street, aud Wiz last from I'VE 70
ten years II We are 70 repaVe EFery ten o.
even tgsafy wears, 81 would absorb tbs whole
isveuue OF the city for this object alone May
fls good sense OF our people spare us the IN
Fiction or Uo0dcn payemenf2 tAey soon De-
come o nuisance by their continual eeoompc7i-
u1u- nIIng the air with miasma and poisonous
gases 81 Injurious % health snd eemfort e
say nothing Of their wasteful sEtrsYagance
They would be to our streets, what The @eom-
position roofs are 70 our houses mere tempo
uary szDaIeHt4 Ourcityi Is SUI ewEus msfg-
llz into Importance, and II We are % BE dupee'
ana u~umbugged. and robbed By every "enIer-
Hlsg That is started Tor selfish purpose iof
nee lnu % coutractors, ys may Is wei ae~
-lF Of subslantaI prosperty-that prosperity
tE which soas a. = public Journ&lAs nave
welded your pen for The last quarter d ace"-
l1ry. Why not Memphis prOnt BY TIE eKpe-
E-=ues OF q importspt cities on the Chs RIVER
and pave hsr streets with B0sldes' AFTER
wasting millions tzey have found tbis The best
ne most practical and ths most economical
Ile mster.al is plentiful, ana may Re brought
20 tha lty andlaid down for FROM four 70 hve
dollars per square yard, In the present curHancy.
All ut0Fs repairs are trhing, as experience
has sEowa. and tbs boulder pavement wlllast
e. -elcuTy.
Heavy expenditures must, ere long nl upon
the uaEpaEers % Memphis foT street paving,
EateT WORK, common sewers and the Ike, ana
s. beho0ves them % look vel to the character
UlLty aud economy q these Torks, and 70
ra1rCUghF veullate ali projects Of spscgiaaon
lld szpeumsut before wasting ther substance
lei ~ zearn By Gs experience u other cities
and sdoE heir wisdom whsle We esohew their
FLY. 1AAPAYER,