Macadamizing.
The Times, 1824-08-27T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE; TIMIES. Sif,_Observing in several of the morning papers this day en 2r- counrt of the proceedings of the Comnmissioners of Sewers at Guild. hall yesterday, in which it iti stated that the inhabitants of Chathani- place (anmong whom Mr. Alderman Hevgate and myself are parti- cularly noticed) bad written to the Lord Mayor, complaining that the Commissioners of Sewers had ditected the soace before their houses to be IMacdamized, I hlave to request, on behalfof the inha_. bitants of Chatham-place, that vou will do us the favour to contra- dict such a statemernt. Our objection was not to the plant of' Maco adarnizing the road, beeause such plan originated vwith Mr. Alder- man Ifeygate himself, andi would never have been commenced ex- cept through our own private stLbscrintions; but we object to tbe proposed elevp.tion of the rogd, and this weubject to, because we cOn- sider that it will aFfect our houses in many ways; and besides which; we contend that the CJommissioncrs of Sewers b:ave no right to touch a single stone of the pavement in the precinct of Bridewell, in which our houses, and part of the road proposed to be raised, are situate; this precinct having a very ancient and separate jurisdiction over die pavements and roads therein ; and we contend, tao, that the very act ef Parliament under which the Commisqioners of Sewers clatm to act gives them no such right. We are friends to pablic.improve. memts, but not to any alteration whose benefi:s are uncertain, whilst its inconveniencies and injuries to private property are certain and serious. It is the righr of -he Commirsionerza so to act that we pro- test against, and this right we ,1..all contest legally. From the wholeof the report in the papers, I should conclude that the reporter Wvas not used to vwrite for newspapers, as, in addition to the msnr inaccuracies therein, he has entirely omitted to notice that mr. - dermall licygate mentioned, and which was not contradiated aiad cannot be contradicted, that " Air. Alontague and Mlr. Acton, *ne ciTy surveyors, and Mr. 1I'Adam together, have reported to the city that the proposed elevation ot the road was not in their judg- ment advitable,as afflrding to the public bat very trifling, if any,ad vaiitages," The inhabitants of this place were-led to believe that the conversion of the pavement on Blackfriars.bridge into a broken granite road would entirely prevent accidentt; and with this im- pression, and to this end, subscribed their money, never fora mo_ ment supposing that any other alteration was contemplated; and it w is only within the last ten days that the new plan was hcard of. None of the Commissioners who pronmote this meastre live in Chs_ tham-place, and therefore are not so well able to calculate its effects eas we wvho do. n :m. VRiyr , vn"' ,ct ,t..-At, UtAlilarnl.pVacc, Aug. 25, 1824. *W. C. BOUSpLELID. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE TIAIES. Sir,-Fronm daily passing over Blackfriars-bridge, 1 aea stTurk wvth the zreat improvemeit that will be made when the whole is completed according to Mr. M'Adam's plan ; but at the same time, there appears to me to be not a sufficient number of workmen em- ployed to eiThct it so speedily asi it ought to be for the convenience of :he public, against the appmaching vinter. It is greatly to be hoped that this improven-ent will be extended to Skinner-street, Snow.hiU, and Holborn.hill; the labaur to the horsts will thereby be rnaterinLIv diminished, anl( the accidents tbat so frequently occur during thie wtnrter prevented. Another point which I would touch upon is, tl;e injudieiaus manner iH which the roads rre watered: instead of' sprinkling them so as to prevent the ctlst from rising, thes ae de_a laged so as to occasian un unpleasatnt effllvium, and pede&trians are annoyed by their clothes being spoiled by the mud thrown up by the coaches and carts. The attention which is at all times manifest in our coluumns to every thing that conduces to tite public good will, I d'oabt u ot,intce you to nodice this. and imnrove the c,eeePnn n2 A CONSTANT READER AND FRIEND. - -M;SlA. Ab_ A _ - _ ..... M4C4ZAIIf12LN-G,