viii AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS July, 1907 



Ncwlon Boulevard, near Ilustoii. made dustless with 'l arvia 



Road Economy 



AUTOMOBILE traffic on macadam roads has in many cases confronted road 

 authorities with new problems of maintenance. 

 These heavy hij^h-speed vehicles, with their destructive tires, give to ordinary 

 macadam a harder test than it was designed to endure. The top surface is pulverized and 

 the dust nuisance, intolerable both to automobilists and other users of the roadway, 

 is the result. 



An answer to the problem has been found in Tarvia. Tarvia acts as a waterproof 

 itinder of the macadam. It forms a hard, dustless surface which ordinary automobile 

 Traffic cannot injure. 



The Boston Department of Parks reports that the average cost per square yard of 

 maintenance of macadam for 1903, 1904 and 1905 was .116, or nearly $1,000 per mile of 

 fitteen foot roadway. This estimate includes watering, repair of roads and cleaning. 

 Tarvia will save a large proportion of such cost and make the road dustless as well. 



The above photograph shows part of Newton Boulevard, near Boston, which was 

 tarviated in the fall of 1906. After a severe winter, the road shows little indication of 

 wear, being smooth, dustless and compact on the surface. Adjoining sections not 

 tarviated are in bad shape — covered with loose stone and very dusty. They will 

 require extensive renewal on the top surface to put them in condition for the summer. 



Automobilists, good road advocates, and owners of country homes who suffer from 

 the dust nuisance are invited to send to us for our illustrated booklets regarding Tarvia — 

 The Dust Layer — that never fails. 



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