ROAD ROLLER.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 85, 23 November 1911, Page 3

ROAD ROLLER.

COUNTY COUNCIL CONSIDERS PURCHASE. A FORWARD MOVE. The Stratford County Council, which went out of existence recently, .nestled on many occasions with tiie picstion of purcnasing a road roller, ■ml never gob very far forward with the matter. Tire question was rai. od to the. new Council, which met i;r the first time yesterday, by the Engineer, in whoso report the following passage occurred:-—■ Consideration of the purchase of i road roller was left over for the new Council, and in connection with this matter 1 must strongly urge Unit a roller he purchased as soon as possible. Jt is absolutely impossible put down new metal property without one. The direct saving effected through the greater life of a rolled acta lied road as against an unrolled

would be enormous, to say nothug of the indirect saving in conncci »a with the cost of upkeep of all ■lasses of vehicles which are used on Cie mads. Further, in addition to Ring new metal, tho roller and . aniter could he used throughout the ear in scarifying portions of rough oad where the metal, though oxisi,ig ia siiiTicieut quantity, is uneven, ; i,(l, when it is raked into shape, con* ■. ,dilating it again. It is not much L .t say tnat il a roll t and scantier .re properly used half the first cost f same would he saved to the rate- / >. is iii one season, by the value ol work can icd out. Cr. Chi'istolfcl asked how long it „ .mid lake to procure a roller. i no Engineer said it would take the !h s part of six months. Li. t 'hnsteliel said the matter • ; (add navo come before the Conned a a a notice of motion. He would give . otice to bring it up at next meclisg. , r. Smith said the Council should i• rale uO do well with a roller in .■..ajunciion witn the Iforongh Connu! i. J iia Ciiairman: I think •wo have . ; .nigh wolf; of onr own to keep the ~ Her busy ail the time, i I'mgineer said the Eliham engine; r h.ui told him that after the neaent year’s work his Council would 1 uve one of Linde rollers for sale, it ~,mid he possible to hire out a roller m not in use, but d tilt* County r,l ;l roller the jiorongh would not, •Vd it was better for the County to ,ni the engine than to have to rely