En Samling Afhandlinger Om Veje 1876-1881

24 OUR ROADWAYS. “ After a careful considei'ation of the merits and u demerits of each system, and having spent some “ considerable time in observation of the state of the “ different systems, I beg to recommend to your “ notice the pavements of Messrs. Mowlem and Co. “ and the Asphaltic Wood Pavement Company, “ giving a decided preference to the latter.” On a concrete and asphalte bed the blocks are “ more than sufficiently elastic.” The harder and more rigid the foundation, the more elastic the wood roadway, and a good hard bottom is the best for the system that lays a concrete foundation for its wood surface. The Asphaltic Wood Pavement Company was the first that laid a concrete and asphalte foundation, and formed it precisely to the required curvature of the road. The asphalte layer or bed is of the utmost benefit in a sanitary point of view, for it seals hermetically all underground exhalations from old or badly constructed sewers and cesspools. This foundation, besides its admirable fitness for the reception of the wood blocks, possesses a merit of no mean value, namely, that it is a sound and en- during foundation for a roadway, and that none better can be devised, whatever may be the material selected to form the surface. Thus, if a better mate- rial than wood blocks should be hereafter discovered, the foundations of the roads laid by this Company would be ready on the removal of the wood to receive