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day motor truck has a net wheel load which is more than six times as 

 great as that of the Koman freight-carrying vehicle. 



Redistribution of our population and decentralization of industry, 

 with all their beneficial effects, are following in the wake of the 

 cyclical change in our methods of transportation. Although better 

 things are in store for us in the sphere of land transport, the memory 

 of the Via Appia will serve always as an inspiration to the road 

 builder. 



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