MURPHY : SIRKKT PAVIXG IX KANSAS. 



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WiNFiELD, — population 5, 184; has two miles broken stone pave- 

 ment from six to nine inches in thickness covered with from three to 

 six inches gravel. It was constructed at different times with the poll 

 tax. About 0.5 miles was addeil in 1892. 



Wellington, — population 4,391; has no broken stone or other 

 kind of street pavement. 



Olathe, — population ; has i mile broken stone pavement, 



costing $0.55 to $1.49 per sq. yd. It has a seven inch Telford base cov- 

 ered with four inches thickness of broken limestone. It has been in 

 use four years and has cost comparatively nothing for repairs. 



Abilene and Clay Center; "our streets are all paved with 

 Kansas dirt." 



Haskell road from the city of Lawrence to Haskell Institute, a dis- 

 tance of one and one-fourth miles, is constructed of broken limestone 

 twelve inches in thickness at the center and nine inches at the sides, 

 twelve feet from the center. The cost including grading was ;^o.4o 

 per sq. yd. 



Table i gives the amount and cost of each kind of pavement and 

 the total length of pavement in each city, and the total length of each 

 kind of pavement in Kansas. 



The number of miles of pavement in Topeka given in the table is 

 on the assumption that the average width of pavement is thirty feet. 



* Includes .55 mile of Bois D'Arc block pavement, 

 t Stone set on edge. 



