32 BULLETIN 284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
pleted November 22, 19138. The time lost from various causes was 73 days. 
The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil is loam and gravel. 
The road was graded 21 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 5,313 
feet. The maximum cut was 6 feet, the maximum fill 4 feet, and the maximum 
grade of 11 percent on the old road was reduced to 8 per cent. 
The road was surfaced full width, or an area of 12,397 square yards, with 
gravel from within the road limits and from pits alongside the road. 
Three 24-foot stone culverts were built of the following dimensions: 4 by 2.5 
feet, 2 by 2.5 feet, and 2 by 2 feet. 
The total cost of the work was $2,001.89, or $0.161 per square yard. 
PowNaL, VT.—Work was begun on a road extending north from Pownal 
toward North Pownal on September 8, 19138, and completed on October 18, 1913, 
with five days lost from various causes. The adjacent land is hilly and the 
natural soil is gravel and clay. 
The road was graded 24 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 
1,500 feet. The maximum cut was 2 feet, the maximum fill 2 feet, and the 
maximum grade of 6 per cent on the old road was reduced to 4 per cent on the 
new road. A natural gravel was obtained from a near-by source and the road 
surfaced 22 feet wide, or an area of 3,666 square yards. Telford foundation 
12 feet wide and 2 feet thick was placed on 800 feet of this road. 
The total cost of the work was $839.56, or $0.228 per square yard. 
READSBORO, VT.—Work was begun on a “hardpan” gravel road extending 
east from Heartwellville toward Readsboro on August 25, 1913, and completed 
on September 13, 1918. The time lost on account of bad weather was two days. 
The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil is ‘‘ hardpan.” 
The road was graded 19 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 
1,000 feet. The maximum fill was 8 feet and the maximum grade of 3 per cent 
on the old road was reduced to 1 per cent. The road was surfaced by hauling 
in hardpan and leveling it with a split-log drag. 
The total cost of the work was $400, or $0.190 per square yard. 
RUPERT, VT. (No. 1).—Work was begun on a gravel road extending east from 
Rupert toward Dorset on May 19, 19138, and completed on August 22, 1913, with 
10 days lost on account of bad weather. The adjacent land is hilly and the 
natural soil is a slate gravel. 
The road was graded 24 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 4,050 
feet. The maximum cut was 2 feet, the maximum fill 6 feet, and the maximum 
grade of 6 per cent on the old road was reduced to 4 per cent on the new road. 
Gravel from a near-by pit was laid for a width of 18 feet, or an area of 8,100 
Square yards. | 
One 12-inch and one 24-inch corrugated-iron pipe culverts were laid; also one 
3 by 2 foot concrete box culvert. 
The total cost of the work, including culverts, was $2,099.78, or $0.259 per 
square yard. 
RUPERT, VT. (No. 2).—Work was begun on a gravel road extending north 
from Rupert toward Pawlet on September 1, 1918, and completed on September 
16, 1918, with one day lost on account of bad weather. The adjacent land is 
level and Swampy and the natural soil is gravel and loam. 
The road was graded 18 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 495 
feet. The maximum fill was 5 feet and the maximum grade of 2 per cent on the 
old road was reduced to 1 per cent on the new road. A gravel surface obtained 
from the river bed was laid the full width, a total area of 990 square yards. 
The total cost of the work wag $704.28, or $0.71 per square yard. 
