ROAD BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE 509 



Awards. The basis of award in either of these club 

 projects may be as follows : 



1. General improvement in road during period of club pro- 



ject, based upon trueness, alignment, regularity and 

 clearness of ditches, amount and shape of crown, bet- 

 terment of surface and drainage 15 



2. General condition of improved section at end of club 



project period with reference to clearness of ditches, 

 waterways, trueness, and shape of borders, freedom 

 from ruts and depressions, smoothness, compactness, 

 regularity of width 15 



3. Economy of methods used, based on ten cents per hour 



for time of horse, and ten to twenty cents per hour for 

 member 15 



4. Complete records and story of "The Road Work of the 



Season" 15 



5. Faithfulness of maintenance during club project period 



with reference to freedom of flow in ditches and 

 waterways, repair of borders and washes, rapidity of 

 drying out and hardening after rains, and the regular- 

 ity and systematic use of the split-log drag 40 



Total score 100 



The authors are indebted to Mr. Maurice O. Eldridge, of 

 the office of Good Roads, Washington, D. C, for able assistance 

 in the preparation of this chapter, and to the office of Public 

 Roads for photographs used. 



