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Show ADVOCATES BRICK ROADS. Initial Ceit Comparatively Hssvy, but Mstntsnsnes Much Lsts. V. O. drimtb. editor of tho Monthly Hullctln of the Automobile Club of Philadelphia, has studied the results of road building of various kinds In different differ-ent states and conclude that brick roads aro far superior for mixed heavy traffic. Including horses nnd motor, tnicks, as well as pleasure car Cut stone, or tlelglan blocks, and brick nro both too noisy for use In el ties, wbcro wood blocks are the most efficient. For building roads In the country, cut stone is too expensive, snd where there Is heavy traffic the cost of maintenance of macadam roads Is also too expensive. Mr. Griffith advocate ad-vocate the use of brick on all well traveled roads ns real economy. The Initial cost of laying down good macadam rojd varies from $8,000 to f 12,000 ier mile, and brick road varies from 112.000 to $10000 per mile. The maintenance cost of macadam road, however. Is approximately $1,000 per mile per year, whllo for brick It Is estimated at $75 per mile per year-In fact. New Jersey has seiit $1 iOO per mile per year for her mnendnm roads. "The vital principle In road constmc-tlon," constmc-tlon," Mr firlintb says. "Is thnt of the cost of maintenance. New York has used patent bituminous pavements since 1 lifts, and tbn experience of west, cm New York In the vicinity of Ilochcstcr and Huffnlo Is that for the market roads In the towns, where horse traffic Is heavy, brick Is tho only possible road to use, although Its first cost Is high. They find that for high speed automobile roads, bituminous surfaces of n good grade, such as coated stono, have U-en found satisfactory. satis-factory. However, on such roads where hone traffic becomes heavy, or at curves, maintenance cost Immediately Immedi-ately Increases rapidly, while the samo doe not appear to bo the ease with brick roads under simitar conditions' |