Show l OF OYSTER ILL GOOD ROADS 1 IN THE SOUTH I BJ BI Tye Nw Newt LiPORT Miss Dec When 2 2 When dent ident of the gulf coast orders a raw on the half halt shell he isn is n g to build those good roads that next year yeal delight the visitor to Ij Mississippi centennial exposition to III 11 Feld here lIe average man has little I Dilation I tion of the fact th that t raw o oysters I good roads are related yet related yet thet the t jer er el shell has built many miles of ofa a goads rOadS along the gulf coast In Inhern IntS inhere tS here hem Alabama and Mississippi e shell roads arc are practically as asat L and nd durable as macadam They at suitable unable alike for automobiles wagons or trucks and a mile ofa of a 11 oad may be built for to a 10 0 rom om the Gulf of Mexico millions of n Her er r shells have been taken taleen to build highways Today work is in iTe Tress press s on a twelve mile stretch from t. t port rt to Biloxi Mississippi the re- re r. r and and nd rebuilding of this road rond beIn beIn bein be- be in advance of or the heavy traffic 1 acted when then Mississippi holds her exposition at Gulfport next Roads i made of oyster shells je re ne of the picturesque sights r led by the exposition d' d a town two hundred years ears 7 Imp does an immense oyster and I IJ J mp business Gulfport and the i t U towns also furnish fish and anders ers for the canning factories and i trade trade and and oyster shells for I roads requires about two barrels of j I terr ter shells to lay one linear foot of I I dway way iv The shells are placed on onlay j Ia lay a foundation and are piled from I f I I l to twelve e inches deep on new i I I ways Sometimes the shells are ate ateI I ft shed b b by steam team rollers again the theda J II da wait walt for the travel to i s1 e shells hells Within a short I f fre re t however the roadway becomes becomes' I Wand white I I Kie e automobile speeder as well as truth ll with a wagon load of ot I ret bl s. s cau find delight in a ashen shell ld It is as aa firm and level as a city Ij 1 e eJ and 1 is practically dustless ext ex- ex I ex-I j k t dur ng very try high winds shells sell sel along the gulf t. t at approximately three cents arrel There is apparently an inifi inthe in- in I supply of oysters in the Mexico and so long as folks to eat oysters a use will be tor the shells Ehens in the good roads I e the e gulf coast I |