26 BULLETIN 284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Highway No. 9 consists of 10 miles of earth road with timber bridges. Con- 

 crete pipe culverts were used. Drainage was difficult, as the road runs through 

 low marshes and swamps. The following unit prices obtained : 



Clearing, per acre $75. 00 



Grubbing, per station 5. 00 



Excavation, per cubic yard, complete . 28 



Embankment, per cubic yard, complete . 28 



Vitrified pipe, 12-inch, per foot . 71 



Vitrified pipe, 18-inch, per foot 1.16 



Concrete pipe, 12-inch, per foot, hauling and placing only . 35 



Concrete pipe, 18-inch, per foot, hauling and placing only . G5 



Wood pile driven below cut-off, per foot .70 



Wood pile driven above cut-off, per foot . 55 



Concrete, 1:2:4, per cubic yard 13.00 



Reinforcing steel, per pound . 05 



Timber, per thousand feet board measure 40.00 



Iron in structures, per pound .05 



Highways Nos. 12 and 13 consist of 4 miles of earth road and 1^ miles of 



gravel road 15 feet wide and 6 inches thick. The following unit prices 



obtained : 



No. 12. No. 13. 



Clearing and grubbing, complete $560.00 $360.00 



Excavation, per cubic yard .22 .22 



Vitrified pipe, 12-inch, per foot, complete .70 .75 



Vitrified pipe, 18-inch, per foot, complete 1. 00 1. 00 



Concrete pipe, 12-inch, per foot, hauling and placing only . 55 . 55 



Concrete pipe, lS-inch, per foot, hauliixg and placing only__ . ~~> . 75 



Concrete, 1:2:4, per cubic yard 11.00 11.50 



Reinforcing steel, per pound .04 .04 



Gravel road, per square yard = .25 



Bennington County, Vt. 



bituminous concrete. 



Bennington, Vr. — Work was begun on a bituminous concrete road extending 

 east from Opera Hall toward Woodford on the main street on August IS. 1913, 

 and completed on September 1, 1913. One day was lost on account of bad 

 weather. The adjacent land is level. 



The surfacing was placed on an old macadam road, which was torn up. 

 reshaped, and rolled. The average haul from the siding to the road was 1 

 mile. The bituminous concrete was spread cold by stone hooks and rakes over 

 an area of 4,851 square yards. This was laid in two courses, respectively 3* 

 inches and one-half inch in depth. 



The total cost of the work was $3,7S6.90, which is at the rate of $0.7S per 

 square yard. 



MACADAM WITH BITUMINOUS SURFACE TRKA.TMRXT. 



Bennington, Vt. — Work was begun on bituminous surface treatment of 

 macadam road extending south from Bennington Center toward Pownal, on the 

 Everett Road, on May 5, 1913, and completed on September 20, 1913, with a loss 

 of 45 days from various causes. The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil 

 is clay with one section of ledge. 



