TAR-PAINTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13058, 28 April 1910, Page 4

TAR-PAINTING.

t should'interest the borough authorities, ‘■’ho for some time have been operating airly extensively in tarring the streets, 0 know that the Dust Committee of the loyal Automobile Club in England retorts that the treatment which has been lost successful in rendering the roads of he Old Country dust! ess has been by the nrface. application of tar applied either >y hand or by machine. By this method , jreat lengths of road have been rendered ustless for a whole summer ’ season, and he mud in the winter following has been ■ educed in quantity, and in some cases lie application has lasted for more than ne season. Moreover, there is almost ■nanimous testimony that the whole cost f the treatment is more than saved by he increased durability of the road, ami 'ready many surveyors are able to make 1 strong case for the extension of the reatjnent solely on the ground of economy done. We hope Wanganui's experience vill be equally favourable. Tar-painting r paving is growing in favour. Last r ear Sydney' spent „fi9oo on it; this year ■ SSOOO will be: expended on it, the chief surveyor reporting .that tarring nrovides “the solution of the 'problem of road maintenance,”