THE DUST NUISANCE

Progress, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 1 October 1912, Page 100

THE DUST NUISANCE

It may not be amiss if I recall that other grievance of the non-motoring public to wit the dust nuisance. The tons of printers' ink which were spilled over this grievance; the millions of angry protests the ponderous discussions which were held, including international conferences on the subject all these are of such recent memory, yet at the same time so distant that one wonders where are all these things now. Out of the chaos of recriminations the fundamental source of the trouble —the dust itself — has been "discovered," and a fundamental remedy applied. The roads must suit the traffic, not viceversa. As easy for Canute to order the tide to cease advancing as for the anti-motorist to command the stay of the car's progress. Yes, and equally futile. Road dust means the disintegration of the road surface. Ergo, alter the constitution of the road surface. Make it dustless. This has been done throughout the length and breadth of the land,

principally out of the special funds derived from “super” motor taxation. And the result is excellent. Incidentally it proves the insufficiency of water-bound macadam for roads where motor traffic is heavy.