LOOSE STONES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 14 January 1907, Page 2

LOOSE STONES.

To tin; Jvlitor, Sir.—Why, oli why, tlo you y»> lav i- !•) im'-s Hill to complain of ioosu '"ixs on I Ik. ,-ujhlv Arc iheiv noiu' in Ni'\v I'i.VMtoiiil) ilhi'if? i was Ira- ; veiling our Inn. OV cr a large Canterbury lionil Hoard I'ii-t— a district win re road metal can lie got a tit] oso -uiywlici-f. I had always untiled that Hie loads Ml thai disaiet Were all ill good order, and I had ol[i ji noticed a man a pparently taking an easy jnli men.liny little holes in the road. ' i ■-poke to the surveyor about it, and he advised nie lhat although. luelal ■Va.s handy. Mi lil in,ire than paid ;<> keen a good man constantly on till" nail gathering the 111, is.' i-tones Willi ■l whcellialTow, util'.-illg l lle.se loose stones for Bl.iiig iiji t.ie riiU ami little :!dlows, which otherwise hold tlu| water and damage the load; and also il I hero were many loose stones on the road, the ratepayer- would soon go for the Hoard and hiniseli. jNow. in New Plymouth, with the exception ol Devon street, I a.m inclined to think thai broken metal, a very expensive item, could lie gathered at places by the half dray load. lam sure if the Council would put a good man on to keep the roads clear it would save the metal and receive the blessings of the driver, the horseman, and cyclist instead of—well, von can judge.—J am, etc., A.IS,