UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 583 
Contribution from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 
LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 
Washington, D. C. 
March 7, 1918 
REPORT ON 
EXPERIMENTAL CONVICT ROAD CAMP 
FULTON COUNTY, GA. 
By 
H. S. FAIRBANK and R. H. EASTHAM, Highway Engineers, 
and W. F. DRAPER, Passed Assistant Surgeon, 
U. S. Public Health Service 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Striking Results of the Experiment . . 2 
The Plan of Cooperation 4 
The System of Convict Labor in Georgia 4 
Description of the Camp Site 7 
Camp Buildings 10 
Other Camp Structures and Fixtures . . 15 
Moving Portable Buildings 15 
The Water Supply 19 
Sewage Disposal 22 
Garbage Disposal 23 
Clothing. . . o . o . . 24 
Page 
Furniture and Equipment 25 
Subsistence 29 
Medicine and Medical Attention ... 36 
Transportation of Convicts and Supplies 38 
Convict Population 39 
Discipline and Morale ....;.. 44 
Sanitation 45 
Records and Reports 47 
Summarized Costs of Maintenance . . 56 
Work 57 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
