. Water & sewage works . Prcseri/es RoadsPrei/ents Dust ~. Tarvia in Ben Avon A FEW years ago Ben Avon, Pa., wasstill building old-fashioned water-bound macadam roads. Then the automobiles came and so didthe dust. Something had to be done to preventdisintegration of the road surfaces. Thelocal authorities began experimentingwith Tarvia A and obtained excellentresults. In 1909 Watt Avenue was constructedwith Tarvia X and is to-day in perfectcondition. The Borough now paves allof its new streets with Tarvia X anduses Tarvia A for the maintenance ofits old macadam surfaces. A steady policy has be
. Water & sewage works . Prcseri/es RoadsPrei/ents Dust ~. Tarvia in Ben Avon A FEW years ago Ben Avon, Pa., wasstill building old-fashioned water-bound macadam roads. Then the automobiles came and so didthe dust. Something had to be done to preventdisintegration of the road surfaces. Thelocal authorities began experimentingwith Tarvia A and obtained excellentresults. In 1909 Watt Avenue was constructedwith Tarvia X and is to-day in perfectcondition. The Borough now paves allof its new streets with Tarvia X anduses Tarvia A for the maintenance ofits old macadam surfaces. A steady policy has been pursued ofusing Tarvia A as fast as possible onthe old water-bound surfaces with a re- sult that a large part of the road area inBen Avon is now in excellent C. D. Dyer, President of the BoroughCouncil, states: I cannot express toostrongly my recom-mendation of Barrett products for finish-ing streets for the use to which they aredevoted in a Borough like Ben Avon. Tarvia is a special coal tar compoundwhich is used as a binder to form a tough
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