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making of the more alluvial and prairie soil sections, but the final cost 

 to obtain a good firm road is much less. Dr. Bricgleb mentions the cost 

 of extending our work one mile to l)e $324 and which made a good 

 natural country road. Considering the al)undance of gravel and the 

 very thin coating necessary on many parts of the road, they can be 

 graveled with 9 feet of metal for $700, bringing tlie total cost to about 

 $1,000. This is small when compared with other places in the State 

 that are paying three times that amount for roads with 9 feet of metal. 



The cost of the work at Marshfield was practically the same as that 

 at St. Clair. The cost for the mile of work was $192 for everything 

 complete, except that furnished by the State Engineer. The remainder 

 may be itemized as follows : 



Steam roller, 4 days @ $10 . 00 $40 . 00 



2 engines, 4 days @ 20.00 80.00 



2 graders, 4 days @ 10.00 40.00 



Other implements, 4 days @ 5 . 00 20 . 00 



7 men, 4 days (S) 25.00 100.00 



$280.00 



View of Cass county rock road near Belton, Mo. 



These items, $192 and $280, includes graveling the one-fourth mile sec- 

 tion the hauling of which gravel amounted to about $170 of the $192. This 

 would make the grading and shaping $300 and graveling $700 per mile for 

 8 feet of gravel. Tliis includes the $40 item for rolling (which is not 



