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tine clinkers, where both are laid on 6 inches of concrete. 

 The vitrified bricks share with the granite the disadvantage of 

 becoming slippery with wear, without the advantage possessed 

 by the granite, which is capable of being re-roughened. 



For stalls, loose boxes, coach-houses, &c., a flooring of brick Advantages of 

 or metallic paving is more easily washed and has a better ^^^ paving, 

 appearance ; but no description of paving can supply the 

 necessity for the frequent and active use of the besom, and no 

 stable can be thoroughly clean and healthy if the bedding is 

 not entirely taken out once a day, the stable completely swept, 

 and the drains well flushed. 



The difference in cost is in favour of granite, and where the Difference in 

 traffic is heavy, it is certainly a more suitable material, if it is ^^^^' 

 laid to proper currents and grouted with cement. 



The Author has frequently used granite for the passages of 

 stables, in conjunction with brick, metallic paving, and wood 

 in the stalls, the surface gutter being laid in purpose-made 

 bricks, or formed in the metallic material. 



The whole of the stables, loose boxes, and yards of the Omnibus 

 London General Omnibus Company, are paved with these stables, 

 granite cubes, with the exception of the portions marked a 

 on Plates ^2 and n, consisting of a strip i8 inches in width, 

 for receiving the debris from the mangers, and the areas ^, b, 

 occupied by the corn chests. These are paved with hard 

 paviors, laid on concrete like the cubes, and grouted in cement. 

 One super yard of these cubes is equal to 3 cubic feet, and one 

 ton will lay 6^ yards of paving. 



The following is a list of the stone pitching most generally in Various 

 use, and found to answer best for paving, with the number of ^^^ne pitching, 

 yards super the several descriptions will cover per ton. 



Rowley rags will pave 45 yards super per ton. 



Macclesfield stone pitching ,, 5 J 



Leicester ,, 4^ 



Neury „ 4I 



Mount Sorrel (4" X 4") .. ,, 6 



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