Milford chronicle., 1908-09-18
Furnace Stag and Candy" Roads
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Dust Proof Thoroughfares Experi
mental Roads are Constructed witt
the By-products of Blast Furnace,
and Sugar Refneries.
Uniquely interesting are a mum.
Der OF the experiments now beino
conducted by the Office of the
Public Roads of the United States
department of Agriculture ; one be-
ing the effort to build a dust-proof
road by combining the heretofore
little used blast furnace Stag, with
asphalt or tar.
This endeavor is of the utmost
economic Importance, because if
the hoped-for success is attained
unslghtly mountains of Stag will
soon disappear from the vicinity oil
scores of cities, and a ready market
VIII have been established for vast
quantities Of this material,
For several years the scientists
IN the Office Of Public Roads as
vel as in many of the more pro-
5ressive States, have been WORKING
o achieve two great objects, viz
ne utilization of by-products in
DAD building and the DEVELOPMENT ,
u dustless roads Experiments al
eady conducted indicate that
rushed rock combined with tar or a
sphalt preparations bid fair to t
Dive IN a measure the dustless road b
roblem. Exhaustive laboratory n
'sts have indicated that Stag in h
with preparations of
T or asphalt may be made to serve a
a substitute for crushed rock q
sctlons OF experimental road are Fl
wv being constructed which will P
DJect the materials to actual ser 10
&c test. If the results are as sat sy
actory as the preliminary condi- ie
ms indicate, the slag-asDhalt or St
g-tar roads will realize the hooe be
the scientists for both the utiii- do
ion OF by-products and the at tt
nment OF a dustless road. One SUI
these experimental stretches of fed
d IS now in course of construc- ha:
] at Chicago, under the super no
on OF Chief Engineer Vernon NJ
rec OF the Federal Bureau. and
at Birmingham, Alabama un-
me direction Of Mr.. B. F. Hell 1
First Assistant Engineer. INV
he road at Chicago will be Of Cot
and asphalt that at Birming- ten'
OF Stag and tar. The greatest cou
and care will be used in putt mas
Down these short stretches and NeI
will then be carefully observed mar I.
lg the trying months of winter IN y
the spring it has been estab. tenn
d that this class of road re- gene
S firm, does not rut, sheds Gou'
I and makes but little dust a clIeC
step forward will have been Ject
IN road building, and a never JENA
g market will have been the
ID for blast furnace waste. had
ldes this activity in Stag ex- aoou'
ents, the Public Roads Office CONN
busy at Newton, Massachus- vagra
Win special asphalt prepare llle Ia
lever before tried, which the mas Of
or and his lieutenants hope palu
'rove efhecacious as a dust oAlcla
g surface material. tramp
e unique than this. however ing c
ice IS preparing at the same nave
o lay stretch Of what face PAYERS
'rlters are almost certain to IT, ana
" Candy Road -. In all al the
OF fancy it is probable that ADJUST
except scientist would 90 no owe
Id In research as to adopt should
s as road building mater Dut II
that IS exactly what has tion 81
one here, and Assistant Oest me
Provost Hubbard of Direc- now un
s scientific corps is level party III
II mile stretch of road near manage
and in few days will be Ia!Is' a
supervision of the laying I n, {
ST molasses road of history, Elmer v
asses IS the almost bv-pro. SON. the
the great cane sugar REIN posed OF
the south, and the best NePuDIlC
hneries Of the West and can De d
It. Tits a sickishly sweet Desl Inter
black and as thick as tar curry inc
st as powerful as a binder ehe end
ways been a waste nro- ma II pr
an be bought at a lower IN the n
coal tar and in greater P Illsonels
he o,o,+;4,.,.. corraling
:, IL go .tY: duu the sncKy by far
he atte e-r-I nia az Ia was Evening J
imber of months ago, he
the idea that it might aid
the always difficult prob The Dover
ty roads. He sent for a pairing to III
laboratory experiments and hope to
d Mr.. Hubbard to con- of September
J. The molasses was WI. We,
tn oils and limewater Corner. near