WATERING THE STREETS
"REALLY : A HARMFUL PROCESS." "What does these macadamised, roads, .more harm than anything else is watering them," said tho City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton), as ho bumped over the corrugations of Tinakori Road ia a motor-car yesterday. Mr. Morton explained. At times we have dust in Wellington, and some of that dust is put to rest by the aid of the watercart. The water, seeking the lowest levels, naturally finds the softest spots, which, .because they aro the softest, havo been worn into depressions by the traffic. The habit of watering makes the soft spots still softer, and more amenable to wear, and so the trouble goeß on. At . length the roads had 'to be patched up again, the metal torn ,up (.with a steam fork, and then pressed down with a steam roller. If Mr. Morton had his way and the money-to sup.port it', there would be no macadamised roads in Wellington. The aipi he has in view is expressed already in Constable Street, llpper Willis Street, Molesworth Street, and Panama Street.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 8
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177WATERING THE STREETS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 8
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