Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1911 — Salt on French Roads. [ARTICLE]

Salt on French Roads.

As a general rule the roads in and around French towns are tarred at the commencement of -the summer in order to abate the dust nuisance. It has, however, been found that tar, although excellent in the case of macadamized roads, is of little or no value where car lines exist and paved street crossings intersect the roads in etery direction, as tarring cannot be carried out on stones. • The authorities, basing their action on the well-known hygfometrtcal prop, erties of common salt, have made a test of its value in laying the dust. Twenty yards of roadway have been sprinkled liberally with salt and then watered freely. If the results are satisfactory, salt will be used throughout the town of Havre, it being impossible to tar the majority of the streets as they are paved with rough stone blocks.—From Consular and Trade Reports.