London, Feb. 6.
It is stated that recent experiments in paving a street in the Borough with rubber sheets have proved satisfactory. It is suggested that Westminster City Council should adopt a similar scheme for deadening sounds in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross Hospital. The idea is that the scheme, if successful, might be extended to all streets in the proximity of hosp-italy. It is stated that although the initial cost is roughly double, rubber blocks long outlast wooden ones.—Reuter.
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