Oiling the Desert Railroad Bed
The Southern Pacific plans to spray petroleum on stretches of desert railbed to control dust, a small early experiment in industrial road treatment.
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Mesa Free Press · June 29, 1900 · Page 1
1 min readThe Southern Pacific is to try the experiment of sprinkling the railroad bed on the desert with petroleum to prevent dust. A few miles of the road bed will be sprinkled with oil, and if the scheme proves a success, as it undoubtedly will, says the Yuma Sun, the entire Southern Pacific road across the desert will be treated in a like manner.
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