ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT EXPERIENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1919, Page 7

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT EXPERIENCE.

To the Editor. Sir,—tVhile passing along tbe Mountain road to your town on Friday last, I noticed a number of men and plant working on tbe road near Croydon road, Walpulcu, retaxrlng sod sanding the iurface of the road. I desire to specially □raw ratepayers' attention to the method that la being adopted, and the *t>p**pntr want of experience of audi work. Tb# sand and atones yaxy in size from fine sand to stones larger j£? n »» uck «*?■ ,£ hta material la 'carted from spread wfth shovels. The large stotuss are then rated to the aides, and either loft thew to get mixed op with the soft soli, shovelled up and carted away aealo, or left for stock to tip them on to the road aealo and Inconvenience truffle. Why not screen the sand at the pit and cart only what it required for the road sniffles and thus save a lot of useless mKrthig the rates and toll that Is SSL £2 , m £ ke RJIII kce P «ie road In reasoning. ? er ,J., ry zMe V*J« should make It a point (with your permission) to draw the ratepayers attention to bad roads, and any observable waste that Is going on, while we fh a r, e ,0 PW heavy rates and ?ol2V»y to this waste of labor.—l am, etc., Stratford, 12/5/19. MOTOBIBT.