ROADS AND BRIDGES, JULY 1, 1913—DEC. 31, 1914. 13 
ing the surfaced area 3,733 square yards. Earth to the amount of 680 cubic 
yards was moved in excavation and 890 cubic yards of surfacing material was 
used. 
The equipment consisted of one reversible road grader, three Twentieth 
Century road drags, one dump wagon, seven drag scrapers, one turning plow, 
one hardpan plow, one 34-ton horse roller. Labor cost $1.25 per 10-hour day. 
The total cost of the road to the community was $1,193.22, which is at the 
rate of $0.32 per square yard. The principal items of cost were: Excavation, 
680 cubic yards, at $0.80 per cubic yard, $205.18; shaping subgrade, at $0.002 
per square yard, $10; culvert pipe delivered, at $1.69 per linear foot, $44; labor 
on the same, $0.44 per linear foot, $9.10; drain pipe at driveways, $0.94 per 
linear foot, $37.75; labor on the same, $0.20 per linear foot, $8.10; labor on end 
walls, $1.71; excavation on end walls, $10.80; surfacing material, 890 cubic 
yards, at $0.005 per cubic yard, $4.45; loading the same, $0.26 per cubic yard, 
$235.25; hauling the same, $0.58 per cubic yard, $517.64; spreading the same, 
$0.077 per cubic yard, $68.25; rolling the same, $1.97; dragging road, $0.002 
per square yard, $6.83; stripping pit, $25.90; cement, $3.09 per barrel, $4.63; 
sand for concrete, $1.67 per cubic yard, $0.72; gravel for concrete, $1.67 per 
cubie yard, $1.44. 
BuRKE CouNTy, MorGAntTon, N. C.—Work was begun on a sand-clay road 
leading from Morganton to Lenoir on May 19, 1918, and completed on July 26, 
1913, with a loss of one day on account of bad weather and one day from other 
causes. The adjacent land is hilly and the soil is red clay from station 0+00 
to 5+50; a red micaceous clay from station 5+50 to 15+50; a red clay from 
station 15+50 to 22+00; a micaceous clay from station 22+00 to 26+00; a 
gray top soil over red clay from station 26+00 to 42+00; and micaceous clay 
from station 42+00 to 57-+00. A total length of 5,700 feet was graded 25 feet 
wide in cuts and 22.5 feet wide in fills. 
Earth was excavated to the amount of 8,960 cubic yards, with an average 
haul of 100 feet and a maximum haul of 700 feet. In addition, about 15 cubic 
yards of rock were removed. The road was surfaced 20 feet wide for 1,400 
feet, making 3,111 square yards. On the graded road was placed 9 inches of 
sand at the center and 6 inches at the sides, and over this a course of clay 
3 inches thick at the center and 2 inches thick at the sides was spread. The 
two materials were then mixed by means of a disk harrow. 
Sixteen pipe culverts, varying in size from 12 to 24 inches, were constructed, 
and the ends protected with masonry head walls. 
The equipment consisted of a road grader, four wheel scrapers, seven slip 
scrapers, one rooter plow, one road plow, and one disk harrow. ‘The total cost 
of the road was $1,555.95, including culverts, or at the rate of $0.0991 per square 
yard. The principal items of cost were as follows: Excavation, at $0.0879 per 
cubie yard, $787.90; shaping, at $0.0069 per square yard, $87; culvert pipes, 
$223.25; labor on the same, $73.80; loading sand, $0.021 per cubic yard, $13.80; 
hauling sand, $0.084 per cubic yard, $54.37; loading clay, $0.021 per cubie yard, 
$4.50; hauling clay, $0.121 per cubic yard, $26.12; spreading, mixing, and 
finishing, $28.01; clearing and grubbing, $96.80; moving fence, $15.90; sidehi!l 
ditches, $9.50; general expenses, $135. Labor cost is based on $1, and teams 
at $2.50 per day of 10 hours. A bond issue of $50,000 is available to continue 
this work. 
EDGECOMBE COUNTY, TaRrBoro, N. C.—Work was begun on a sand-clay road 
extending from Tarboro southward toward Conetoe on October 21, 1913, and 
completed December 20, 1918. The adjacent land is level, and the natural 
