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The road was graded 19 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 

 1,980 feet through the entire length for a width of 14 feet, or an area of 3,080 

 square yards. This was surfaced as follows: Eight inches of crusher-run field 

 stone was laid in one course and rolled. Owing to a deficiency of binder in the 

 crusher-run stone, saud was added ; this was coated by hand sprinkler with 

 about one-third gallon to the square yard of bituminous material and again 

 covered with sand. 



One 4 by 3 foot stoue culvert 22 feet long was laid. 



The funds were raised one-half by private subscription and one-half by the 

 State. The total cost of the work was $2,551.45, or $0,829 per square yard. 



MACADAM EOAD. 



Arlington, Vt. — Work was begun on a macadam road extending west from 

 East Arlington toward the Arlington Depot on the East Road on August 

 4, 1913, and completed on October 29, 1913. Fifteen days were lost from 

 various causes. The adjacent land is swampy on the south and hilly on the 

 north, with a natural soil of clay and loam. 



The road was graded 22 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 

 2,004 feet. The maximum cut was 0.75 foot, the maximum fill 2 feet, and the 

 maximum grade on the old road of 4 per cent was reduced to 3 per cent on the 

 new road. A macadam surface 18 feet wide, making an area of 4,008 square 

 yards, was laid with a first course of 9 inches of crushed local stone and a' 

 depth of 3 inches loose gravel surface. No roller was used. 



One thousand six hundred feet of side drain, an equal amount on either side, 

 was constructed, using screened gravel and tailings from the crusher. 



The total cost of the work was $2,603.01, or $0,650 per square yard. 



Stamford, Vt. — Work was begun on a macadam section of the Village Road 

 extending east from Stamford toward Readsboro on June 9, 1913, and com- 

 pleted on October 25, 1913, with 72 days' loss of time from various causes. 

 The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil sandy. The road was graded 21 

 feet wide in both cuts and fills for 1,500 feet. The maximum cut was 1 foot 

 and the maximum fill 2 feet. The maximum grade of 3 per cent was reduced 

 to 2 per cent. 



A surface of unrolled macadam was laid for 1,500 feet, 14 feet wide, making 

 2,333 square yards. Crushed field stone was used as a surfacing material, 

 and this was laid loose 6 inches thick and then covered with a coating of pit 

 gravel. Three 12-inch and one 14-inch metal pipe culverts were placed at a 

 cost of $113.94. 



The total cost of the road, exclusive of drainage structures, was $801.98, 

 which is at the rate of $0,344 per square yard, or $2,822.97 per mile. 



GRAVEL ROADS. 



Arlington, Vt. (No. 1). — Work was begun on a gravel road extending south 

 from Arlington toward Shaftsbury on the south road on July 7, 1913, and com- 

 pleted on September 20, 1913, with- 24 days lost from various causes. The 

 adjacent land is swampy on the east, mountainous on the west, and the natural 

 soil is sandy and saturated by underground springs feeding into the lowlands. 

 This ground is unstable and subject to frost action. 



The road was graded 21 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 

 4,150 feet. This was then surfaced 16 feet wide, making an area of 7,378 

 square yards, with 8 inches of gravel of good quality hauled 1,000 feet. 



