Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-15
international Rood Congress
Held at French Capital Recently

CT suL;siranean in filtration OF w.t"r
TAR forms a cheap AMI excellent pro
! tec'ive surface which not only min
! imizes the wear or traffic upon the
roadway. but practically suppresses
! mCd and dust. 1t is LJt denied. how
ever. that on heavily travelled
hUinugifurrs the only really Sa;isfac-
! tor method of application is by mix
ing the crushed rock or ether sarfac'
Ing material with tar or asphalt to
tn. depth Of inches q more. This
being laid ca ! good conc:tt" and
ruGble foundation and rolled down
hard ana smooth ferns he best sur
face for - maradamiZsd road in AZ
wr2 hers ard season that has yet
been devised MOrcOv.r, il is claim
"a that the e mp'HiHt about the dan
gers ct tar dnst to lnsS trees. and
vegetation ar" more or less iHlaS
mary and have been exaggerated by
ncwspapt rs and by persons inter' ST
ed in o'he" rCads-surfa"inS Materials
However this may b.. the Congress
finally ihop'"d a resolution approving
The usn OF tar when properly laid
under favorable cratiilionS
Exhibition Of Machinery. Eetc.
A highly intfre- ling and practical
(! atnrp OF the congress was Tie cX
position OF materials. PROGRESSES, and
machinery for road buluins. paving,
street cleaning. etc. which was OPP IL
ed and naiaN;i-n"d throughout III"
week on the trrrac" Of the Tuileries
G1rdens. ul>,n which stands the BALD
ing known as the .I,u d" Paume.
which served IS a headquarters for
the confCrt nee and working rooms
for the various sections.
Here were displayed III endless va
i'ty the stone. gravel. concrete.
asphalt. and paving blocks Of wood.
granite. insalt. and other materials
which are used FIR road aud street
making in France and other Ear pran
countries. besides a larS" number of
talented combinations OF ma eTlalS
AMI 81, cial processes for laying them.
Profile MAPS. photographs. ana
models OF noted French. Swiss. and
BrlciaI Quarrics OF rcad-making
crushed Ston" and paving blocks
We're shown. implements and ma
chinery. from simple pickax 70 the
ponderGas motor street sw, @ping AMI
springlinS cars, were crowded in the
limited space side by side with colos-
al Stem rollers. scoring machines
10 scarify the surface Ct roads under
repair and > ACzsn varieties CT
equipment fer melting tar and distrb-
utirg it evenly over the surface of
rCadw&ys. This par, of tn" eXpnsi-
ton WIS OF especial interest to the
American de-; gates. who conceded
tina, Partisan meter cars f-r street
.,,l- .sfNr
t. anything CT the kind in use in the
Unitei States.
Permanent Organization.
Not legs in.'tr :c.ivp were the va
r:oGs Sc :tions Ct roadway exhibited.
showing ne materials and method Ct
construction from foundation to sur
face. and it may be said that the one
fundamental lesson which was most
CoNClusively enforced. not only by the
exhibits but by the discussions and
rerCrts of the congress. is The iniis-
pensable necessity OF S"und, thorough
construction from the bottom upward.
No surface however costly or well
laid, can long stand the wear of traf-
fic and weather unless the f@unda-
ton on which it res;s is sold. firm.
well drained. and free from the up
ward filtration OF wafer.
The climax OF the proceeding was
the adoption of resolution by which
it was decided to create a permanent
organization for the improvement OF
rec :. building and maintenance in the
countries represented al the con-
gre5s II will be known as the Stand
ing Int irrational Road Congress AS
sociai;on and will have a permanent
working commission made up OF the
president and vice-presidents CT the
general beard and OF the same Of
fecsr of the several sectional COM
mites into which the congress was
divided. The headquarters OF the
permanent commission will he in Par
is. and each country will l., represe mt
ed by two members. The first work
of the standing commission will he TO
draw I'D regulations for the main as-
socsation and preparing for the next
interna ional congress. which vii!
take place in Brussels in l910.-Daily
Consular and Trade Reports.