Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25

vehicles applied to the rear
wheels.
"This tractive power gu thel
rear wheels causes suction. and
friction on the surface of the
road and the fine dust which with
wagon traffic would cement the
foundation, is lifted frorn~ the
road and blown away.
Another damaging result of
motor traffic to stone roads is the
loosing of the. surface crust OF
the road and permitting water to
permeate to the foundation.
Automobiles, however, do not
materially damage bituminous
surface.
I'm view of the fact that the
VALLEY Turnpike Company is the
national highway between the
North and the South, and also
lin view of the large number OF
automobiles purchased by local
residents, automobile traffic now
predominates on the Valley Turn
pike, and in my judg ment it is
absolutely necessary to use blum
linous binders in order to, salts
factorily preserve the foundation
of the road.
1T is not a question of build
ling a road for the pleasure OF
the automobi.ist, but simply as a
business proposition it is neces.
sary to preserve the fine dust or
the surface of the road which is
a part of the roadbed, and this
can only be done by the appliea
| ton of bituminous binders.
"a dustless road adds to til
enjoyment Of wagon users of thu
road as we'll as to automobiles
While the method of maintenance
of bituminous binders will be ex
| pensive. yet no increase in toll i
+ contemplated by the Valley Turn
} pike Company, and at the pres
emit time a large part of the ex
penses of the company is paid b,
!, foreign tourists.
I'm order to determine tn
kind of binder most practicabl
, and durable under the condition
of traffic on the Valley Turnpike
the officials of the Valley Turn
; pike Company have made tn
l most exhaustive Investigations
and will continue to make still
further Investigations relative t
the merits of the different roa'
materials.
Upon the invitation of tn
. Valley Turnpike Company, som
fifteen or twenty firms making
road binders will put down dem
onstration sections this summer
and the contract for next year
! work will be awarded largely OF
the result of these demonstration
> sections.
so far as l know there will
NOT be a dustless road of tn
length of the Valley Turnpike il
. the South in fact in the Who'll
country l doubt if there are NOR
than several stretches of thi
length which have been treate'
with dustless preservatives.
THE Valley Turnpike alread,
has very desirable reputation
with foreign tourists, and tn
rendering of our road smooth ant
dustless will certainly greatly in
Grease this reputation and will
iresult in an increased traffic"
! A great deal of routine bust
ness was also transacted at thi
meeting and the rates of toll wer'
fixed for the yearly users for thu
ensuing year.
| Mr.. E. w. Newman was re
detected treasurer and Mr.. D. B.
Dinges, secretary. President
Harry Flood Bird, of Winchester,
|presided at the meeting. Other
directors present were Judge E.
I'D. Newman, of Woodstock z; G.
r. Eastman and E. w. Carpen-
ter, of Harrisouburg D. B.
Dinges and C. w. Heater, of
Middletown; Shirley Carter, of
Winchester G. H. Harrison, of
New Market; H. B. Sproul and
w. H. Norman, of Staunton.
Trained in .IaiI. RI C0nyiCts Die .