6 i viizr:: r :. u. 5. depabtmext :j agbicttltubk. 
light granite for the foundation conrse and trap or field ; ::ne for the wearing 
surface. The compacted depth of the foundation course was :- Inches, and of 
ourse, including the screeniars l t inchea Surfacing material to the 
amount of 655 cut:: yards ised and of this 364 cut:: -:::= — as purchased. 
C: -Crete gutters 1 foot wide, 3 inches thick, and dished from 1 inch :: 2 
- were :. -:ructed on each side of the road throughou: its length Ci ;; 
os 14 :ee: long, of bell-joint pipe, were cons:r ucfce 1 at s: ::::as •: — " ; " — " 
10+75 13-H I ; — ' The diameter of the first four drains wa s e :a zhes 
the I 5f . inches. The ditches for the cross drains in each ease were 
filled with broken stone. Underdrains of 6-inch bell-join: cice 12 fee:. 3-3 feet, 
ad 16 feet long were constructed at stations ; — t : a — a 3 l! — 7c. and 
IT— : respectively. Concrete drop inlets 10 inches square and 2 feet deep, 
" -inch walls, were provided for these drains. Three hundred n 1 
_cy-four sacks of cement were used in constructing the gutters and 
Inlets 
The equipment aonsisted :: a crusher having an average capacity or •: ] cubic 
yards ;er 10-hour lay 10-ton roller, a sprinkling car: and slat-bottom road 
wagons lie crusher and roller were both borrowed, and the only cost in con- 
:n with their use was the : e:::ing and maintenance expenses. The aver- 
age laul from quarry to crusher was one-half mile and from crusher :: road 
500 feet. The water for the crusher, roller, and sprinkler was pumped. 
lie total cost of surfacing the road was 51 1 " od the rate pea stni re 
yard : " I Labor cost ST-10 per day, teams S3 per day, and fuel §6 per ton. 
11- principal items of cost were Si tei ials ::r concrete gutters and Iroj inlets 
J102 ::: :lrse gutters and inlets, ; :_ '.'. . lre:ac:ce. SlT.ll ; labor for 
the irainpipe S7.07; surfacing mate:: :1 £273; parrying £243-54; hauiia.: :: 
arusbei £251 52; crushiac >ii: U8 hauling from the crusher to the road. 
Bng £140.17; sprinkling. S13.50 : rolling. §13.13: hire ::' the 
sprinle: ; .' explosives | \ '\ irusher re| irs |2a 1::1 s teeJ $2&M snarp- 
9 . the drill s:e^ Si" ■=' cue] - _ : lubricating oil £1250; 1« Sra:a r - I 
macadam, $1CS:: s::eea:ac £2.80; clearing. $25 and aeaerel expenses 
pSfiM 
Mo>~a:a. M C. — A macadam road leading southeast :1 a: -Unroe tov- . 
g the lee :il 1: - started on October 12. 1912. and 
completed on November __ 1912 and luring this time Si lays — r:e lost on 
account of unfavor we _e: Ills road had been graded before the are: 
<:: the office represent five and no data relative :: :ae aost ::* _: ding were 
avail He grade varies from a maximum of 3 per cent to level. The 
adjacent land varies from rolling to hilly, and the soil is red clay and 1 
shale. Local sandstone was used for surfacing. This stone possesses g 
:ng qualities, but poor binding qualities, makiac it a good matei 
the foundation course, but not well suited for the top com 
The total length surfaced w is 2 " : ad the width 10 : _ og sur- 
faced area of 2,7S9 square vara- 1 st ne was laid in three courses — the 
m course - C £ rying h size fi : If Inches :: e in 
-econd course from 1 inch to If incl :ae top course frora lust 
1 inch. The total comr: 1 of the surface was from 71 inches to 9 in 
crown of the finished roadway was three-fourths inch to 1 foot. Stone to 
cmount of 1,133 cubic yards w a ashed, but on:: 
led from the quarry to the crusher for an ave 
e: in wheel ws, and from the crusher to the road for an 
_ feet in slat-bottom wagons with a capacity of approxi- 
mately one cubic yard. The stone was from the bins Into the 
wagons. Water for the crusher engine was carried 200 feet by hand, and 
