The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 475
intoin detail. Soils and theircharacter have a strongbearing on this work,ilie older roads of Cali-fnrnia were located with-out much thought ofurade, alignment or soils.riiev usually followed the (intour of the ground andhad no surfacing of anyconsequence. In some lo-calities good gravel roadswere… … deavor to create goud oiled roads. Oils were applied indiscriminate- 1}—no test for asphalt — no proper material for mixture with it. It was heralded as the panacea for road ills, and the struggle and hurry to make use of it overcame the good judgment of the users. Those who traveled these roads…
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