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Show . IMIOI -I Tc; ISV F.XI'KKIKXCE The days of experimental road construction con-struction are about over. This period per-iod has been a necessary experience, hut it has been costly for the taxpayer. taxpay-er. Types of road construction which require heavy annual maintenance "harges should be eliminated. These "maintenance charges" run into enormous enor-mous figures rml in many instances have e-nualed the original cost of the road b-tore the ten year bond pTiod has elapsed. Thus is the tax burden increased, as fiesw? charges come out of the general fund instead o n the origin-!! road bond issue. Each dollar dol-lar of maintenance costs means that 'he taxpayer is paying a premium on "op of 'he original road cost. It has just been conclusively proved prov-ed at P'ttsburg. California, in a test if i.ti'r'een different kinds of ron-irete ron-irete i nvemeri that a brittle, inelait-! inelait-! material which ha-- no cushioned -:."ipp surface will r.ot withstand he icpratcil impact of modern road aTic. 0,,, th,. roail surface is -tacked ,- 1 1 r bec'n.-- to seep thru n the -iiiinai r and :.iorn rapid dc- Tiernt.on t..s.cs pl.i -n :is tn,, r,)a(1 'otindati in becomes Io.;--ned. An road ba-e or wearing surface. ;h'-n does not shatter under un-der impnM is nbsnlutejv nsseni al for modern Ira 1 c' H an inelastic road l.'.i-- such concrete is used it b.oubl be ci vr"d with a cushioned : Kny et.ace of asjhaltic character char-acter to save Its non-giving surface irorii desiruciion. |
