16 BULLETIN 393, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The regular road work of the county is carried on under the direc- 
tion of a superintendent appointed by the board of supervisors and 
receiving a salary of $1,200 per annum, house rent free, and trans- 
portation. The superintendent hires all labor and teams and pur- 
chases machinery, equipment, and materials on the approval of the 
board of supervisors. - 
Three main highways radiating from Fredericksburg and aggre- 
gating, with their branches, 39.5 miles, were selected for improve- 
ment and the actual routes were set forth in the order of election. 
These roads, located in Courtland and Chancellor districts, were 
improved from funds derived from the $100,000 bond issues for those 
districts, the amounts apportioned to each district being in accord- 
ance with the proportionate mileage in each. The first contract was 
awarded in July, 1910, and the last mile of road was completed in 
these two districts in September, 1913. By actual measurement 
the roads improved aggregated 40.89 miles, or 1.39 miles more than 
originally contemplated. This, of itself, was an unusual showing, 
but an even more striking evidence of the economy exercised was 
the fact that enough money remained of the original $100,000 issued 
to construct an additional gravel road between Spotsylvania Court- 
house and the southern boundary of Courtland district, a distance of 
2.3 miles. This was completed in August, 1913, making a total 
mileage of roads completed under the bond issué in Courtland and 
Chancellor districts of 43.19 miles, or a little over 10 per cent of the 
total of 400 miles of road in the county. 
The average cost per mile, including culverts and bridges, was 
$2,319.21. As an example of the great improvement in bridges, see 
Plate TV. The roads were all constructed of gravel, except 1.7 miles 
of water-bound macadam, which was surfaced with gneiss of a very 
poor quality. This section has worn badly and most of it has since 
been resurfaced with gravel. The gravel used on the improved road 
system was composed of quartz pebbles, quartz sand, and clay of 
fairly good wearing quality. Table 4 is a detailed report on dimen- 
sions and costs ond was Papa by the State highway commissioner 
of Virginia. 
TABLE 4.— Mileage and cost of roads built. 
CHANCELLOR DISTRICT. 
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< | Length | Width of} Width of Expénded Rate per 
Name of road. | ofroad. roadway.| gravel. on road. mile. 
i | | | 
| Miles. | Feet. Feet. 
TAT eee Nae Ee ee ee SR Ln SES 5. 250 | 20 14 | $8,410. 91 $1, 602. 08 
Pale e hese? 27 Wo Ee ee See 20 14} 9,224.05 1,932. 95 
GOLG ONE 28 27 be Bes ee a ee ete 3.0 au 20 14 9, 272. 38 2,377. 53 
Gatharpin 5: s/o os shes Seg Ue eee S24 os 4 20 14} 10,953.87 2,553. 35 
18.212 | 20 | 14 | 37,861.21 2, 080. 27 
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