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Show SAVE OLD ROADS BUILD NEW ONES There was recently held in Washington, D. C, under the auspices aus-pices of the Asphalt association, a paving conference attended by 708 engineers,' public officials, asphalt producers and paving contractors. con-tractors. The interest in good roads is growing. The central theme running through the sessions wa& that of salvaging sal-vaging old gravel and macadam roads and worn-out streets, and the paving of , the secondary roads of the nation, especially those highways that act as feeders for the railroads. The paving of tri- j butary highways, so as to relieve the trunk lines of congestion and ' afford the farmer ai better means of marketing his produce, was strongly recommended. United States Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Senate committee on postoffices and post roads, reviewed road building conditions in his own state and throughout the nation, discussed the heavy cost of motor highways, and called attention to the fact that there is already a large mileage of highways high-ways now, more or less obsolete for motor traffic, but in which there are abundant materials already compacted which he believed could j be made of use as bases for. modern pavements. j By the use of modern road machinery, including the powerful tractor, and types of pavement which have been developed to salvage sal-vage such roads as mentioned by Senator Moses, a greatly increased mileage of hard-surfaced highways can be added to our national road system, and the past investment of taxjayers for road purposes c?n be largely ptilized and saved. , : : i |