ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
To the Editor. ' Sir,—Owing to the loose and indefinite manner in' which the specifications for metallingaro drawn out, particularly when thematerialused isbouldersor quarried rook, there being no rule or condition laid dop
as to the way iu which tho metal is to he broken to the required guage. Now, there is but one recognised plan of reducing rock for metalling purposes, namely, breaking it. at the quarries before spreading on the road. This System is entirely disregarded in this district. Tho usual method is to cart out huge pieces of rock as much as a couple of •men can hoist into a dray, shoot it on to the road, The spreader breaks a lew on the top but the larger proportion of the stones are burrlod and never broken at all, The consequence is a rough uneven surfaoo-a terror to travellers-laming horses and crippling pedestrians. Yours, etc, Telford.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1732, 10 July 1884, Page 2
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150ROAD CONSTRUCTION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1732, 10 July 1884, Page 2
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