Southern good roads . he ordinary macadam road will mer(d.\be i-cqieated. and a remedy ai)plie(l for achronic Iroubii. .\eed ioi- a moditicatiou of the :irdi-nar,\ form of const i-iid ion is heie made aprareiit. tlie light of our present knowledge, tlie solution ofthe problem Would siMiii to lie in the \ise ,)f some formof bituminous binder of suliiciiiil stren,gth ami to kiMqi ihc loail iiitad as long as thi wearin,gsurface exists. .Man,\ iX]ieniiieiils have been triedalong this line with iiifrcreiii bit iiiiiiiions pi-e|iarations,and the iiiosl \ariab!e results
Southern good roads . he ordinary macadam road will mer(d.\be i-cqieated. and a remedy ai)plie(l for achronic Iroubii. .\eed ioi- a moditicatiou of the :irdi-nar,\ form of const i-iid ion is heie made aprareiit. tlie light of our present knowledge, tlie solution ofthe problem Would siMiii to lie in the \ise ,)f some formof bituminous binder of suliiciiiil stren,gth ami to kiMqi ihc loail iiitad as long as thi wearin,gsurface exists. .Man,\ iX]ieniiieiils have been triedalong this line with iiifrcreiii bit iiiiiiiions pi-e|iarations,and the iiiosl \ariab!e results lia\e been obtained. Somefew succ(^sses have indicated the possibilitiis of theliituminous mai-adain road, and nian,\ failures ha\e evi-deiicid a iai-k if knowledge on the part of expcriment-eis ot the riquisite characteristics of bituminous ma-terials for woik ol this nature, and often a completedisregard of the probable etfcct o| certain unmistaka-ble projierties up:in the road when subjected to La Roche Avenue, Near Buna Bella. Savannah Auto Course To deal with this ]i;iase of llie ill a satlstac-t u,\- manner would rei|iure more time than I havi. Tlubilumens would lia\-e to be classibel accoidjuy to theirpropcrt ies .-iiid Use. and tbeelfect of their \-arious chem-ical ami pli,\sic,-i| cli,-ii-act eristics discuss( d at somelength. Ill general, however, it iiia,\ be said tliat thebiiiimeiis siiitabl, tor ciiist rod ion ?work consist of re-Hiicd water-gas tars, coke-o\en tars, gas-house tars, re-sidual oil pr iduds hobiiiiu- an asphaltic or semi-as-phalfic basi, oil asphalts, and native as]>halts and gil-soniti fluxed to the proper consisteiiiy with a ..nitablecariNiiig medium. I-iiiding xaliie and consistency are i\\,] of the mostiinportaul fealnres to be considered with refeieuce t:ithe use of bituinens, in road construction, .and. strangeto sa,\. these featuris lia\e. in the irit,v of cases,been o\erlool;ei I. Tin bitiiiiien, ,-|s i
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