Show WAR explosives FOR ROADS has become one ona of most desirable agencies for construction wort work one of the most dent clent of aline explosives lias bas become by adaptation one of tile most desirable agencies for the peacetime peace pence time task of road construction according to reports received from ninny many states by the bureau of public roads of tile tho united states department of agriculture the use of tills this powerful explosive Is general throughout the union wherever highways are under construction out oui of the surplus war material turned over by the war department to the lie department of agriculture and distributed by tile tho bureau of public roads among the various states approximately pounds of T N T I 1 has I 1 as fell found n d its ita way to the rood road bull builders ders supply houses this Is more thun than four unies its as much as the total of powder of au grades distributed by the department among the states the alie quan quantify tily of T N T distributed up to september 15 among the lie states was A as pounds in addition there tins lias been distributed pounds of blasting powder and of hand grenade powder among other materials of this nature distributed among the states were 01 pounds of dynamite pounds picric acid detonators exploders explode rs electric blast ing raps 1 feet or fuse yards ardi of detonating cord and tampers |