Description of asphalte — Mr. Deland’s test — Percentage of bitumen necessary — Method of construction of compressed asphalte roadway — Advantages of this description of pavement — Objections to it on account of slipperiness — Gradient — Cost of asphalte pavement — Tables on the subject — Specifications for a compressed asphalte roadway — Other descriptions of asphalte roadways — Hints on the success or the reverse of asphalte roadways
CHAPTER XI.
FOOTPATHS.
Foundation — List of materials for footpaths — Mastic asphalte — Description of manner of laying — Proportions of asphalte, bitumen, and grit — Yorkshire flagging — Specification for York flagging — Caithness flagging — Its advantages — Blue lias flagging — Concrete footpaths — Description of American concrete path — Artificial stone pavements — Brick footpaths — Granite slabs — Artificial asphalte paths — Specification of tar pavement — American tar pavement — Gravel footpaths — Sections of paths — Tarred paths
CHAPTER XII.
KERBING AND CHANNELLING, ETC.
Necessity for kerb — Section of granite kerb and channel — Setting kerb — Cost of kerb and channelling — Necessity for gutter or channel crossings — Gully gratings — Objects to be attained — Drawing of a gully-pit — Drawing of a buddle-hole — Mr. Baldwin Latham on the subject
CHAPTER XIII.
LIGHTING STREETS.
Gas v. Electricity — Public Health Act on lighting — Different hours at which public gas lamps are lighted — Hints for a contract with a gas company — Supply by meter — Objections to meters — Regulators — Lamp-posts — Lanterns — Burners — Numbering lamps — Formula for determining distance of lamps — M. Servier on spreading light uniformly — Tables of different lights — Points to be considered in public lighting by electricity — Motive power required — Machinery necessary — Regulations as regards fire risks — Lamps — Value of electric light — Difficulty of photometrical measurement — Cost of electric light — Mr. Shoolbred’s tables — Comparative cost on Thames embankment — Value of these investigations — Acme of all lighting