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     1- » ~  s, __l934 
     
    
   
   
    
     Materials Largely 
     
     Employed. A Year 
     
     of Progress in High- 
     
     way Construction. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The completion this year 
     
    

    
     of eleven miles of paved 
     
    

    
     ‘ iroad, using all local mater- 
     
     ial with the exception of as- 
     
     rphalt. and cement, marks a 
     
    

    
     y 'great forward advance in 
     
     M-the road-making history of 
     
     the Province. The following 
     
    

    
     ‘I interesting description ofthe 
     
    
   
   
    
     work done has been furnish- - - V ' ' ~ ' ' ‘ ' ', ' ' ~ - 
     
     ed by the Provincial Depart- - TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY . TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY, BORDEN TOiCARLETON CORNER 
     
    
   
   
    
     ment of Public works to ac- Carleton Comer west _ ' “math Pava.“ p ~ 
     
     ‘company the illustrations ~ Bithulithic Pavement _ _ 
     
     on this and the followin 
     
    
   
   
    
      page: . 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' Y. In the development oi’ motor 
     
     Jraffic, the greatest problem that 
     
     ..confronted the country has been 
     
     the construction oi.’ roads suitable 
     
     to the need and within the econ- 
     
    

    
     xnic possibilities. This pmblem 
     
     must be solved by scientific re- 
     
     search into the types of material 
     
    

    
     .. . available in the different provinces, 
     
     end by experimental and demon- 
     
    

    
     ._ itrational work. - 
     
    

    
     , It was generally understood that 
     
     there was no material in this pro- 
     
     _yince suitable for the construction 
     
     of paved roads, and it was just as 
     
     generally known that our greatest 
     
    

    
     y problem was dust and mud. This 
     
     could only be eliminated by some 
     
     type of paved surface. With that 
     
     end in view, there wen carried on 
     
    

    
     _-_in the province this year emperi- 
     
     ments in different types of road 
     
    

    
     _ ~ surfacing. 
     
    

    
     ‘.3.’ In laboratory tests of our road 
     
     soil a most unique discovery was 
     
    

    
      made. viz, that our soil had no 
     
    

    
     ‘éapillary attraction, being practic- 
     
     ally self-draining, thus eliminating 
     
    

    
     . . the danger of frost boils which do 
     
    

    
     ...|uch serious damazfl in countries 
     
    

    
     . that experience winters such as 
     
    

    
     .. ours. 
     
    

    
     Most oi the main roads o! this 
     
     province have been in use ior a. 
     
     century or more, thus giving us n. j _ _ - , - 
     
     perfect base’ for a pavement. With  _ _ t v I I I 4 _ .\ v 
     
     the propamattfnmn p?! side drain- -" . , -- ‘ v I - - 
     
    

    
     - age and a m ect formda- . , ' ‘ " = 
     
     Alon, there is no doubt that a much SANDASPHALT PAVEMENT ' i y y ’ ' TnAnkcA-NADA HIGHWAY 
     
    

    
     ~~thinner and less expensive ve- . ' ' " - 
     
    

    
     . ment than is required in Digest _ North River Road ‘ y M011“??? HlEhWW-‘muml 
     
    

    
      places wouidbe sufficient lo: our i y ~ 
     
    

    
     ~- needs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Gasoline ‘h: 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘The paving of roads today under 
     
     our system 0t gasoline taxation 
     
     must not be considered in the some 
     
     light as formerly. The motor vo- 
     
     ’ ‘hicle owners in this province have 
     
     " from about $7,000,000 to $8,000,000 
     
     invested in motor vehicles, 5nd in 
     
     1933 they pB-ld thereon a tax of 
     
     $259,000. In addition to this there 
     
     was a road tax of $49,000. making 
     
     n total road tax oi’ $03,000. The 
     
     total amount paid in ma for 
     
     land tax, personal property tax and 
     
     income tax was $113,000. and for 
     
     nsessments ‘by the- rural school 
     
     district-s for educational purposes 
     
     - a tn-x of $114,000. ‘Hie roadjames 
     
     exceed the combined amount of 
     
     these taxes by over $80,000. When 
     
     nil this is considered our motor 
     
     car owners are certainly entitled 
     
     to serious consideration as far as 
     
     our highways are concerned. 
     
     The total bonded debt of can- 
     
     lda carried by the provinces for 
     
     ‘their highways is $438,000,000, 
     
     which, figured on the per capita. 
     
     basis is $41.00 per head, the per 
     
     caplts debt for this province be- 
     
     ing the lowest of any, figuring at 
     
     $16.00 per head, which clearly 
     
     demonstrates that the road prob- 
     
     lems of Prince Edward Island have 
     
     been handled with caution and 
     
     imnonw’ Thbelavniiotgldaanufl iililitélli‘ ‘ TRANS AN i 
     
     est on our e e or - . 
     
     . ways is 064,625. when you nidd to 9 a , I C ADA HIGHWAY 
     
      i111» W375 1°? I #103118 ""4 "i '. - ‘ Concrete Pavement at Borden 
     
     leaves, available for highway _ " _. _ . 
     
     maintenance over $150,000. The BB‘ 
     
      cumulated sinking fund against our 
     
     - bonded debt amounts now to i6 
     
     per cent. thereof. 
     
    
   
   
    
     l worm AT somus 
     
    
   
   
    
     A stretch of sand-asphalt pave- 
     
     ~ment was built across the sand 
     
     ~beach at Souris West. ‘Ihis is one 
     
    

    
      of the most dlfllcult places in the 
     
     Mspnrvince on which to build a 
     
    

    
     , . pavement. In tho cfinstruction oi 
     
     !.A\Tth1s project it was found neeusary 
     
     to spread and consolidate about 
     
    

    
     400 yards of clay over the sand 
     
     snheach before the work could be 
     
     commenced, and for the making 
     
    

    
     “o; Qiypsvement there was used 
     
    

    
     of. shore sand and 
     
    
   
   
    
     I the excgption oi the 
     
    

    
     .. 1fl¢0fF3lIPhl»'" 
     
     ‘mmyrzralom! men. This is the flrlt 
     
     ,,,,,,,plece of work of this nature that 
     
     ,1»; been undertaken like!» prov- 
     
     vmce, and while not en rel’ stil- 
     
     ';"'1';¢tory, ‘is a ruirly smooth. dustflI 
     
     ~llfllbfl and will iron out 1106c 
     
    

    
     nffic. ' 
     
    

    
     nurrron _- '1'  
     
    

    
     m u  p need-norm!» rm,‘ 
     
     About I ISO,‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
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