Roads and pavements in France

Preface

Tins contribution to the literature of Road Making will, it is believed, be of service to all who are interested in the improvement of our highways both in the city and in the country. It is partly the result of personal observation by the writer, but is mainly a compilation from the standard publications of Monsieur A. Debauve, Ing^nieur en Chef des Fonts et Chauss^es in charge of the D^partement de I'Oise, and from the official documents of the French Government.

The writer desires to express his obligations to the several friends who have aided him in various ways, and more especially to M. A. Debauve, Ingdnieur en Chef des Fonts et Chaussdes; M. F. Guillain, Inspecteur G^n^ral des Fonts et Chaussdes, Conseiller d'Etat ; M. Boreux, Ingdnieur en Chef des Fonts et Chaussees et de la Voirie de Paris; and Frof. C. Frank Allen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for courteous assistance and valuable material.

Alfred Ferkins Rockwell.

Boston, October 1895.