The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-24

THE NICHOLSON PAvEMENT.-Our attention has been
called to pamphlet published by the patenees of the
bovtnamed pavement, which very clearly sets forth
the advantages to be derived from the adoption of this
style Of paving over any now Ill use IN the city and II
one-hat Of what is stated land have no reason to
doubt III is true it is certainly the interest Of every
propertvholder and every citizen that it should be
put IN use.
First Of all to be taken into consideration is the
great question to whether the kcalLh OF the city Is
not greatly advanced by the of portion Of the
material employed in its construction. The certid-
Gates of highly respectable physicians Of the cities
where the pavement is in use, state that during the
existence of the cholera epdemcs in no instance was
there case of cholera, land we know of our own
knowledge that during the highest rage Of the disease
here the entire neghborhood around the s-works
was exempt owing to tie fact of the of coal tar
The foundation is covered with boiled coal tar and
pitch the blocks are saturated with, and the whole
surface is finished with a covering of the same.
On this subject DR.. Jackson, of Boston, says, the
picnic acid of coal tar being one Of the best known
anti-sccptus, meeting and decomposinS any malaria
which may come from below If there was no other
induccmen treating the subject, on the score of
an experiment, the expenditure would be more than
returned if it only saved life, to soy nothing of
the thousands it would save if the facts stated are
truthful ones.
Second We propose to speak of its beauty, its
smoohuess its durability. Let any of readers
visit Race street. either before after rain,
anu they will see a clear fresh and beautiful road-no
mud holes or dust-its surface uniform, and like the
asphatum roads of the boulevards of Paris easy and
delightful to travel over, aud uuaccompanicd by the
noise and confusion of the square block pavement,
As to its durability, the certificates Of the officers OF
the cities Of Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee, salts
factorlv that after ten years service the found
alton and blocks are without decay.
Contracts are now being made for six miles in Mem
phis, in Nashville and other cities. In Chicago in ac
tual use 245n00 yards, and under contract $4,000
more If then, with all the advantages that we have
cited we place record the fact that it is hot hall
the cost of the square block, and that the cost Of
Keeping in repair the unpaved streets is much greater
than if paved with the Nicholson, what better induce
ment can be offered to taxpayers than to adopt it, thus
enhancing the value Of their unpayed property and
reducing taxes to the city
Petitions are before the City Council from pro-
perry holders in various portions Of the city order
the work done Let there be no delay. Pass the
ce$sary ordinances and let employment be given to the
hundreds of aborers that will be out of employ
as is USUALLY the case during the summer. Let our
lumber mills 60 to work aud the timber and blocks
necessary and our forests will furnish the tar and
rosn. All the money will be d5bursed at home no
tribute will be paid to other States to furnish the
terials and labor required We will thus enrich
selves benefit the city enhance the value of our pro
perty, and above all, will aid in securing during the
summer seasons the greatest blessing of ALL health
our population. &$ n. D. Crescent.