28 BULLETIN 284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The total cost of the work was $728.71, or $0.099 per square yard. The 
principal items of cost were: Excavation, 1,000 cubic yards of earth and 10 
yards of rock, $307.90; surfacing, $385.98; miscellaneous, $34.83. 
ARLINGTON, VT. (No. 2).—Work was begun on a gravel road extending north 
from West Arlington toward Sandgate on September 24, 1913, and completed 
on November 1, 19138, with 10 days lost from various causes. The adjacent 
land is swampy on the east, mountainous,on the west, and the natural soil is 
saturated clay with some disintegrated rock. 
The road was graded 18 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 
1,039 feet. This was surfaced 14 feet wide for a distance of 742 feet, making 
an area of 1,154 square yards. The gravel, which was laid 8 inches in depth. 
was hauled 1,000 feet. 
One 18-inch concrete pipe culvert was laid and one 8 by 4 foot stone culvert 
extended. 
The total cost of the work was $410.77. 
ARLINGTON, VT. (No. 3).—Work was begun on a gravel section extending west 
from West Village toward New York on the west road on November 1, 1913, 
and completed on November 26, 19138. Nine days were lost from various causes. 
The adjacent land is swampy on the south, mountainous on the north, and the 
natural soil is clay. 
The road was graded 26 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 495 
feet. A width of 20 feet, or a total area of 1,100 square yards, was surfaced 
with 8 inches of gravel, hauled 1,000 feet. 
One 14 by 13 foot culvert 24 feet long was rebuilt. 
The total cost cf the work was $289.31, or $0.263 per square yard. 
ARLINGTON, VT. (No. 4).—Work was begun on a gravel road extending north 
from Arlington toward Sunderland on October 30, 1918, and completed on 
November 12, 1913, with a loss of five days for various causes. The adjacent 
land is low and the natural soil is loam. 
The road was graded 26 feet wide in fills for a distance of 495 feet, with a 
maximum fill of 3 feet. This was surfaced 22 feet wide the whole length, 
making an area of 1,210 square yards. The gravel was hauled an average dis- 
tance of 400 feet and laid to a depth cf 8 inches. The bowlders and cobble- 
stones from the pit were used for foundation. 
The total cost of the work was $201.95, or $0.167 per square yard. 
BENNINGTON, VT. (No. 1).—Work was begun on a gravel section extending 
north from Bennington Village toward North Bennington on the Robinson Road 
on April 28, 19138, and completed November 29, 1913, with 118 days lost from 
various causes. The adjacent land is low and level and the natural soil is 
clay and loam. 
The road was graded 22 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 
1,318 feet. The entire length for a width of 14 feet. or an area of 2.050 square 
yards, was surfaced with pit gravel 8 inches thick, hauled 13 miles. This 
work was entirely in fill with a maximum of 2.5 feet, and most of the material 
was taken from a choked channel. Bowlders and cobbles were used for a 
foundation. The material was all hauled in slat-bottom wagons. 
One 16-inch metal culvert was built, at a cost of $24. 
The total cost of the work was $2,648.17, or $1.29 per square yard. 
