AIL of these repairs are being made with cement, although the actual roadbeds: in many cases are not of this material Since there is no reason to believe that traffic will ever lighten on many of the roads to be repaired, wherever the old surface of asphalt wears away it is replaced by concrete so that eventually the majority of Settlement roads should be laid over with cement foundation. The method of repair at present used is to remove the broken portions of a damaged pavement and put down a twelve inch layer of ashes. After this has been thoroughly. packed, a six-inch layer of concrete is placed on top, and then a flush of asphalt.is often added to protect the concrete from the wheels of handcarts.
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