The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-24
Business AND Professional Directory
sbout many Innovations. and while

about many Innovations, and while |
the basic materials employed by the
ancients are still in use, many new
materials have been evolved and ap-
pl.ed with success. The United states !
which stands at the dawn CT the great
est road ding era in all history be- |
cause Of the development OF the motor
vehicle. leads all nations in rOad-build- |
ing. Those living today will see the
tine when the United States will have
the finest and most extensive system
of arterial and tributary highways the
wcrld has ever known, system of
identifying paved roads. properly To-
Gated, splendidIy shaded with trees. |
adorned with hedges and shrubbery.
edge with sidewalks and cutters, light |
ell by electricity, kept in repair by
working patrols and protected against
highwaymen by mounted police. Grade
crossings will have disappeared ana
our rural highways will equal in beau
ty and practicability the most beau
tiful and practical of cur city streets.
Rural life. therefore. because. OF these
and other modern improvements, will
approach more closely the ideal OF
human existenca and young men from
Highway work Is constantly devel-
oping new types of roadways. It's oe-
vel opment in America has brought
many peculiar types OF pavement.
| ranging from the old earth roads and
military plank reads down to Portland
cement concrete and those refined pc
troleum asphalt pavements now large
tly manufactured since the discovery
OF asphaltic petrol cum in California
and Mexico Native lake asphalt Is
still in use but the bulk of the asphalt
used in paving is now MANUFACTURED
from petroleum. Many odd types OF
reads have been tried, only to fail be-
cause of cost and climatic or trafffc
conditions There have been in the
United States probably more expert
ments with odd and unusual materials
in road building than N any other
country in the world.
It was at Newton, Mass. in 1908.
that the mclasses refuse or a sugar
refinery, combined with lime. was first
used as a binder Cor road materials
but ii was found impracttcable because
of it's increasingly high cost ana the
fart that the binder was somewhat
sol uble in water. The road. however.
did sustain traffic for number OF
wears. Plank roads were legion IN
tn. limited States during the pioneer
DAVIS andare much used today by IN l.
;t.rv engineers. Road builders have
been made from sulphite liquors oo-
tanned from tanneries, ana a'ehip's
have been made to burn roaos tna'
were surfaced with clay so as 10 n'ahe
a surfacing material approaching orIcN
a, hardness. An attempt tc' harden
Clarksdale, Miss. in 1904, when e~perl-
vents conducted by the United States
bureau Of public roads proved to De
. successful but too costly. and practical
, hi, only i'm regions where an ample
, suoplv of timber could be secured fer
: fre1 Roads have been constructed OF
, chats from zinc mines. Stag from biast
furnaces and shells rom the sea.
D OYSTER and clam she'll roads are now
, l. tn he found in many places in the
= o,,s+ states Rubber also has beer
utilized as a road material in eNperi'
: mental highway construction. In tact
d successful rubber roads have been II
:. ye,y limited use in Indian for SOM
d TIME. The ordinary broken stone =
= macadam road invented by john MAJ
t adam. a Scotch road engineer OF Asf
n shire. has until recently been In gen
u eral use. These are row giving wa.
= to the hard surfaced roads that ai
= b, tier adapted to autom bile anu 'ruc'
n traffic Seaweed, cotton. hay ana stfa'
s. have often been used in the construe
d tion of roads and in contrast to sue
70 ru,terials it is interesting to note ina
l. iron and steel have been used. \ stet
le road has been IN use IN Caehci'
sc Snain, for twenty years. portland ce
l. ntnt roads in America are now com
IS monty being reinforced with steel.
m While highway Improvement ha
ct made tremendous strides in the Unite
e. states in recent years 1t Is stu IN
infancy Eishty-ive per cent OF An
a erican roads are yet - be improved.
q, is not now so much a question OF ral'
II ing the money required tc build goo
n roads as it is the problem of spend'r
I'm wisely the large sums available IN g
al cry state for this purpose.
hd Good transportation facilities const
o. int one of the greatest sources OF n
es 'onal wealth. We really do not me-
us ~ search the pages OF history to rea
AZ ize the vital part highways nave pa
at ed in world Development In our da
believe. the highway will baeol
is the great rival CT the railroad. T
"a messenger automobile and motor tru
'ut Industries. wo of the greatest now
"a 1T ~ c,p;ta, invested and ou.p
ng ~, .,so,ute,v dencndent for their 81
INT Int, ,na crowth IN GOOD roads
ms. tan;sh;,o our highway systems 4
re- in building our roads the motor tr
ks. f,.. ,f III, fntu,., must be gagged q
Inc ample provision made for rapid
are crease III the Volume and weight
highway traffic. Our highways m
TIL be planned to meet future rather u
me pro sent needs, and tuilt-nct for
49, day, but for all time. They have
sA2 come "A means to an end. And that
iis- is the coordination of all the TT
oao sources of power in the nation
um. th. use comfcrt and convenience OF
us of the people.