MOTOR LORRIES.

Otaki Mail, 15 March 1922, Page 2

MOTOR LORRIES.

FLAYING HAVOC WITH HOADS AMB BRIDGES. LOADS TO BE LIMITED IN krj HOHOWHENUA. The damage sustained bv the road 1 in consequence of heavy motor-loir - traffic was brought prominently undr 1 the notice ol the Horowhenua Count Council at its meeting on Saturiia '-7 by correspondence Irom two sources j The Engineer (Mr Anderson), in tp ■;

course ol his usual report, said

was quite a common thing to lorries with Ilve-ion loads tratelln over the county roads at, up to miles an hour. It was quite inqi'j sible tu keep the roads in order - long as Hus was allowed to co; tinue.

The other correspondence was it Falmerslon North. The secretary

the llanawatu sub-provincial brat , ■ of the Farmers’ Union wrote Hat h Iris executive was or opinion tlia’Q this serious damage by a •'onstar: increasing stream of motor va’tH was largely owing to be diversion cf§| the carriage of goods 'roin the t j K way through excessive IrrigtS

•barges by the Department, tt causing a double waste: (1; By less

revenue: and (2) by exlraoidmanH cost i>l upkeep of roads. The exioJH tive asked for concerted action l.jSi county councils towards obtuinitJll some femedv lot inis trouble. Mr. McJ.bavey held that the slc. fjj at which these vehicles truveUrd *. |§| more damage than the weights tl*H carried. He saw *;ne the .Aliev dif§| ST spinning along with a ioii of zine on stacked high ■‘i-xnlti*'ls knows how many tons it carried," ‘£J added. The chainnari (Ur. <j. A. Moti , ||| said the Hutt County Council was yi| the moment engaged in a test ca.-® with the object ot having a placed on the loads going over '■§&

Paekakanki Mill, and the decisttH would be ot great value to coun'H councils. He had in his possesSK® correspondence from the chairman the Counties Association bearing fj! this trouble, and it was plain uriH loads over bridges could be limits™ The Council could take the Waiwhe’Jß bridge to this end. Cr. Harkness said it was a simifH enough matter to unload at one s:™

and carry the stuff across. The chairman: We have got uiT than one bridge. A councillor: .Make it general. Cr. Ryder: Go to the Governing The chairman: U is no use the Government. 'P*-- t<re out af ‘d moment to <— xne the railways run a los? ,l may sound a strange ih;G <o say, but it is true. Do you kn ,T why the railways don't pay? “Bari management,'' responded 1 councillor. “No: high wages,” said anotr/ member. Cr. McLeavev also agreed that { was of no use going to the Govern tnent, but he would like to see k." limit placed ori all the bridges. General assent was given to t&Sj and it was decided that a by-law -

framed to limit the speed and los' of motor lorries passing over 6

county bridges.