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Tarvia for Cemetery Roads 
The following is a significant excerpt from the proceedings of the Association of American Ceme- 
tery Superintendents, held at Chattanooga a few months ago. 
At a session devoted to road problems, somebody inquired about Tarvia. The following dialogue took 
place : 
Mr. H. W. Ross, of Newton, Mass. — “I think Tarvia makes as good a surface as 
— . It is coming more and more into general use. Travel does not break it up 
and it lasts much longer, and it is not as liable to be slippery for the horses. When you 
get a heavy frost on the tar road it is not so hard for horses to stand as with asphalt 
roads, as horses can get a better foothold on the surface.” 
Mr. G. L. Tilton, of Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. — “We have tried Tarvia, both the 
surface application and also in road construction. We used what is called Tarvia ‘A — 
that is a surface application — and the road does very well indeed. We constructed about 
a mile and a half of Tarvia ‘A.’ Some of it has been down for three years and it is in a 
good state of preservation, but it ought to be resurfaced, probably next year. We did not 
find it at all slippery ; not as much so as asphalt. It makes a road apparently as good as 
• and of much cheaper construction. We built about a mile and a half this 
year and the cost was 42 cents a square yard. We think it ought to last for a good many 
years and makes a road as good as asphalt. It is similar in appearance and is not damaged 
by automobiles and heavy traffic.” 
The President. — “That is mighty cheap construction.” 
Tarvia is ideal for cemetery roads, because it gives to the macadam surface the plasticity which enables 
them to support the transportation of heavy monuments ; also because the tarviated surface is waterproof 
and hence dries quickly after a rain and is not muddy, being at all times suitable for pedestrian processions. 
Tarvia reduces maintenance expense so much as to more than pay for itself. Booklet on request. 
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