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Show WORLD OWES DEBT TO THESE Macadam, Pioneer of Good Roads, j j His Contemporary, Telford, Worthy of All Gratitude. The first great Improvement Id t:.-1 .way construction within modern tl;-i was effected by John Loudon Macdi; or McAdam, who was horn In ir Scotland, In 1756. This great Sec::: engineer was the Inventor of the remaking re-making system known as "macBdi;;. lng," which Is still In general us i though vastly Improved. Macahj died In 1S36, at the age of e!6-;.i When he was horn the turnpike rc-'j : of England and Scotland were Id i; Incredibly bad state. Macadam i:i j his contemporary, Telford, were . j first to check the prevailing chaos -c!. to bring scientific methods and rer. lar system to bear upon the bu!:i::; repair and maintenance of highwi-i Macadam was engaged chiefly In f. ' repair of existing roads rather iiu ' the construction of new ones, anj j improvements which he inaug-"'i J were of great and lasting beneSt, ::: j only to his native land, but to t, world at large. Telford insisted a foundation of broken stone in r:s: building, while Macadam insisted this was unnecessary and that the r.i-soil r.i-soil would carry any weight if t: quately drained and kept dry by l impervious covering. |