SELWYN FORD.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18550, 27 November 1925, Page 4

SELWYN FORD.

PREVENTING SHIFTING SHINGLE The inconvenience caused to motorists by having to mako a detour or several miles to cross tho Sclwyn river when tho ford on tho Main South road is impassablo was recently the subject of a letter sent to tho Ellesmere County Council by Mi- J. iS. Hawkcs, secretary of tho C.A.A., in which it was suggested that wire netting should be laid down on top of tho shingle with a view to enabling cars to get across. The following reply has now been received from- the County engineer, Mr A. Webster: —I am suro my Council would be agreeable to your proposal to put wire netting in tho ford itself, but I may say that when last wire netting was laid down traffic other than cars cut it to shreds in a week. I havu also to advise that tho trouble at present is the depth of water which blocks the oxhaust pipe of most cars and brings them to a standstill. Tho cost of keeping a man and two horses at the ford would bo 25s a week. If a charge of Is each was levied, on tho cars passing, it would be sufficient to meet tho cost of a team. The netting would extend over tho loose shingle as woll as the actual waterway. I wjll let you know when tho netting is in position. He (attempting to start car): This darned self-starter wont' work; There's a short circuit somewhere. She: Well, why don't you lengthen it, dear!