On 06 Jun 19 15:11, Mark Hofmann wrote to Tom Walker:   
      
      
      
    TW>> Actually in Snow Country they shouuld NEVER allowed using Salt on   
    TW>> the streets   
      
    MH> That would help, but you would still eventually get rust from   
    MH> moisture in general.  The salt just makes it happen faster.   
      
    MH> Our county used to use sand, but has started to use salt like the   
    MH> rest of the state.   
      
   In Texas, when we get snow that is expected to last more than a day, is   
   cleared from the roads with aircraft de-icing chemicals. Not corrosive at   
   all.   
      
   As a side note, when I was a lad just starting to drive, the city used   
   coal to heat the jail, police station, city hall, fire stations and court   
   house. The street department would collect the ashes and cinders and   
   spread those on the streets during and after a snow. No melted snow, but   
   traction provided by the coal ashes. That was a dirty deal until after the   
   spring rains carried it away, but a whole lot easier on the cars and   
   trucks of the day. And grass grew on the roadsides in spite of the extra   
   dirt the ashes provided.   
      
      
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