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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1907 



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Dustless Roads 



Just as the bicycle emphasized the need of smooth roach, 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£l:s like a blanket on the surface of the road, and does not pulverize under the action of 

 traffic, or side wash under the aiition 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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