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Show AUTOS DAMAGE THE ROADS. Injury Already Done In Massachusetti , Estimated at $50,000. "It Is hard to say what will bo the ultlmnte dnmago to the roads," said a member of tho Massachusetts commission commis-sion to n toprcfontatlvo of the Hoston Olobe; "hut It tins recently been estimated esti-mated by the board that $i..000 damage dam-age has been dono already by autos. This is small In proportion to tho cost of tho roads, but u.ilesr, somo new method of applying mirfacp Is adopted, the damage Is likely to be continuous; that Is, repeated us fast as It Is tnado good. There is something nhout the broad rubber tires, on wheels of small diameter, peculiarly damaging to macadam ma-cadam roads. A vacuum Is created by tho tiro, which sucks tho surface, or binder, from tho road, and it Is blown nway, leaving tho stones exposed. ex-posed. Tho commission is experimenting experi-menting with tnr surfacing, which lias been used In Franco successfully. Experiments Ex-periments have also been mudo by the park commissioners with an oil having hav-ing an asphalt base. Something now muit bo adopted, and I have no doubt Massachusetts will not bo behind In Its adoption." |