Show WORLD OWES DEBT TO THE 56 Macadam Pioneer of Good Roads Roadel Hl Hie HI Contemporary Telford relford Worthy of All Gratitude The Tho first great improvement hi hiway In fa fc bl I Iwas within way construction modern ti tl was effected by John Loudon M Mor MaCd or McAdam who was born la In A i Scotland In 1756 1758 This great Be h rr was the Inventor of engineer the r rc rev making system known as macadam lag ing which is still in general use tl t though hough vastly Improved 1 Macada died In 1836 at the ago of eight When ho was born the ro t of England and Scotland were in 1 U 11 Incredibly bad state Mac Macadam am M his contemporary Telford were th 1St first to check the prevailing chaos a ail ito t i tto to bring scientific methods and andreO re relar reO lar e system to bear upon the bUilding repair and maintenance of ot highway Macadam was engaged chiefly in n tit RI repair of existing roads roada rather tin fist the coi of new ones and tit improvements which he inaugural d were of great and lasting benefit BOI ao only to his hla native land but to ti tb world at large Telford Insisted a foundation of broken stone In rod moil building while Macadam insisted this was unnecessary and that the n al soil would carry any weight It If II ads drained and kept dry bj u ss impervious covering |