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Show & FRENCH ROADS BROKE Some persons have pointed to the macadam roads of France as the type of roads that America should adopt. Yet these persons have, perhaps, not thoroughly Investigated In-vestigated present conditions. These roads, which have been a matter of pride to France for centuries, are all maintained by patrolmen. Each man devotes his time the year around to the keeping up of a few hundred yards of roadway. But, ejren so, these roads went to pieces when heavy traffic was put on them during the war. These roads were built for horse and foot traffic, and served that purpose very well, but motor lorries, guns, etc., cut up these roads quickly. 4 |