ROAD EXPERIMENT.

Adams County News
28 November 1908

Oil Containing Asphalt to Be Used With Sand at Cape Cod.

The Massachusetts highway commission is to conduct an interesting experiment in road building on Cape Cod, where there is no stone to speak of. A heavy grade of Texas crude oil containing a large percentage of asphalt will be used with the sand. The sand road will first be shaped with a road machine, and heated oil will be spread over the surface. A second lot of oil will be sprinkled on when the first coat has been on for two weeks.

The surface will then be cut up with a disk harrow so as to mix the sand and oil to a depth of four inches. After this has been done the road will be rolled and the surface sprinkled with a thin layer of sand to absorb the surface oil. A little work of this sort was done under the highway commission's supervision about two years ago, which has resulted satisfactorily.