HEAVY TRAFFIC BY-LAWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 119, 12 July 1911, Page 3

HEAVY TRAFFIC BY-LAWS.

POSITION IN ELTHAM COUNTY. At the meeting of the Eltham County Council on Saturday the trafhe by-laws approved at the conierencc of representatives held recently in Hawera were considered. Consulliable discussion took ph'.'O' on tin' proposal to make it; cbmpul >my that vehicles carrying from sewt. to one ton shall have 3-inch tyres. ■ Cr Belcher strongly objected to this by-law, as it would mean that out of 209. suppliers to the Eltham Dairy Co. 200 of them would have to have now wheels. it meant that a cart carrying, two milk cans would have to have a three-inch tyro. Cr King was in .favour of tin* bylaw. Jn-, making the aitoiali-sn (hip wpyo protecting tjio milkers, as they would have a considerable saving in jthOj roads, and a consequent saving in.j'thc rates. ; Cr Best, thought the proposed alteration would he a good thing tor ibe wheelwrights. .. Cr • .Bripn thought a compromise might he made in the direction that tile by-law be made to apply to new wheels , only. i,i Cr; O’Neil asked if They''could alter, these- by-laws. The chairman replied that they could alter them any way they liked, blit he was strongly of opinion that they should haver absolute unanimity among the whole of the Councils in Taranaki. it would not. do forvny one county to allow a 2-inch tyre, while another county had a 3-inch tyre. ' Cr King asked if there was any way of I flanging the Public Works Act into force to prevent the heavy tihi-ber wagons using narrow tyres. Thp chairman': Yes, if you can prove they are damaging the roads. But I don’t think yon have a hope. Eurthcr consideration of the subject was deferred till next meeting, in the meantime each councillor to be supplied with a copy of the proposed by-laws. HAWERA ALTERATIONS. The Hawera County Council reconsidered the heavy traffic by-laws on Saturday, and some important amendments were made. New clauses were added providing for a load up to half a ton being carried oil 2J-inch tyres, and a load from half a ton to a ton on 3-inch tyres, with two-wheeled vehicles. In connection with fourwheeled vehicles, clauses were inserted under which up to half a ton may he caricrd on 2 5-inch tyres for each pair of wheels, and a load from 10 cm t. to a ton for each pair of -wheels on 3-inch tyres. 'Tile remainder of tiio by-laws were left as they stood. Members were unanimous in making the above alterations. !■ ; A MILK SUPPLIER’S AVAIL. ', >!■ -I I . A correspondent' writes as follows A correspondent writes as follows to the Hawera -“Star’-': —1 am pleased to note that several farmers are protesting against the proposed drastic wheel traffic regulations a few self-appointed lords are wont to hoist on us, 95 per cent of dairy farmers. To carry oewt of milk or any other such load is absurd to have a 3-inch tyro. Nearly all of us have under a three-inch tyre now in use, and to It,avo to discard our present wheels is a little too much, for many of us. Besides we pay for upkeep of our roads, and have not asked these good people to legislate for our benefit.