NEW ROAD SURFACE
USE OF BITUMEN EMULSION. TRIALS PROVE SUCCESSFUL. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, November 29. 'a. new method of rapid roadmaking, described as the greatest advance since the war is reported by the military correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, 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 bear almost an unlimited number of motor _ lorries, whereas ordinary roadmaking involves a vast amount of material in the shape of stones and lighter metal, 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 then levelled by means of a grader, and finally the bitumen emulsion is mixed cold with, the earth on the surface. Thus a skin is formed.
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Southland Times, Issue 22187, 1 December 1933, Page 7
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150NEW ROAD SURFACE Southland Times, Issue 22187, 1 December 1933, Page 7
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