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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
APPLYING TARVIA TO A PARK ROAD. 
a satisfactory job. If they are not re- 
moved, the result is that as soon as 
these screenings are dry the adhesion 
is destroyed, and the screenings be- 
come entirely loose, thus breaking 
the entire tarviated surface; conse- 
quently they must be removed, even 
if necessary to scrape. 
After the macadam is thoroughly 
cleaned and perfectly dry, it is coated 
evenly with Tarvia heated to a tem- 
perature of from 160 to 180 degrees 
Fahrenheit, using from 1-3 to 1-3 a 
gallon per square yard. 
Various methods for heating Tarvia 
have been used; namely, tank wagons 
holding from 500 to 600 gallons, with 
fire boxes; roofing kettles mounted on 
wheels; and in many places the work 
has been convenient to the factories, 
so that the Tarvia is delivered hot 
direct from the factory and no heat- 
ing is required. 
Sprinklers for distributing from the 
tank wagons, made with pipes with 
slots and small holes, have been used 
in the hope of doing away with the 
sweeping, but so far nothing of the 
kind has given distribution even 
enough to do away with the sweep- 
ing. The most satisfactory method 
has been to use a hose attached to 
either the tank wagon or the roofing 
kettle, allowing the Tarvia to flow 
from the open end onto the road, and 
sweeping with street sweepers’ fibre 
brooms. 
After the Tarvia has been allowed 
to penetrate the road for from two to 
twelve hours, it is covered with an 
even la 3 ''er of crushed stone screen- 
ings which have passed a quarter or 
three-eighths inch mesh, with not 
more than 50 per cent fine material. 
The entire surface is then rolled, with 
steam roller if possible, and if there 
are any black spots showing through 
the screenings behind the roller, ad- 
ditional screenings should be applied, 
and again rolled until the black spots 
do not show after the rolling. After 
a period of from two to six weeks, 
depending somewhat on conditions, 
the loose dust and screenings which 
have not been bonded with the Tarvia 
can be removed, leaving the surface 
perfectly smooth and clean. 
The first application of Tarvia gen- 
erally makes the road dustless for 
about a year. Applications thereaf- 
ter are necessary every two years, 
less and less Tarvia being used. 
A UNIQUE MOUNTAIN PARK IN RIVERSIDE, CAL. 
One of the most beautiful places in 
Southern California is Riverside, and 
in a letter recently received from Mr. 
C. M. Coring, who is known as the 
father of the Minneapolis Park sys- 
tem, and who some years ago became 
interested in Riverside where he 
planted a long street of shade trees, 
he says the people there have taken 
a great deal of interest in tree plant- 
ing and home embellishment. He 
says; “The street trees are under 
the care of a forester. Mr. J. H. Reed, 
who has been so successful that dele- 
gations come to him from other cities 
to learn his methods. The city is fort- 
unate in having within its borders a 
rugged mountain, Roubidoux Moun- 
tain, about a mile long, half a mile 
wide, and with an elevation of 1,372 
feet, for which the citizens raised a 
fund for its purchase and improve- 
ment as a public park. Since its ac- 
quirement one of the finest mountain 
roads that could be built has been 
graded to the summit, from which 
the views are grand beyond descrip- 
tion. In no other city within my 
knowledge is there another such a 
park. On the sides of this boulder 
covered mountain the City Forester 
has planted some ten thousand trees 
of several varieties, and over a 
thousand palms, and there are yet to 
be planted hundreds of Yuccas, Cacti 
and' other interesting desert plants 
near the summit, above the line of 
city water pipes.’’ 
