New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-07


throughout the country agree that the pave
ment of city has much to do with its sani-
tary condition, and especially in warm lati-
tudes.
Poisonous exhalations are constantly
rising from the ground and rendering the
| atmosphere unhealthy to breathe. pave
ment is needed in this city that SHALL AS it
were, Theoretically seal the earth from the
atmosphere and the moisture of the atmos-
phere from the earth.
The Russ pavement, and all others made
of stone or iron, have been pronounced
failures in all the large cities of the north,
and the only pavement now thought worthy
OF notice by capitalists and property-owners,
| who are anxious to enhance the value of
their property and render their cities at
tractive and inviting as places of residence,
is the Nicolson.
| In this city its general introduction will
saves,within ten years, more money in the
wear and tear of horses and vehicles and in
the repairs and cleaning of streets than its
entire original cost, besides contributing
| intellectually to its health. OF course no
exact figures can be given AS to these points,
but no man who has ridden on the pave
ment i'll any vehicle, at any pace, can deny
| for an instant that the horse travels
more lightly; that the movement does
not jar his frame, strain his sinews, and dis
tort his joints as it does on any stone pave
ment that the horses shoes are not sub
| iected to any such loosening or abrasion
as on stone pavement that the same is
true of the tires of the wheels that the fel.
lOes and spokes are not so twisted and
| sprung that the hubs are not so wrenched;
| that the axles are not SO strained, and that
the framework Of the wagon suffers no such
wringing, at however rapid a rate ofspeed,
as is given even on walk over the stone
| pavement, This pavement is now being
| laid down in all the streets of St. Louis,
Chicago Detroit, and, after much opposi-
| ton from parties interested in stone quar-
ries, on many of those in eastern cities.
New York anG Brooklyn are now engaged
in laying it down on their finest avenues,
and the Brooklyn Union thus sums up its
many admirable qualities
| First.-It has made the streets more attract
| i've. Persons using horses in any way have
! found them pleasanter streets for residence,
and property has advanced proportionately.
| Secoud.-The streets are almost noiseless,
| and this with the absence of travelling has
rendered the houses more comfortable, and
in cases of sickness, when comparative quiet
| is wished, much more desirable.
Third.-They are much less dirty and
| 1ustu Tho aartb lnps morlr ny hot tupa
the blocks, and there is much less material
of which to make mud in wet weather and
dust in dry weather; and this saves not only
| in comfort but in the wear and tear of car
pets, furniture, books, pictures, and paint.
Fourth 1t is far more healthy. When
the rain has filtered the juices of this decay
ing matter, they pass through the ordinary
pavements only to rise again as miasmata,
poisoning the air breathed by the residents
on the streets. Moreover the coal tar with
which the pavement is covered, is strong
| disinfectant.
With these great advantages which are
Ipdeniable, we are glad to learn that the
authorities and property owners of this city
are taking steps to test the pavement
| & Lockwood we understand are now putting
down the Nicolson pavement on st. Charles
street from Tivoli Circle to jefferson city,
and from Jefferson city to Carrollton, and in
few months the most pleasant drive in the
| suburbs of New Orleans will be in that direc-
| ton. The moment we have continuous
road Of three or four miles paved after the
| "a, ha, g.