ECONOMIC SUEVEYS OP COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. 25 

 Table 6. — Hauling data for loads met on roads, Apr. 2 to 12, 1913. 



Vehicle and load. 



Weight. 



Distance 

 hauled. 



Ton- 

 miles. 



Cost for 

 trip. 



Cost per 

 ton-mile. 



Double team: 



20ties 



1,000 feet lumber. 

 21 white-oak ties. 

 1,000 feet lumber. 

 1,300 feet lumber. 

 20 white-oak ties. 

 900 feet lumber. . . 

 1,500 feet lumber. 

 l,100feet lumber. 

 1,000 feet lumber. 



Do 



Do 



11 ties 



f cord wood 



13 ties 



1,000 feet lumber. 

 4-horseteam: 



1,500 feet lumber. 

 2,000 feet lumber. 



Do 



Single team: 



Sties 



6 ties 



Do 



. 400 feet lumber... 

 500 feet lumber... 



Tons. 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.10 

 2.00 

 2.60 

 2.00 

 1.80 

 3.00 

 2.20 

 2.00 

 2.00 



• 2.00 

 1.10 

 1.50 

 1.30 

 2.00 



3.00 

 4. CO 

 4.00 



0.50 

 0.60 

 0.60 

 0.80 

 1.00 



Miles. 



16.0 

 16.0 

 23.1 

 12.0 

 28.6 



S2.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 3.00 



Cents. 

 12.5 

 12.5 

 13.0 

 12.5 

 10.5 



12.6 

 33.0 

 17.6 



1.50 

 3.00 

 2.00 



11.9 

 9.1 

 11.3 



3.50 



15.6 

 24.0 



3.00 

 2.50 



19.2 

 210.4 



6.0 



25.0 



Average for 13 loads. 



2.15 



9.6 



1 Teamsters get $3.50 per 1,000 feet for this haul and make 1 trip a day. 



2 Teamsters get 82.50 per 1,000 feet and make 1 trip a day. 



3 On basis of IJ trips per day; round trips made in 7 hours. 



Of the 13 cases for which complete information was obtained it 

 appears that the average load for a 1-horse team was 1,400 pounds, 

 for a 2-horse team 3,950 pounds, and for a 4-horse team 7,333 pounds; 

 the average distance hauled was 9.6 miles, thus making the average 

 cost 11.7 cents per ton-mile. 



The 1914 study made on February 9 and 10 showed that the 

 improvement of the road from Partlows to Spotsylvania Court House 

 had opened up a large territory from which lumber and ties could be 

 profitably hauled through to Fredericksburg. In 1913 large quan- 

 tities of ties and lumber were brought to Spotsylvania Court House 

 from the surrounding country and there reloaded ui bigger loads, 

 from which point they were hauled to Fredericksburg with 2-horse 

 teams. In 1914 this point of transfer was moved farther out on 

 account of the improved road, which .will increase the average haul 

 for such products and reduce the cost of marketing. 



The traffic encountered between 8.15 a. m. and 11 a. m, on Feb- 

 ruary 10, 1914, on a trip from Fredericksburg to Spotsylvania Court 

 House comprised 62 vehicles, 44 of which were loaded with lumber, 

 ties, etc.j going to Fredericksburg. For 6 cases on which complete 

 information was obtained the average load was 2.38 tons, the average 

 distance was 12 miles, the average ton-miles for each team per day 

 was 28.5, and the average cost per trip about $3.50, making the 

 average cost about $0.12 per ton-mile. (See PI. V. fig. 2.) 



