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Show SCOTS USED FIRST MACADAM Resident of Ayrshire Made His First Experiments About 1814 Roads Now Common. Macndnm ronds are so common In America that natlonnl pride tuny well lead us to look upon them us a do mestlc product. Hut John MncAdam was n Scot, resl dent In Ayrshire, where bo undo his first .experiments nbout 181 1, accord lug to the New York Sun rive yean later the first public roads were laid with the pavement nnd n grateful pur llnnicnt awarded tho inventor a grant of $50,000. .In 1827, after the now pavement had been thoroughly tested. MncAdam was made surveyor general of nil metropolitan roads In and about London Lon-don and the uso of his method beenmo general .throughout the United Kingdom |