Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1902 — Asphalt Pavements. [ARTICLE]

Asphalt Pavements.

Though asphalt pavements are injurious to trees they are not invariably so, their influence depending upon the character of the soil. Where it is deep the roots find nourishment under the pavement, which keeps it from evaporating and holds it in supply for the trees. Where trees have been killed by asphalt pavements or cement sidewalks, it will frequently be found that It has been caused by cutting the roots in the process of construction.