macadamize
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The continent was crossed, the Gulf reached, and the road indicated by the hardy pioneers, which their successors will find it comparatively easy to level and macadamize.
From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John
Unless changes are made in the location of the roads in many parts of this country it would be worse than folly to macadamize them.
From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter
They exerted great influence in inducing communities to macadamize roads, for which the passing of the stage-coach and the spread of railroads had diminished the demand.
From History of the United States, Volume 6 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
Funds were set aside by the State Highway Commission in 1917 to macadamize the 40 mile section of Old Oregon Trail from Pendleton west to the Morrow County line.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.
In the dense forest, where sunshine never comes, rocks, mud, and fallen trees in rapid alternation macadamize the path, save where it turns up the bed of a babbling brook.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James
The 71st joined the retreat, still encumbered with its guns, and headed along the macadamized Warrenton turnpike — now Route 29 — toward Centreville, Burgess said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021
The 71st joined the retreat, still encumbered with its guns, and headed along the macadamized Warrenton turnpike – now Route 29 – toward Centreville, Burgess said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
Princeton University historian James M. McPherson writes that before all-weather macadamized roads, it cost the same to move a ton of goods 30 miles inland as it cost to bring a ton across the Atlantic.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2018
Deir itself is a thrifty and rising town, having considerable traffic; it is singularly European in appearance, with macadamized streets and a public garden.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
At that day the old-fashioned stage-coach was still in use, there were few macadamized roads and no railways.
Did they start with Reginald, with the condition of the morning-glory vines, with the proposition of taking up the quaint paving-stones and macadamizing the Street, they ended with the younger Wilson.
From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
It is a pity that Government should spend so much in macadamizing roads, when cutcher-roads answer just as well for all the wants of native traffic.
From A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home by Oliphant, Laurence
He forgot all about his exposed foot, and received a few nasty bruises and cuts against the sharp stones that were placed in the road for macadamizing purposes.
From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by Roussel, John
In many of these regions limestone is extensively used for macadamizing roads, for which it is excellently adapted.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various
The natives know all its virtues, and, while some ancient deposits of lava are used as a fertilizer for soils, other lava beds are blasted for building material and for macadamizing roads.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
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