The Construction of Roads, Paths and Sea Defences: With Portions Relating to Private Street Repairs, Specification Clauses, Prices for Estimating, & Engineer's Replies to Queries |
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Page 189 - All powers given by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by Act of Parliament, law, or custom...
Page 182 - An estimate of the probable expenses of the works ; (c) A provisional apportionment of the estimated expenses among the premises liable to be charged therewith under this Act.
Page 58 - All the irregularities of the upper part of the said pavement are to be broken off by the hammer, and all the interstices are to be filled with stone chips, firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that when the whole pavement is finished, there shall be a convexity of four inches in the breadth of fifteen feet from the centre.
Page 182 - During the said month any owner of any premises shown in a provisional apportionment as liable to be charged with any part of the expenses of executing the works may, by written notice served on the...
Page 183 - Authority on any of the following grounds ; (that is to say), (a) That an alleged street or part of a street is not or does not form part of a street within the meaning of this Act; (l>) That a street or part of a street is (in whole or in part) a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large...
Page 183 - ... on any of the following grounds (that is to say) : — (A) That an alleged street or part of a street is not or does not form part of a street within the meaning of this Act ; (B) That a street or part of a street is (in whole or in part) a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large...
Page 188 - Act mentioned have been executed in a street or part of a street, and the urban authority are of opinion that such street or part of a street ought to become a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large, they may by notice to be fixed up in such street or part of a street declare the whole of such street or part of a street to be a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large...
Page 92 - ... underground work, and largely exported for railway sleepers. Vessels built of this timber have been enabled to do away with all copperplating.
Page 3 - ... the highways, which form, indeed, the first germ of national industry, and without which neither commerce nor society can make any considerable progress. Conscious of this truth, the Romans seem to have paid particular attention to the construction of roads in the distant provinces ; and those of England, which may still be traced in various ramifications, present a lasting monument of the justice of their conceptions, the extent of their views, and the utility of their power.
Page 141 - They are made by attaching rectangular blocks of hard wood shod with iron, to wood handles about 3 feet long, and are plied in an upright position. Certain precautions are necessary in mixing and ramming the materials, in order to secure the best results. Especial care should be taken to avoid the use of too much water in the manipulation. The mass of concrete, when ready for use, should appear quite incoherent and not wet and plastic, containing water, however, in such quantities that a thorough...