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cost of maintaining macadamised roadways as compared
s. d. s. d. s. d. Stone Pavement 0 4 ·50 0 3 ·37 0 7 ·87 Macadam 0 9 ·25 0 7 ·31 1 5 ·26 Asphalte 0 10 ·20 0 4 ·17 1 2 ·37 The cost of maintaining macadamised roadways as compared with that of granite setts has been said to be as high as 5 to 1 and that this cost if capitalised for 12 or 13 years will equal the first expense, interest on money, and the necessary repairs for a granite paved roadway.
— from The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's Handbook by H. Percy (Henry Percy) Boulnois

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