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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  Just 
  as 
  the 
  bicycle 
  emphasized 
  the 
  need 
  of 
  smooth 
  roads, 
  so 
  the 
  automobile 
  has 
  emphasized 
  the 
  need 
  of 
  dustless 
  roads. 
  

   Experiments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  with 
  various 
  materials, 
  principally 
  oils, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   wholly 
  successful 
  in 
  suppressing 
  the 
  dust 
  nuisance. 
  

  

  Not 
  only 
  has 
  Tarvia 
  succeeded 
  in 
  suppressing 
  the 
  dust 
  under 
  automobile 
  traffic, 
  but 
  its 
  use 
  thus 
  far 
  proves 
  

   conclusively 
  that 
  it 
  improves 
  and 
  hardens 
  the 
  road, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  prevent 
  rapid 
  deterioration 
  from 
  storm 
  or 
  frost. 
  

  

  Tarvia 
  is 
  a 
  viscid 
  coal 
  tar 
  preparation. 
  It 
  is 
  spread 
  hot 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  screenings, 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  

   forms 
  an 
  amalgam 
  which 
  a£ts 
  like 
  a 
  blanket 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  pulverize 
  under 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   traffic, 
  or 
  side 
  wash 
  under 
  the 
  adtion 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  process 
  of 
  application 
  is 
  simple 
  and 
  inexpensive, 
  and 
  the 
  saving 
  

   in 
  sprinkling 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  more 
  than 
  repays 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  treatment. 
  

  

  In 
  appearance 
  a 
  tarviated 
  road 
  resembles 
  asphalt, 
  excepting 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  gray 
  in 
  its 
  color, 
  and 
  affords 
  a 
  better 
  

   foot-hold 
  for 
  horses. 
  A 
  single 
  application 
  will 
  keep 
  a 
  road 
  in 
  splendid 
  condition 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  without 
  other 
  attention, 
  and 
  

   only 
  in 
  cases 
  of 
  most 
  extreme 
  traffic 
  will 
  any 
  sprinkling 
  whatever 
  be 
  required. 
  

  

  Tarvia 
  is 
  a 
  genuine 
  road 
  improvement, 
  doing 
  away 
  with 
  the 
  dust 
  nuisance 
  by 
  getting 
  at 
  its 
  fundamental 
  causes. 
  

  

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