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GiBson County, Mian, TENN.—Work was begun on an earth road extending 
north from Milan toward Cades on June 15, 1914, and completed August 18, 
1914, with a loss of one day on account of bad weather and one day due to a 
public holiday. The adjacent land is rolling and the soil consists of clay with 
considerable sand. The road was graded with plow, scrapers, and grader to 
a width of 386 feet in cuts and 382 feet in fills for a distance of 17,600 feet. 
The maximum cut was 3.7 feet and the maximum fill 2.5 feet. The maximum 
grade of 5 per cent was not changed. Considerable grubbing was necessary. 
The total cost of the work was $1,570.55, or $0.024 per square yard. The 
principal items of cost were: Clearing and grubbing 5,555 square yards at 
$0.0175 per square yard, $97.19; excavation and embankment at $0.020 per 
square yard, $1,319.11; trimming slopes and ditches, $8.75; and superintend- 
ence, $145.50. Labor was $1.25 and teams $3 per day of 10 hours. 
ERATH CouNtTy, DUBLIN, TEx.—Work was begun on a gravel-macadam road 
extending north from Dublin toward Stephenville on October 29, 1913, and 
continued until December 21, 1918, with a loss of 26 days on account of bad 
weather. All work was stopped on December 21, 1918, on account of a con- 
tinuous season of heavy rain. The nature of the soil and the excessive rains 
(2.61 inches in 5 days) made work impossible. The adjacent land is rolling 
with low hills, and the natural soil is black, sticky clay throughout. The road 
was graded 30 feet wide in cuts and 21 to 24 feet in fills for a total distance 
of 2,600 feet; of this distance only 4,000 square yards were completely graded. 
The maximum cut was 1.5 feet, the maximum fill 3.8 feet, and the maximum 
grade on the old road of 3 per cent was reduced to 13 per cent on the new road. 
At station 2+11 a culvert of two 30-inch corrugated-iron pipes 24 feet long 
was built with stone masonry end walls, at a total cost for labor and material 
of $180.40. At station 25+90 masonry abutments were built for a 16-foot 
span bridge at a total cost of $250.69. 
In clearing, grubbing, excavation, and embankments, and fine grading, 
$403.67 was expended, and on various work in preparation for surfacing with 
gravel, $79.39. Free labor cost $1.25 per day of eight hours, hired teams, $2.50 
per day, and county teams $2.40 per day. 
SUPERINTENDENCE OF COUNTY ROADS. 
CALCASIEU PARISH, LA. 
BRICK, GRAVEL, AND EARTH ROADS. 
A model highway system was reported upon in October, 1913, involving the 
improvement of 142 miles of road, and a bond issue amounting to $900,000 was 
raised to complete the work. A department was organized by a representative 
of the Office of Public Roads to make surveys, prepare plans, ete., and to super- 
vise the work of construction. On January 1, 1915, about 80 miles of road had 
been contracted for and nearly 60 miles completed. ‘The contracts let also 
include 24 reinforced concrete culverts, 41 reinforced concrete bridges, 2 steel 
swing-bridges, 1 combination bridge, 14 timber culverts, 17 timber bridges, 1,540 
linear feet of 12-inch concrete or tile-pipe culverts, 2,603 linear feet of 18-inch 
concrete or tile-pipe culveris. The material for the bridges and culverts in- 
cludes 2,547 cubic yards of concrete, 185,917 pounds of reinforcing steel, and 
163,000 feet b. m. of timber. The work was planned in 16 divisions, whica 
are referred to herein as highways Nos. 1, 2, 3, ete. The total aggregate of 
