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ECONOMIC SURVEYS OF COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, 93 
Pounds 
2-horse wagon.loaded with ¢ cord of stove wood.......................-.--,-. 500 
2-horse wagon loaded with 3 cross-ties............--- sel eS Ra ee arts EL eee ME 600 
enorse. wagon: loaded with barbed wire.22..2 +.) .t. Soe 8 800 
2-horse wagon loaded with 4 cord of stove wood.-:...-.-..........-------.--- 1, 000 
2-horse wagon loaded with 4 cord of stove wood............22......-..-....-- 1, 000 
2-horse wagon loaded with + cord of stove wood..........................---- 1, 000 
Z-erse waeon loaded-with 6*cross‘ties. 2222. Pe ee oe 1, 200 
shorse wacon. loaded wath: merchandise: <2 4 2204 2222s Sh eo 1, 400 
2-horse wagon loaded with pine lumber, 500 feet.............- eee was eee 2,000 . 
s-borenwacon: loaded wath 12 cross-ties..-.0.. 22022. ce 2222. 2 suck 2, 400 
echorsemmar one loaded: with.15 crogs-tles.. 220. 8 a kt 3, 000 
pe Ra Ca ClOMinO ln MOAGa 25 win soR a ues eae eso ee een ee ae ae ae 1, 097 
An analysis of four of these cases gives the following interesting 
| details: 
Hehotce wason loaded with 4 cross-tleso 0... 2.5.6. 622 S22 eee ete ee oe 800 
(8-mile haul, 1 day to make trip, 3.2 ton-miles, estimated cost per ton-mile, 
$0.625.) 
a ersenmacon-leaded with 15 cross-lies. 8225.5 a ee i ee 3, 000 
(13-mile haul, 1 day for trip, 19.5 ton-miles, estimated cost per ton-mile, 
$0.205.) 
3-horse wagon loaded with 12 cross-ties................-- ee he lcd cae 2, 400 
(10-mile haul, 1 day for trip, 12 ton-miles, estimated cost per ton-mile, 
$0.33.) 
2—horse wagon loaded with pine lumber, 500 feet..........-..--.-2----------- 2, 000 
(10-mile haul, time from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., 10 ton-miles, cost per ton-mile, 
$0.30.) 
On the basis of $2 per day for single teams, $3 per day for double 
teams, and $4 a day for three-horse teams, for the four cases in which 
complete information was secured, the average cost for the 44.7 ton- 
miles moved was 29 cents per ton-mile. For the entire 16 cases 
referred to the cost per ton-mile would be much higher, as most 
of them represented only partial loads. (See Pl. V, fig. 1.) 
In the winter and spring months the average ds of load for a 
two-horse team was about 20 bushels of grain, or about 1,200 pounds. 
When the roads were dry, 40 bushels of grain, or 2,400 pounds, made 
an average load. On the basis of a 10-mile haul, and $3 per day for | 
man and team, the cost would be 25 cents per ton-mile on the roads 
when dry, 50 cents when the roads are wet and muddy, and at least’ 
30 cents for the year around. 7 
The 1912 inspection was made March 19, 20, and 21, after the road 
from Fredericksburg to Spotsylvania Court House, 112 miles, had 
been completed. The average load for a two-horse team on this road 
was now found to be 1,000 feet of lumber, or about 4,000 pounds. 
On the basis of a 10-mile haul, and $3 per day for man ane team, the 
cost was 15 cents per mle. 
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