The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-09-13
DUSTLEsS COUNTRY ROADS.
Asphalt Used In Place CT MncadGm
O., Scvv Jersey Highways.

Asphalt Used In Place CT MncadGm
o. Kew Jersey Highways.
II The experiments to be conducted .
by State Road Commissioner Z. c.
Hutchinson Of New Jersey turn ont
successfully, as he predicts they will,
the day Of the dustless country road is
at hand, and automObiliug viii be
given a boom in New Jersey surpass-
ing even that which its uneXcelled
macadam road system has given it,
says a dispatch from Trenton, y. J.
Commissioner Hutchinson will during
the summer experiment with the use
Of asphalt instead of macadam for
building country roads. The roads
built of this material in the rural dis
tricts will not he like the smooth sur
faced street pavement of the city
streets. but will resemble the macadam
roads in that they will have small
broken stones for their principal COM
ponent. and these will be bound sOlidly
together by asphalt This will present
hard surface from which there will
be no wearing of small particles to be
whirled in clouds of dust in the faces
of travellers and in the homes of Dor
dering residents.
Commissioner HutchinsOn's expert
ments have attracted the attention Of
road builders all over the United
States, who are watching the result
with the deepest interest. Mr.. Hutch
! insOn asserts that the asphalt country
road will cost no more than the mac
adam, and that its wearing qualities
will surpass those II the material at
present commonly used.
Within the last few months Commits
sioner Hutchinson has been bobbing up
most unexpectedly at the scenes Of
new road operations in different parts
Of the state This is the result OF the
recent acquisition by his department
of an automobile, which enables the
commissioner to keep his eye on new
road work much more readily than ne
could before. Contractors and inspect
Ors receive no notice of the commits
sioners approach, anu consequently
any shortcomings of which they may
be guilty in the construction are
quickly exposed to the gaze of the Off
cial who has the say in the distribu
ton of the states road appropriations
In several counties Commissioner
i Hutchinson has pounced down upon
derelict contractors and inspectors, ant
he has not hesitatel to call the atten
ton Of boards of freeholdcrs to tn,
conditions that he found, and in some
instances he has exercised his authorit!
Of Withholding the states money unit
the work was properly done.
Commissioner Hutchinson is ut pres
ent paying particular attention to ap
plCations presented to him for new
roads He insists that only the mos
Travelled roads be improved, and in thi
way instead Of building roads that vii
benefit only a small section he IS &c
complishing the joining Of the chain o
macadam roads crossing the state i
al directions. This encourages auto
MODELLING, and in consequence the stat
treasury is enriched the more by IL
increase of the receipts Of its auto
mobile department. The day Of IL
, narrow macadam road, ten and lively
feet in width, has passed, and Con
missioner Hutchinson now enforce
strictly the rule that he laid dow
when he entered upon his otiice-th;
.. 10 road less than sixteen feet in widt
: he built in New Jersey.