THE TOP-DRESSING OF STREETS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20582, 4 December 1928, Page 10

THE TOP-DRESSING OF STREETS.

10 THE EDITOR. not - tbtt t metl iods adopted men/ nt t ?° se m , autbarit y in the treatment of our roads and footpaths strike un f tis£a <=tory? The new idea ot using very fine screenings and quarry dust in malting good the roads and fortopM e n« Dg ] haa ? nclease d the amount of dust of XfJ»T lng l - extent .‘. this state ho w, ivi M bcen 'allowed to continu-o so Jong without protest from the ratepayers is beyond me. I can assure you, Mr Editor, you will he conferring a great blessing “n the to say nothing of the longsuffering shopkeepers, if you will use your influence to put. a stop to this pracWtat with the amount or motoi tiaffic on the streets and the VF> experienced lately, the dust stirred up owing to this out-of-date street repairing process, has really been most objectionable. - I think it would pay the 5 n ty £° l !'i3 Cl ter t eal al] the 1 streets fesl °! the.upkeep would be f J the duet nuisance practically ehmmated In the meantime, however, ind B,i«Ct 8 ,i« Ct ba * k i to th . e old order of things S& T s jf 0 m . Btal rc # ea ro( *. and water tbe Bt ?aw. roller to fill up all potto,, n l * roads, and Chain Hill for all top-dressing of asphalt roads nnv %f aths l By d( ? inE this we will, at thJ not experience anything, like auarrv rrf?«o 6d i at prcsßnt b y the hse of quaiiy letuae.—l am, etc., Dunedin. QDABRT DuST -