THE RIGHT ROAD BUILDING
BUSY SmBEfS AND OTHERS. A report on methods o£ road liniiding t« bft adopted in the city will shortly bo prepared'for presentation to the council, fey .the' City Bngitasor (Mr. \Y, H. Mortoil). As Mr. Morton has stilted em ninny, occasions, he regards woodMeeking on a concrete had as the host paving for the' busiest thoroughfares of the City. He has been experimenting for some time to discover 'ho best practicable road formation for secondary iharmtglrfares, and h« lias hud excellent'results from roads with a concrete fotiajxlntion over which is spread a. carpet of.stone with a tor billeting. The concrete, oflco laid, is down for all time, and tile carpet can ho renewed when it wears. The appliances at present wsErl by tiro City wjadmctt for dehvdratiHg awl' ftiugtein'g tar are admitted to-bo primi'tivo and long since obsolete.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2183, 23 June 1914, Page 6
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142THE RIGHT ROAD BUILDING Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2183, 23 June 1914, Page 6
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