, 1875-08-14

f.cc. Tho broken stono ro~' callct1 rnaca1am
f,nin tho nn,uu OF ita inventor. llan rIuvnd
tho cheapest Rnl lilo L"ht for ,lin cot,l-
Try fnr MI ,1nnonso hl'it1.cHs 1t ,,S' VA
5rs .n 6 or ~" posd!Fnn p.nd tna aao%
roads l,syo been e1tartd MI over the Kingdom.
They have ro,olulinhIzei thu rne"ua Of transn,
| md arc now no'lo tho 'ern p'lalar tnat sn"J
have baen folowo,l by tho muss rapid moan, "
have tl,e tcst csrraye-toa1. OF tho World Hns
they arc tho dnhtent roasa ever toano' ~
viii cnvar tio trees fn1gos, aud fences by the
wayslAn with MI itn,,aira''lo white powder. "a
TIN ciioa, it IN m,c worse. Al, more abundant
and aver tho goods into tt,o housee, tIr'mgn
lilo partors aud Le4troop. md into tho eyer and
or er'fi tho > rnins como down, ll'o w!!nlo ely
In alippory viii, tho Hllt. II has boon ca
t,ma.ea that tho 1assez portion Of = foot
Of tho street-rurfaco IT lilo !r'kon s!o,da toins
| ground ngai'st each othe. ami nner tho *hsts
| OF carriages, I. reducc,l IN tie courHe OF tho
,oAr into tho finest ri 1ust. Ia DO ''iu*n about
everywlleFe. Tho maca'ianllzna tnal has thn.
boon proved in Europe 10 ho totally unltt for
o,ty sttoets md It ,as g1von lacc to tho old
a.vlo of stonn-hlock paving. Will tha combina-
tion of coa-tnr and pitch, will! tho Btohn in tho
Rochester paving, make tho aa.t any inAe. 1r
tho nuisance nlDr0 en1urabc9 It IN doubtful.
The aolidity Of tho body honeath forms an tin
yielding mass. asainht which tho wi,eas OF con-
stant traffic will urnu lilo brittle substance TT
cement paving which, in ''lsoss" Twcod's time,
tho Hing had splcad over tho etono raylny In
New York. 1t was soon bounded. bctwoon tha
aheslH nf tho ,eAvy vehicles a'ld she stone be-
demncd an n nuisance by thu BoasfI OF Health.
but mt, howeyor. uut,l tho contractors aud their
pattona had Lecn walI paid IL. thu job
Tho manner 0f laying the foundation f1sg-
stone in tho Ilochester naviug IL suggestive, an!
modern rao Of all old idea hlr. aieu may
recoll"e; Of tneotlnE, IL ilIn sfayeF, With sumo of
ao 81" "sn aT se thnsa ,a"E II hhsy sre
in Wnies. it will be noticed that ttey tnado
Of fiat stone laid IN layers, bcnrnE ono upon
another, at hn .ncnat1un Of about triangle;
one colrHe leaning npon another like rpw Of
brick fallen duwn upon eaclI other. The wh,lo
body OF tho wall thus lranE npon itscIf for Bnl,-
pott; aud tuci, a wall las STOOL for centuries,
and will HI stand aa long as plo Of rnbh'sl, Tint
has fallen down upon iteolf, aud TINT Is to the
end Of tno. The at0nen, being laid shtnElo-
wise upon each other, unicr tho COARSE lubblo
on the street. hava an equal hearing. M uniform
as tbs surface Of the eattsI md no ohn can 60
lown to dlAplaca something else. sotnothng
equivalent to It II needed iu tho foundation Of
tha wood paving: aud It iH whas has not been
adequately provided for " an. system o. paving
{ tho "1nanncr of laying" tho wool-pas1hG l!iE
rn.nufE alIndcA to, is, TINT the pfeaeurn Of sfn
, trastc ia not properly d,atr'hutod over broad
i
, ! much as eycnneas Of pressure on Tho ground.
surface through the structure or combination of
tic material out OF which tho paving ls made.
Any lsrso may asez,e ~hen en-, ve!S heav;,v
there will 6a sinking OF tic paving beneath
tho wheois, that will .'ass Oh hks d whse NJ tho
!, | wagon procaede. This process Of R,nknY and
: rian9 IL 5uinous process tn the paving. Tho
. | pItclDK IN broken tho pattn Of tho paving sto
| detached aud mislaccd the water eluhe In be-
. low the wood foundat!on mud formb poo!e. OF
j. snft mud, which is pumped up. bs tho vibration,
10 tho surface The p,oceaa may be slow, hut IL
cortau obstruction 10 the rartng. This vibration
J. Ia what thu mov,ns Of tue courses " tho
T. blocks acioss tho strceta In tho shape OF tho
II moving serEent JuN1rs.
CRIME IN IOWA.
10 the Editor Of The ck,caoo Tribune:
Y CuloAoo. Aug. 1l.-Uuder the above heading
l. TIE TRIBUNE OF Yesterday commonss on tho
% alarming ptevaIenco OF all kinds nf crime tn
u iowa. and shinlh Il to 10 the consequence Of the
y adjustment Of capital punishment In that Htnto
II Nos, Il il fact that from palt of tho North
u ves. fewer cases OF crirno arc reported than
+ from Wisconsin, and yet Wisconsin has tho hou'
10 : or Of having been ono Of Tho sirBt States t.
Il abolish the death-pcnalty. This. then, canno
10 DO Tho chief causo OF tho Increase OF c,ime II
10 Iowa; II must be sought in some other circlm
II y stance.
:, In comparing tho two States. We find that the,
ID avc subject to nearly tho sn1le natural in
.. 1uences; that they arc both deficient Ii
u largo cities, which, in all counties
B. nso the principal hot-hoda Of crime
l. that they aso both Agriculture
I, States, and that thelr population Ia mainly mad
l. M Of The Fan,o uatlonal olenents native AMeti
III cans from the Eastern btntcH, Germans, ScAndi
nay,ans etc, with this difference, hoFesor. tin
IN Iowa tho nht1yo Americans prepondefate
IN who, eas in Wisconsin, tho foreKn-bnrn popula
f1ot> Bft mir Il
ia cal BtEength. Both States arc al. cssentia
= particulars governed by tho same lnwB. with tn
Ia exception, however, that Iowa has stringent q
90 temperance law, winch ,s rigdly enforced in a
ID theI counties In which tho foroign-born clti
r. gems arc in email minority: wsl!l.t Wis
u consin has no Huch restriction On tho E,letator
10 and sucia! habits Of its citxeus. In N,Hconsi'
tho European fashion Of drinking beer or win
n moderately IN public localiticn aud genernlly
Of an e1h!larating accompaniment 10 social chal
It IL u1ore aud moro spreading among all CLASSES
I'll copt tho tct Of counttos lining Tho AisHlssirp
in which tho toreign-born element is largely reE
resented, claudcstlno tipp'ing Of ha,l whisky q.
ether hedns tn esn iro IN eonn.
quence OF Its Temperance law. No are inclIno
10 lcok IN tho direction OF that law for tho es,'t
cAuHo Of the incrcase OF crime IN lnMa faihe
70 than tncrbe this teplornblc state Of tl'inEs
ny death.pvualty, LIZ i.
Ao TnE CURRENCY QUESTION.
of 10 lht Editor Of TIE ChfeaJo Tribune:
aw JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,. Aug. Ill was Cnd to req
,ja your editorial on ''Tho Legality Of n Now 1ssl
OF Legal-1ondess," in your issue of ychter1a.
Ia Certainly, now tho Inter- OcenE and H1kr Jonrna
w. after tho speech Of Senator Mortui and yol
in shItorlAl calling their attent,on 20 tho law as
M tho locston OF tbs Supreme Court Wit! etc
ilo thsir insane drthbls aud nonsense ah'ut tu
Dc thor ssal,o Of groeub2cks, and cease their adv