THE BUSY ROAD BUILDER
The following lamentation on certain eccentric methods of road administration in many of the principal cities of the world by “Buzz” in the “Washington Post” is equally applicable in some New Zealand cities as in America. They took a little gravel, And took a little tar; With various ingredients, Imported from afar; They hammered it and rolled it, And when they went away, They said they had a good street, To last for many a day. They came with picks and smote it, To lay a water main, And then they called the workmen; To put it back again. To lay the city sewers, ' . They took it’ up once more, And then they put it back again, Just where it was before. They took it up for conduits, To run the telephone; And then they put it back again,. As hard as any stone. They tore it up for wires, To feed the electric lights; And then they put it back again, And were within their rights. Oh, the street’s full of furrows, There are patches everywhere; You’d like to rude upon it, But it’s seldom that you dare. It is a very handsome street, A credit to the town; They’re always digging of it up, Or putting of it down.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3726, 6 December 1927, Page 4
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215THE BUSY ROAD BUILDER Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3726, 6 December 1927, Page 4
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