SOOT NUISANCE
TROUBLE IN LYTTELTON TUNNEL STILL A PROBLEM (Special to THE SUN) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Complaints that carriages on the Lyttelton tunnel route are getting dirtier than ever through soot deposits from the roof and sides of the tunnel being drawn by air currents through the open windows, are being made by regular travellers. Soot accumulations have dried and fallen ct the track. The suction of the trains and the currents of air played on the motors to keep them cool stir up the deposit and the dust penetrates to all parts of tho cars. Soon after the tunnel was reopened a gang of six men was put on cleaning the carriages. They went over the interior, scrubbing out every crack and crevice, making a very thorough job. The carriages are now as dirty as ever. A suggestion has been made to district headquarters that the tunnel be cleaned out with compressed air blowers. reballasted and then sprayed with crude oil to bind whatever soot may b*i left. _________
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 633, 9 April 1929, Page 14
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168SOOT NUISANCE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 633, 9 April 1929, Page 14
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