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Show NEW ZEALAND FAVORS CONCRETE HIGHWAY ''Road commissioners in this country who would not like to admit that they are less up to date than those of New Zealand probably will be surprised to learn that the authorities there propose pro-pose to adopt concrete as a road building build-ing material," says the National Automobile Au-tomobile Chamber of Commerce, which continues as follows: ' 1 The American consul penera.1 at Auckland reports to the state department depart-ment that the local and national authorities au-thorities in New Zealand are studying the subject of good roads, realizing that these are essential to the development of the remoter parts of the dominion. Upkeep of the stone roads has been found very exnensive, and the construction construc-tion of concrete roads, as carried on in some parts of the United States, is being be-ing 6tudied carefully, with the result that it is proposed to adopt some .of these methods. "The New Zealand authorities estimate esti-mate that a milo of twelve-foot concrete con-crete road could be built for $2000 more than a mile of ordinary stone road, and' that there would be a saving in unkeep of at least $1200 a mile in the first five years, while at the end of ten years there would be a saving of $7000 or $8000. "A good grade of cement is being manufactured in New Zealand that is suitable for concrete road building,. |