Year: 1880

page_text: tages :-
1st. By this Invention the road laid according to my plans cannot go into
holes.
2nd. By this Invention the road cannot sink, but must always be quite level.
3rd. By this Invention roads laid on my plans will wear longer than any existing
road.
4th. By this Invention roads laid on my plans will afford increased foothold for
horses.
5th. By this Invention roads can be laid to give almost every step taken by horses
up an incline a nearly level surface to tread upon.
6th. By this Invention roads can be laid and relaid with remarkable facility.
7th. By this Invention repairs of important thoroughfares can be done in a night
without taking up any portion of the road except where the men work, and can be
relaid ready for next day's traffic.
8th. By this Invention rails for tramway cars can be laid with the paving and
at the same operation with the following advantages :
1st. The rails may be laid years before the line comes into use if required.
2nd. Being by this Invention an integral part of the road the rails are always ou
a level with the other parts, neither higher or lower.
3rd. The rails being perfect fixtures no vibration is possible, and the wear and
tear infinitismal.
4th. When repair of any section is necessary it can be accomplished, as before
mentioned, in the night without blocking the road.
9th. By this Invention a subway can be formed in every road without extra cost
to contain gas or water pipes and telegraph and telephone wires.
The means I use to effect the before mentioned objects are as follows:-
1st. The use in combination of iron, wood, stone, and asphalte to form the surface
of the road.

page_text: 2nd. The use of cast or wrought iron frames of a certain and peculiar shape or
form to contain the substance or substances to form the road surfaco.
3rd. The method of bolting and fastening each section together.
4th. The method of fixing the substance or substances in the frames.
The whole of the foregoing I claim as my Invention, and with full details and
Drawings will be set forth in final Specification.
The means I use to effect the before mentioned objects are as follows:-
I form the bed or foundation of the road by first levelling and then laying a bed
of concreto in the usual way.
Upon this bed are laid cast or wrought iron frames or sections. Each section is
divided into a number of cells or partitions in rows. The sections have a solid
bottom, and into each of these cells I put a cube of iron, wood, stone, & asphalte
alternately, one by one, or alternately by rows.
These cubes are smaller than the cells, and aro luted or bound into the cells by a
composition of tar, asphalte, & ballast. Each section is provided on its outside
edges with holes so placed as to meet a corresponding lug or boss which is affixed
to the section to be fixed next on its inside edge. By outside & inside I mean the
side of section then being in position as outside, and the side about to be fixed as
inside. This is of necessity, as the sections being all alike holes are on one sido and
lugs on the other. The lugs are either drilled to receive a bolt, or a bolt is cast in
when moulded, the nut being let into the metal to keep the sides flush. The whole
of the sections forming the road are thus securely bolted together, the cubes luted
with composition aforesaid, and forming a rigid level surface impossible to sink or
get loose. The metals for train lines are bolted upon the edges of the sections as they
are laid, the sections being cast of the required width. The blocks or cubes for
laying up an incline are canted slightly forward, so that in spite of the incline each
block is as nearly level as possible.