ROAD WAVES.
Atj. {Tuesday's, 'meeting of the Alanawatu County Council the chairman' saidf thatW new element * was creeping' into* tfie roads, 'taking the place of the troublesome pot hole. The surface of various highways was becoming A' friend had told him'that they had “corduroy” roads. His opinion was that' the heavy traffic caused these “waves,” which in ,some t parts were worse than in others. The macadam roads were also beginning to “wave” slightly. /' • , Cr. Hammond said that on one road he. knew of the “waves” had become “breakers.” Cr. Barber considered that the roads that had been graded regularly did not appear to be “wavy.” j Cr. Fagan said that ,a firm had . offered to give the council a demoristration of ,the working of a motor tractor in' connection with road grading, and had submitted price for •; tractors." * >• - > . . ... - \ The Chairman: stated that in ’ American ,dogs were largely used to drag’ the metal and lose earth'from the sides of the roads. -He: thought two horses on a grader could do the work "quite easily. ' • It was decided that the firm be ' asked to give a demonstration next, week. ,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2424, 4 May 1922, Page 3
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188ROAD WAVES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2424, 4 May 1922, Page 3
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