28 BULLETIN" 284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The total cost of the work was $728.71, or $0,099 per square yard. The 

 principal items of cost were : Excavation, 1,000 cubic yards of earth and 10 

 yards of rock, $307.90; surfacing, $385.98; miscellaneous, $34.S3. 



Arlington, Vt. (No. 2). — Work was begun on a gravel road extending north 

 from "West Arlington toward Sandgate on September 24, 1913, and completed 

 on November 1, 1913, with 10 days lost from various causes. The adjacent 

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

 saturated clay with some disintegrated rock. 



The road was graded 18 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 

 1,039 feet. This was surfaced 14 feet wide for a distance of 742 feet, making 

 an area of 1,154 square yards. The gravel, which was laid S inches in depth, 

 was hauled 1,000 feet. 



One 18-inch concrete pipe culvert was laid and one 3 by 4 foot stone culvert 

 extended. 



The total cost of the work was $410.77. 



Arlington, Vt. (No. 3). — Work was begun on a gravel section extending west 

 from West Village toward New York on the west road on November 1. 1913, 

 and completed on November 26, 1913. Nine days were lost from various causes. 

 The adjacent land is swampy on the south, mountainous on the north, and the 

 natural soil is clay. 



The road was graded 26 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 495 

 feet. A width of 20 feet, or a total area of 1,100 square yards, was surfaced 

 with 8 inches of gravel, hauled 1,000 feet. 



One 1} by 14 foot culvert 24 feet long was rebuilt. 



The total cost of the work was $289.31, or $0,263 per square yard. 



Arlington, Vt. (No. 4). — Work was begun on a gravel road extending north 

 from Arlington toward Sunderland on October 30, 1913, and completed on 

 November 12, 3913, with a loss of five days for various causes. The adjacent 

 land is low and the natural soil is loam. 



The road was graded 26 feet wide in fills for a distance of 495 feet, with a 

 maximum fill of 3 feet. This was surfaced 22 feet wide the whole length, 

 making an area of 1,210 square yards. The gravel was hauled an average dis- 

 tance of 400 feet and laid to a depth of S inches. The bowlders and cobble- 

 stones from the pit were used for foundation. 



The total cost of the work was $201.95, or $0,167 per square yard. 



Bennington. Yt. (No. 1). — Work was begun on a gravel section extending 

 north from Bennington Village toward North Bennington on the Robinson Road 

 on April 28, 3913, and completed November 29, 1913. with 11^ days lust from 

 various causes. The adjacent land is low and level and the natural soil is 

 clay and loam. 



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

 1,318 feet. The entire length for a width of 14 feet, or an area of 2,050 square 

 yards, was surfaced with pit gravel 8 inches thick, hauled 3 A miles. This 

 work was entirely in (ill with a maximum of 2.5 feet, and mosl of the material 

 was taken from a (linked channel. Bowlders and cobbles were used for a 

 foundation. The material was all hauled in slat-bottom wagons. 



One 16-inch metal culvert was built, at a cost of $24. 



The total cost of the work was $2,64S.17, or $1.29 per square yard. 



