Obstructions on Roads.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 346, 3 September 1889, Page 2

Obstructions on Roads.

[4O THS kDtTOBiI Sin,—Which is the heaviest, a ton of lead or a ton ci feathers ? I ask the question because I noticed in your valued paper a report of a Borough Council meeting, at which reference wax made to the road that passes near the harbor works, a road which appears to be in a bad stats owing to the great amount of traffic upon it, and in consequence of which the Council wish ths Board to remoye the blocks out of the yard soas to allow th? us? of th? whole of the roadway. This brings mt book to ths question which I started with—which is the greater obstruction in a street, a few concrete blocks used for a publio work and placed on a road which leads to nowhere, or a huge hay stack, with the road fenced in to protect the hay, and the road being one that leads to the river ? No, Mt Editor, I do not know who the hay belongs to, but whoever doe? own it, either he or the public body having control of such rood, is to blame. Perhaps you can tell who is at fault. —I am, etc., Hit,

[lf our correspondent had thought of naming the road, or of stating the locality, tjie desired injormatio* might Maliy ea