EIGHT MILES A DAY
RAPID ROAD-MAKING SUCCESSFUL TRIALS OF NEW METHOD BITUMEN EMULSION (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 30th November, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 29th November. A new method of rapid road-making, described as the greatest advance since the war, is reported by the “Daily Telegraph’s’' military correspondent, who states that trials in India have been successful. By the use of bitumen emulsion a hard “skin” can be rapidly laid over the surface, forming a roadway strong enough to hear an almost unlimited numb.-i' of motor lorries. Whereas ordinary read-making involves a vast amount of material in the shape of stones and lighter metal and also immense labour, new roads can be pushed into hostile territory at the rate of eight miles a day. The surface is first scarified The track is ilion levelled by means of a grader, and finally the bitumen emulsion is mixed cold with ti:e earth on the surface and thus a skm is formed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 30 November 1933, Page 7
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