State street to West, Washington street is soon to be paved with iron. As one of those who walk and chat in the highway, for the sake of my ears and my foothold, above all for the sake of those who ride, for the limbs of horses, the wheels of carriages, the necks of riders, for the sake of invalids, I trust that a trial may there be made of the Nicolson pavement. Do you know what it is ? If not, go through Mason street and Exchange street, and see what has been down less than two years. Ride over the Sea street bridge-see how even that is, which was laid two years ago, and calculate the hundreds of thousands of tons that, have bruised it. Bide over the Mill Dam, and see what has been down six years and a half, and you will see a pavement smoother than any other in the neighborhood ; safer, because a horse cannot slip on it ; quieter, because of the very nature of the material ; healthier, because cleaner ; equally durable, as the experiment has shown ; cheap, because cheap at its first fixing, and unsurpassed for engine fuel if taken up in ten years. If you doubt, what I say, step into the office of the superintendent, of streets, and see the specimens.
