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Table 33. — Convict labor lost to road work. 
Convict Percentage 
Cause. days. of time lost. 
Bad weather 371 5. 17 
Sundays and holidays 1, 056. 5 14. 72 
Camp duty 659 9. 19 
Sickness 31 .43 
Total 2, 117. 5 29. 51 
It appears from the above table that only 70.49 per cent of the 
total time of the convicts in the camp was applied to the road work. 
Therefore it is evident that the cost of maintaining one working 
convict one working day is 
54.49-4-.70.49=77.30 cents. 
ROAD WORK. 
While the camp was under the observation of the Federal bureaus, 
that is, from January 10 to August 23, the convicts were employed 
on three different roads, namely, the Powers Ferry Road, Hemphill 
Avenue, and Heards Ferry Road. Only on the Heards Ferry Road, 
where the work consisted largely of road-machine construction, was 
the anticipated work completed during the period of observation. 
Powers Ferry Road. — The work on the road, which occupied the 
major portion of the time of the men, was done upon a section of the 
highway 9,900 feet in length, and consisted of grading, guttering, and 
surfacing with topsoil, together with the construction of incidental 
drainage structures. The width of right of way cleared was 40 feet. 
The new road follows approximately the old road bed for a distance 
of 7,000 feet, the remaining 2,900 feet being in new location. The 
surrounding country is heavily wooded and very hilly, and owing to 
right of way conditions and considerations of economy it was imprac- 
ticable to reduce the maximum grade below 7 per cent, which, how- 
ever, represented a notable inprovement over the old maximum grade 
of 12 per cent. The clearing and grubbing amounted to 9 acres. 
The total amount of excavation was 33,803.6 cubic yards, of which 
30,255 cubic yards consisted of residual micaceous clay and 3,548.6 
yards of rock, the latter a mica schist. Much of it was fresh and hard, 
but a small amount was in an advanced state of decomposition. 
Figure 1 shows a plan and profile of the road as constructed, and the 
earthwork notes which are shown indicate the character of the con- 
struction. The materials of excavation were transported in No. 2J 
steel scrapers and dump wagons, the haul varying from a few feet for 
sidehill construction to a maximum of about 1,000 feet, the average 
being a little over 600 feet. 
