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Loam in road beds, 96 s , 96 s . 



Local road making, evils, 93*, 95 s . 



Long Island, use of trap in, in 5 . 



Macadam, J: L., road engineer, 91 4 . 



Macadam system, 97 7 ; recementing pow- 

 er of road metals, 108 7 . 



Magnesian limestone, 104 5 , 105 3 , io5 9 -6 3 . 



Maps of New York, 106 4 ; in pocket. 



Marble, tests, no. 



Massachusetts, state highways, 9i 8 -92 9 . 



Massachusetts highway commission, work, 

 9l 8 -92 9 ; extract from Instructions to 

 engineers, 98 4 -i02 4 ; elimination of 

 steep grades, 103^; tests of road ma- 

 terial, 90 6 , io6 8 -9 3 . 



Materials, see Road metals. 



Natural roads, 96 4 ~97 4 ; faults, 97 1 . 

 New York, road improvement, 93 1 ~96 4 . 

 New York Central railroad, limestone 



found near main line, 105*. 

 Norite, tests, no. 



Palisades, 104 8 . 



Producers of road metal in New York 



state, directory of, 1 12-13. 

 Property, value of taxable, 94 1 . 



Quarrymen, producing road metal, 112- 

 13 ; in New York state, directory of, 

 114-30. 



Quartzite, tests, no. 



Raines law, revenue used for building 



roads, 96 s . 

 Richmond county, trap found in, 104 8 . 

 Road beds, 96*. 



Road improvement, commission of, 95 s . 

 Road inquiry, Bureau of, 90 6 . 

 Road materials, see Road metals. 

 Road metals, i04 4 -6 5 ; cementing value, 



I07 8 ~9 3 , no; directory of producers in 



New York state, 1 12-13; essential 



qualities, 97 7 , 107 8 ; tests of, io6 6 ~9 3 ; 



table of tests, no. 

 Road taxes, present system, 93* ; bill to 



compel payment in money, 95s. 

 Roads, report of special committee on 



good roads, 90 5 ; in England, <ji 2 j 



reasons for improvement, 91 6 . See also 



Earth roads ; Natural roads ; State 



roads. 

 Rockland county, trap found in, 104 8 . 

 Rolling, instructions to engineers, 99 s - 



ioo 3 . 



Sand, in road beds, 96 s . 



Sandstone, 96 s , 105 5 ; tests, no, in 9 ; 

 directory of quarries, I13 4 , 124-28. 



Screenings, instructions to engineers, 99 2 . 



Shale, in road beds, 96 s . 



Shaler, N. S., acknowledgment to, 90 9 . 



State highway tax, bill on, 93 s . 



State highways, bureau of, 95*. 



State roads, necessity for, 91 5 ; in Massa- 

 chusetts, 9i 8 -92 9 ; in New York, 93 1 - 

 96*; magnitude of project, 95 1 ; essen- 

 tial legislative provisions, 95*. 



Stone, see Broken stone ; Road metals. 



Superintendent of highways, see High- 

 ways, Superintendent of. 



Supervision of roads by state, 9i 5 ~92 9 , 95 s . 



Surface, characteristics, 97 s . 



Table, tests of road metals, no. 



Taxes, present road tax, 93* ; state high- 

 way tax, bill on, 93 s ; value of taxable 

 property, 94 1 ; bill introduced to compel 

 payment of road tax in money, 95 s . 



Telford, Thomas, road engineer, 91*. 



Telford method, 98 1 ; instructions to en- 

 gineers, ioo 4 . 



Tests of road metals, io6 6 ~9 3 ; table, no. 



Time estimated for completion of work in 

 Massachusetts, 92 s ; in New York, 

 94 6 . 



Trap, 104 5 , 105 7 ; where found, 104 8 ; 

 samples tested, m 2 , m 9 ; directory of 

 quarries, 113 1 , 115 ; use at Long Island, 

 1155. 



Ulster county, bluestone quarries, 129 3 . 

 United States department of agriculture, 

 Bureau of Road inquiry, 90 6 . 



Westchester county, granite quarries, 

 1052. 



