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Cotton now is used in some sixty five basic industrial forms of man ufacture, but a new important use recently has been added which, al though still in the experimental stage, promises to offer additional outlet for this commodity. Cotton fabric of suitable character is now being tested in a practical way on one highway in Texas and on sev eral highways in the Carolinas Georgia and Louisiana. Combine with asphalt and stretched over a gravel foundation, and then covered with another layer of asphalt and crushed limestone, a comparatively cheap road surface resulted on a stretch of State Highway No. 3 near Gonzales. The experiment is under direction of Gibb Gilchrist, State Highway Engineer. Cost of such a road is estimated at $4,223 a mile, or 36c a square yard. Whether this new type of road will come into general use in the building of cardinal highways re mains to be seen, but for secondary roads it is said to offer a substantial improvement over most other ma terials, reports from North Carolina indicate. As outlined by one high way official, the cotton fabric, when properly treated, prevents rain water from undermining the foundation of a road, discourages development of cuck holes, and makes for a more cohesive surface. It is understood that further tests of the new type of highway treat ment will be made in Texas and in other States. A highway in North Carolina so treated has given satis faction after two years of traffic.— Dallas News.
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Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 09, 1930
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