WELLINGTON STREETS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7930, 13 October 1911, Page 11

WELLINGTON STREETS

FAVOURABLY COMMENTED ON BA A VISITOR. SPECIAL TO THE “TIMES.” AUCKLAND, October 12. - "While in "Wellington during the last day or so Mr C. J. Parr made inquiry into municipal administration in the Empire City, and spent some time with Mr Morton, city engineer. To-day the Mayor remarked that in Mr Morton Wellington had an engineer second to none in Australasia, and he had come to that conclusion alter having seen all of them during tho last two months. While in Australia recently Mr Parr saw no better streets than those in Wellington, Tho four miles of wood-block-ing laid down eight years ago showed no signs of wear, which was largely attributable to tho coating of tar and sand they received every year or two. The actual wear on the wood blocks could not bo measured, which Mr Parr considered was very creditable, especially as there was heavy traffic on tho main road.

Mr Morton had for some three years past been laying down streets in tar-mac-adam. '

Mr Parr saw nothing better in any of tho cities. Panama street had been down nearly three years, and though nothing had been .done to it in tho meantime it still possessed an even surface, quite as smooth as Auckland’s Queen street. Mr Morton was strongly in favour of tho tar treatment in making streets where the traffic was not heavy, but where the traffic was heavy he favoured either wood-blocking or compressed asphalt.