Show WORLD OWES DEBT TO thesa macadam pioneer of good roads ana and hla his contemporary telford worthy of all gratitude the first great improvement in ghighi way construction within modern modem was effected by john loudon london macadam macadams Maca daml or mcadam who was born in ayrl ayr scotland in 1766 this great scota roadel engineer was the inventor ot of the road making system known as macadam lM ing which Is still in general use al though vastly improved Maca macadam daul died in 1836 at the ago of eighty when he was born the turnpike roada road ot of england and scotland were in an incredibly bad state macadam and hla his contemporary telford were the tha first to check the prevailing chaos and to bring scientific methods and regu lar jar system to bear upon the building repair and maintenance of highways highway si macadam was engaged chiefly in tha thal repair of existing roads rather than the construction of new ones and the improvements which he be inaugurated were of great and lasting benefit not only to hla his native land but to the world at large telford insisted cupoli a foundation of broken stone in road building while macadam insisted that this was unnecessary and that the suba soil would carry any weight it if adequately drained and kept dry by ad impervious covering |