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TABLE VIII. 



Labor One Horse is Able to Perform at Different Rates of Speed on 

 Canals, Eailroads and Turnpikes. (Drawing Force 83 1-3 Miles.) 

 (Waring.) 



The total weight of farm products in 1895 was estimated at 219,- 

 824,227 tons. If the forest products hauled over the public roads 

 be added to this, we get 313,349,227 tons, which at |3.02 per ton, 

 makes a total for the annual cost of hauling on the public roads of 

 |946,414,GGo. Nearly, if not quite, two-thirds of this vast expense 

 may be saved byroad improvement, and this at a total cost not 

 exceeding the losses of three, or at most, four years by bad roads. 

 (Circular No. 19, Office of Road Inquiry, U. S. Dept. of Agri.) 



TABLE IX. 



Average Quantity of Stone Required per Year to Keep Ten Feet of 

 Road Width = 20 Feet in Repair. (Herschel.) 



1. Good material and heavy travel 



2. Good material and medium amount of travel 



3. Good material and light travel 



4. Medium material and heavy travel 



5. Medium material and medium amount of travel, 

 R. Medium material and light travel 



7. Third-rate material and heavy travel 



8. Third-rate material and medium amount of travel 



9. Third-rate material and light travel, 



