PAVING QUEEN-STREET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11799, 31 October 1901, Page 6

PAVING QUEEN-STREET.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l am informed by the City Council officials that tarred macadam is not included in the list of materials for which tenders are invited. I think, especially in the face of the practical and reasonable letters of Messrs. Pond, aines, Whitney, and others, that this is* a great mistake, unless, perchance, our city fathers know so much about it that they do not require any further information. Big* stones bound with mud have for a generation or two carried the -traffic ol Queen-street. When the electric trams an running much of the heaviest traffic in Queen-street will be done away with, and it is beyond doubt that property graded tarred macadam would serve our purposes exceedingly well. The strip in *Shortland-3treet has been referred to as tarred macadam, but this is an error. Tarred macadam, especially considering its price, is the best thing we can get. Messrs*. Pond and Haines know more about these matters than the whole of the Council and officials put together, but of course they are only ," the men in the street." If our City Council will only remember that the man in the street told then a few truths about our Nihotupu water supply and our plague scare, which, if attended to, might have saved the city many thousands of pounds, perhaps it will be prepared to seriously consider the communications of responsible citizens who earnestly consider the welfare of the city and give their time and knowledge freely in the endeavour to conserve the funds and conduce to the comfort of the citizens. If this question of tarred macadam is overlooked I say without hesitation that Aucklanders will have cause to regret the error fot many a long day.—l am. etc., Rossignol. [We are informed by gentlemen who have seen the tarred macadam in Napier, that it would never do for the traffic of Queenstreet, and that in hot weather the feet of pedestrians stick to it.— Ed.l