Table of Contents 



COUNTRY ROADS \> &Kt . 



Object of Heads Road Resistance* to Trartion Axle Friction Air- 

 Resistanee Tractive Power and Gradient* Tractive l'nw r .f 

 Horses Effect of Springs on Vehicles Location <>f Roads --I'ontotir 

 Lines- Levels Cross- Levels Bridge Sites Mountain I toads Align- 

 ment of Koads Zigzags I'M rial Locution Construction Proille !>- 

 termination of Gradients Level Stretches Width and Transverse 

 Contour Drainage Side Dltchf-s Water Breaks Culvert* -Jointing 

 of Pipe Earthwork Formation of Embankments Roadways on 

 Rock Slopes Earth Koads Sand Koads Tools Used in (trading. 

 DralninK 1 . etc. Hollers SprlnkliriK Carts Hoail CoverlriK-s <lrav-l 

 Hoads Broken Stone (Macadam or Tel ford) Hoads. 



CITY STREETS Page 73 



General Arrangement Width of Streets Street tirades tirades at 

 Street Intersections Transverse tti'ade Transverse Contour >r Crown 

 Drainage Gutters Catch- Basins Foundations for Pavements. 



STONE-BLOCK PAVEMENTS Page 82 



Properties of Stones (Granite, Sandstone, Trap Rock, Limestone) 

 Cobblestone Pavement Belgian Block Pavement Granite Block 

 Pavements Manner of Laying- Blocks Cushion Coat above Foun- 

 dation Hamming Joint Filling. 



BRICK AND WOOD PAVEMENTS Page 92 



Requirements of Paving Brick Tests of Pavinj? Brick (Rattler. 

 Absorption, Cross-Breaking, Crushing) Properties of Paving Brick 

 Advantages and Defects of Brick Pavements Foundation and Sand 

 Cushion Manner of Laying Joint Filling Tools Concrete-Mixers 

 Gravel Heaters Melting Furnaces Wood Pavements Kind-- of Wood 

 Used Chemical Treatment of Wood (Creosoting) Expansion of 

 Blocks Manner of Laying Filling for Joints. 



ASPHALT PAVEMENTS, FOOTPATHS, CURBS, AND GUTTERS . . Page 106 



Bituminous Limestone and Sandstone Trinidad Asphaltum Artificial 

 Asphalt Pavements Mixing Formula Advantages and Defects 

 Asphalt Blocks-; Asphalt Macadam Tools Footpaths Curbstones 

 Artificial Stone Problem of Pavement Selection Resistance to Trac- 

 tion on Various Pavements Serviceability Safety Llfo of Pave- 

 ments Cost Relative Economies. 



INDEX Page 131 



