THE DUST FIEND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81892, 22 November 1906, Page 2

THE DUST FIEND.

t TO TIIE EDITOR. : Sir, —It has occurred to me that the c Now Plymouth civic authorities could ) do a l.ctle more than ihey are doing - in tiie matter of combatting 'lie 1 nuisance, which was so much in s evidence iast Saturday and Monday. - In the main scrccts the water carts s struggle valiantly to cope with the i fiejnd, and succeed so far as their £ appliances will allow them, but the 1 other streets rcc-iive absolutely no ate tention. Of course I know the limit* 1 of the Council's resources and that the cost of attending to those streets would probably be heavier than the [ Borough finances would stand, but \ thero arc other means at the disposal " of the Council that would be oven t more efficacious than laying the dust j per water cart. i know of towns in 3 other lands wherein they overcome the dust miisanee and reduce the . cost of maintenance of subsidiary ' roads by laying down each side if the road in grass, leaving about 15 feet for traffic. The plan works 'x- , ceedingly well. The dust from the ' crown of the road is swept on to the , grass, where it settles down and . takes to the soil, eventually becom,l ng part of it. The great saving , effected in the up-kcep of the. rtuds. . ' s apparent, the dust i- an ■ Quantity, and no ini'onve'nient)? is « caused to by the' grass sid<] , ttacka, J hisptf the' Council will look' . 1110 the lir.Uu, when 1 feel sure thev • W1 reco.4,ilsj the advantages of ii plan so successfully cariVed out in towns of gn ater s~ e than New PI,-. . mouth.—l am, etc., ANTI-DUST,