Mr. GOOCHasked the First Commissioner of Works what purpose is served by scattering small sharp pointed stones on the stone roads in Hyde Park, which are used almost entirely by traffic with rubber tyres; and whether he can attain his purpose by some method less destructive to india-rubber?
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Mr. HARCOURTThe object of scattering granite screenings upon the macadam roads in Hyde Park is to bind the surface together. This is necessitated by the wear and tear of surface incidental to the use of rubber tyres. Undoubtedly the laying of wood pavement would furnish a surface more agreeable to rubber; but the cost of this would be prohibitive at present.