Excerpt from Transactions for 1903 and General Index, 1857 to 1903 Perhaps the ideal macadamised road, if cleanliness, smooth ness and freedom from dust be considered, is one formed of tar macadam, a material used in many towns on account of its forming a comparatively noiseless road, impervious to wet and therefore easily cleansed. Unfortunately this material is not suitable for very heavy traffic and 13 more slippery than ordinary macadam; it would, however, form a surface on which cyclists and motorists could travel with great ease, but there is little probability of even a track being laid along our main roads for high speed traffic, seeing that the cost of replacing an ordinary macadamised surface with tar macadam would amount to from 25. To 3s. Per superficial yard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.