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  FEW 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  ROAD 
  MAKING 
  

  

  Literature 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  road 
  inquiry. 
  — 
  Fortunately 
  for 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  

   construction 
  of 
  good 
  roads, 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  has 
  instituted 
  an 
  " 
  Office 
  of 
  Road 
  Inquiry" 
  

   under 
  the 
  able 
  direction 
  of 
  Gen'l 
  Ro3^ 
  Stone. 
  

  

  This 
  office 
  has 
  collected 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  valuable 
  information 
  

   and 
  published 
  it 
  as 
  bulletins 
  and 
  circulars, 
  and 
  has 
  distributed 
  

   copies 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  free 
  to 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  subject. 
  

  

  The 
  titles 
  alone 
  are 
  sufficient 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  scope 
  and 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  this 
  " 
  inquiry." 
  Note 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  i. 
  — 
  State 
  laws 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  

  

  roads, 
  enacted 
  1 
  888-1 
  893. 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  18. 
  — 
  (Supplement.) 
  State 
  laws 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  management 
  of 
  roads, 
  enacted 
  1 
  894-1 
  895. 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  ly 
  — 
  Historical 
  and 
  technical 
  papers 
  on 
  road 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Bulletijt 
  No. 
  12. 
  — 
  Wide 
  tires. 
  Laws 
  of 
  certain 
  States 
  relating 
  to 
  

  

  their 
  use. 
  and 
  other 
  pertinent 
  information. 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  g. 
  — 
  State 
  aid 
  to 
  road 
  building 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  16. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  convicts 
  in 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  road 
  building. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  entirely 
  unnecessary 
  here 
  to 
  give 
  even 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  

   these 
  and 
  other 
  important 
  papers 
  since 
  thej^ 
  are 
  so 
  readily 
  

   obtained, 
  by 
  addressing 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Road 
  Inquiry 
  at 
  Washington. 
  

   Practical 
  instruction. 
  — 
  The 
  easiest, 
  quickest 
  and 
  most 
  satisfac- 
  

   tory 
  way 
  of 
  learning 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  good 
  road 
  making 
  is 
  to 
  watch 
  

   those 
  who 
  understand 
  and 
  are 
  actually 
  engaged 
  in 
  making 
  roads. 
  

   It 
  was 
  hoped 
  and 
  even 
  announced 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Harrison 
  of 
  the 
  

   Washington 
  bureau 
  would 
  oversee 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  model 
  

   road 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  Louisiana 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  to 
  Calhoun 
  

   Station 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Society 
  at 
  

   Shreveport. 
  Circumstances 
  were 
  such, 
  however, 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Har- 
  

   rison 
  could 
  not 
  then 
  leave 
  Washington 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  and 
  the 
  matter 
  was 
  postponed. 
  

  

  