The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-03-02
The stafford Pavement.


SfR An editorial in your paper Of this morn.
Ing does great injustice 10 the stafford pavement
TINS pavement IL not MODIFICATION or the Nicolson
out wooden pavement of entirely different con.
strucioD. II Is not true that 1t can only be taken
up and laid down again BY the pateu,ces; hut any
one can take II M and Law II down asain, and repair
u, need be. But this pavement will not get ont OF
order, nor will Il need any repairs for very many
years to come; A block Of ih's pavement ha. been
down In Wall street, OBJ site ths Clstom House
for two years, and there ! ha' zen subjected to
very severe treatment y heaviest trnfic In mo
pcreeptible deleet or VeaI 1bse',, ss,,in 30 ,re
ment IL will not, like tbs i.oigian ar otacr pave
nenis fsionc become slippery. IL J.. more durable
than any pavement yet invented. IL Is eleanly
noi-ec~s, and easy for horses and vehicles II IL
comparativcly inexpensive. Its efficiency has been
demonstrated beyond all question. and no one who
viii take the trouble to examine II. will hesitate 10
pronounce your theory that this pavement il swim.
gle as remarkably inexact Such men as Moses
Insurance and Trust Company, Ward & Co. ami
other bankers in Wall street, Who have examined
this pavement ds.ntcrcstedly, certify II TO be the
most valuable pavement in use. It's use in Boston
has Given the greatest satisfaction, and the Mayor
and Superintendent OF streets OF that city commend
II AZ the suler OF every other. Fifth avenue Lid
With the stafford pavement, would become the
finest roadway in the world, and would remain so
for the next twenty years TO come.
CHAkLEs W. STAFFORD.
Patentee Of the Stafford Pavement.
Hon IN, r. W1rtqo Pre-. ~ ,tSSid ssf S li 70
DxAR siR The stafford wooden pavement saturated
between Liam aud Hanover streets ON Wall s:reeS
IN ,rout Of TIE Custom hpuse in November last At the
II has been subjected ever since to great and bcSyy
hi! an& a i1E ad ays Se nat q
tNen me entire ,atlsaetion N ala respects and be.
pears to he a. sound the day il was iad and he
Your, NJ II. GRiSSSEaLLi1l 9cy dilesctar..
Nor June. Whiting, President siS1ord iateS.
plAh, siR: We, the undersigned, owners. and oc.u.
Hanover stree.s IN mont OF which tho stafford pave
meni treated by the Secley process was laid M 80.
tat since that Tine the pavement has Uech sGo tod 10
confirmed great md heavy travel by heavily ljadcd
.ood amT46y and We coccruy s tha m our oi
0pnio5 y j. n eyery respect most NAuAbe wooden
was aid and the and tear OF It appears 10 DC a.
mo- lmpeI cepiiblc
We commend its use
A. THOMPSON.
Pres \. y, Lie ms and Trust Co.
M9fhS iAEYnLoR, Tres. cay BaaK'
S GA}.P :. MIS- KS . ~ N !, Il s.Tes Stree,
RICHARD sCHELL.
Bosrox. Nov. T. ise.
pEsa SIN. The stafford pavement laid down by you
ION 10 ne ni sGa er ea' Sven great sa.se
ssnf,ray hae JGdses aud one.rs o. the courts hass
Ss AID south de. OF tSs Court ne Hou on
MN IN, same pa.ement and the Comntee have voted
t1eet WIN require about loo yards, AM w'h YOU
70 h1se we pSeSs ready TO lay down soon the
u done 6St am AFRAID tue gon2d Mi fA Se
iro1en Isi25s NC can get TO work therefore, 1t must be
cHAs HARRIS, supt. OF Streets.
A letter OF more recent date from Mr. Harris savs.
OFFICE OF THE suPzRlSrESDE OF srpgKrsl
~, - -. CITY BAL, BOSTON. Aprll IL lsd9
pEAR SIR VIC have tried in Boston every Kind Of
To9dsa p1NSn ~ ever nyenied and can SAFELY arm
eos5n pavement and IN many resPsc T vssdy
cHAs HARRIS supt OF streeu-Asr.