STREET-TARRING MACHINE
y -A \ COMPLETE ■.SUCCESS. • v: :%k f The. City. Engineer- QSt.- Morton) i he considered thia results.attained by'the'' new street-tarring, machine very good in- ',- deed. It had been; reoognisedv.from" the ' outset, Mr. Morton .'remarked,';-that :the\ work performed by the-machine'was";not of : a permanent - character,', "arid ■ would,, have to] bo renewed .at interitals: of about; three-months. This being so,,. : the\ir'prkv done, might be ■ regarded as, satis- : factory.' : Experience had ishown; Mr.: Morton 'added, that thb: tar- sprayjnV; treatment was effective only when applied 1 to roads of solid, formation .with' a: : souhdj surface. It was useless .to 'spray." tar !. over a broken road-surface.'.Personally,.', he thought that to secure the:;bcSt'rc-1 suits'the roads treated in'this way'should i bo tar-bound during : : their formation,:,: and not' water-bound, as are mostlof local;streets.'' :. '-"].".--■,;"■'.-;'.'.;/■-'"J'viV'^
It is not use tho. , niKchino. in. .improrjng; outlying streets, there, being- no.' funds t available for ,tho purpose. -;'-■:.. ■ \.'..y.'\'-iS;-^i
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1047, 9 February 1911, Page 4
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148STREET-TARRING MACHINE Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1047, 9 February 1911, Page 4
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