The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-19
flor the pispatch.J
lify Reform.

During several years pat, and especially
during the past few weeks, the pcople OF
his city and all visitors to IL have been sub
iected to a nuisance which it Is believed
would never have bren tolerated in any
other CITY.
The all-pervading and irritating dust from
the mscalIed macad ,pnIZed granite streets
has been not only penetrating into every
store and dwelling, greatly injurng sH
goods and furniture, aud sufocating every
flower, shrub. and tree, but fling the eyes,
ears, nostrils, mouths, and lungs OF all whJ
90 into the streets, to the serious and per-
manent injury Of those organs. and to
the general health 81 the people. Firm ana
smooth streets, made with gravel, sand,
and little clay to cement them. have been
,uccessively dug up, 10 be replaced 10y this
most obi ct,onable substitute for them.
,oh,ch had been already fully tried. con.
demned, and rejected IN o'her cities north
OF this, and which with Its thin shell OF
stone and sione-powder Is about rs much
like the genuine tnacadam'zed country
roaos flor IL Is moi used In citieS) OF Eng-
Land as thev are to the old Roman roads
OF cemeuted stone three TO four feet thick.
All around the city there are mex.
hau>tibIe beds Of rounded flint and quartz
qruuel (far heavier and less easiv ground tn
DOW der tnan grauilel, mixed with heavy
sand. and Just enough RED clay to serve "a
cement 70 the other two, which make the
tirmest, smoothest road-bed, and freest from
either dust or mud, that can be made OF
any materials yet used Tor that purpose, and
one also much more easily repaired than
any other, requiring only the occasional de-
posit OF q carf-Ioad Of the ZANE material 10
any depression caused by use OF weather.
If anv one doubts this statement, let him
observe and examine closely the few
streets in the outer portions OF the city
which have been made e this material, and
have not yet been replaced by the very in
feior and miscbiey0us, sfthough far more
expensive. granite. And yet this ready,
| cheap, anu very superior resource IL ue-
elected or rel ,cted bv our city authorizes
for the purpose OF inficbsng on our PEOPLE
u nuisance wellBi2h iDt0iersbie and most
injurious TO public health. In utter disre-
/ gard OF the,lOud complaiDts Of numberIess
citizens, and also, it IL said, OF The re-
monsrances OF the Beard Of Health.
Their perst 'tence in this course naiu-
iGally eXcitss suspicious that they
nave for themselves or dbeir friends
ether than pHaI,c reasons foreebering 10 1t.
Whether this be true or not, or whether
their perverse,course be the result OF igno-
rance, obstinaay, or seIf.interes, 1t IS GER
tainlv higd tinsf for the citizens 10 take the
reaeedy IN tbeir.o~n hands BY fefusing to
resiect 10 the ttty Council 'his ssriny any
mas who has sanctioned this nuisance. or
who will not piaEgr himself to do all IN his
p pwer 10 sbate IL. Now Is the opportunity
for IL people in f'.is mode to remedy this
greatseyii. Let e0Qs uoter see that he does
his part in the reform.
ONE eQF MANY SUFFERERS.
tThesaboye comes from source which en-.
titles 1t to publication. We noticed bow.
ever, very recently aha, General Sherman
recommends that sort ,of macadsmizdug as
one 81 tbe,yery best Of psvements.
We add dbat we are surprised at the Ia.
sinua'ion that the city authorities have
!" other than public reasoes" for macadsm.
:ising the strets-comiBx, as 1t does.
from II man fncm whom we iaave learned To
t%pect nothing but the most considerate
eenTlesy.l