OILED STREETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8191, 17 May 1906, Page 4

OILED STREETS.

Tan nppxtmt ta-eee## of the ed-tKrisg | «l '2?*w PlyjsKmtft directs t<a t&-«» qtw»i:Joa ofmli&ft I jmhlte rtreeir,, an crjwru»e»t»-«i f*r a* I the cokmy u concerned, thai had per.l 'for#e to go entried pfetiotisfy tawing Jo I lie disfkuky and 'co« *4 obtainm*; <Tttde oil is lu&rtens quantities. The«nern!», however, c( tne Sew Flrmmifii vesture should easily orercoaje the dw« ;. afnhtie* prtrktmlr exlstm;, awl tl i* bo* is *everal fown* that the example of our Xnagricxtt cousin* ia itreet'Otiing operation* thcuid be etnaiated. In the isjerieais cities sprinkling the streets with oil hm gjvess the greatest *a;i.sf action {re® any and every standpoint. Distressing cloud* of da*t —sad we are not unacquainted wtlh them in Palmer* ton —*re nuisance* of : the pa>t. the streets ere at all limes clean and pre>en tabic, .wear and tear by t.ra.tfie w le**ca«d Terr eoasiderably, and the draught powers 'A hor»e« are greatly increased

with. at She same time, ie*s strain cs uiiiscttlar power. The cost of up&eep '•? *treet." is greatly reduced ia tLat vsrfaee water instead of making: into ?he earih, rons. off the oiled surface of the street} imo the water-channel* the streets retaining their unbroken surface instead of as at present being eheraed. into is-pitd Kjud by the grinding action of wheeled traffic aided by the surface water lying shout, .it n of course a sice qua son that the streets should them *elve-< be in s state to give the operation a fair and conclusive trial, and in view of the street improvement work that is shortly to be done m Mais street West—one of the busiest and dirtiest streets in the town—that thoroughfare would form as excellent experimental ground ia Paimerston. Either to pare or tar macadamise the town streets is impossible owing to the heavy co.»t, but it may be found desirous to oil them, and we commend the fuggestion to the Council to be tried when Main street We« is ia a fit

condition for the operation