ROAD METAL.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir» —Complaints for some time past have been made about our dusty and muddy streets, and tbo size of the metal laid down. If we follow out the Christchuroh plan of nearly 20 years ago, namely, to have a large number of spikes on the steam roller to tear np the road and form a receptacle to receive the metal and not as now, picked about 2in at the edges of the channel only, it will form better roads by having s|in metal than 2iin, for the simple reason that our metal comes from volcanic mountains, and the smaller the metal after the roller has passed over it (an old-fashioned wav) it either turns to dust or mud, as it acts like a mortar mill. In the South it is a different matter altogether, as they are away from the volcanic, country, and have metal of a much harder nature.l am, etc., R. Madden.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 11542, 29 November 1900, Page 6
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