22 BULLETIN 246, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
APPENDIX A. 
Typical Specifications for Constructing Brick Roads. 
SPECIFICATIONS 1 FOR GRADING AND SURFACING WITH BRICK THE 
ROAD. 
Location. — The work referred to in these specifications is to be done on the 
road, beginning at and extending in a 
direction through to , a 
distance of miles. 
Work to be done. — The contractor shall do all clearing and grubbing, make 
all excavations and embankments, do all shaping and surfacing, (construct all 
drainage structures and other appertaining structures), 2 move all obstructions 
in the line of the work, and, unless otherwise provided in these specifications, 
shall furnish all equipment, materials, and labor for the same. In short, the 
contractor shall construct said road in strict accordance with the plans and 
specifications and shall leave the work in a neat and finished condition. 
PLANS AND DRAWINGS. 
The plans, profiles, cross sections, and drawings on file in the office of 
at show the location, profile, de- 
tails, and dimensions of the work which is to be done. The work shall be 
constructed according to the above-mentioned plans, profiles, cross sections, 
and drawings, which shall be recognized as a part of these specifications. Any 
variation therefrom which may be required by the exigencies of construction 
will in all cases be determined by the engineer. On all drawings, figured 
dimensions are to govern in cases of discrepancies between scale and figures. 
Grading shall include the moving of all earth, stone, and any other material 
that may be encountered, all filling, borrowing, trimming, picking down, shap- 
ing, sloping, and all other work that may be necessary to bring the road and 
subgrade to the required grade, alignment, and cross section, the clearing out 
of waterways and old culverts, the excavation of all necessary drainage and 
outlet ditches, the grading of a proper connection with all intersecting high- 
ways, the grubbing up and clearing away of all trees, stumps, and boulders 
within the lines of the improvement, and the removal of any muck, soft clay, 
or spongy material which will not compact under the roller, so as to make a 
firm, unyielding subgrade. 
All trees, stumps, and roots within the limit of the improvement shall be 
grubbed up so that no part of them shall be within six (6) inches of the sur- 
face of the ground or within eighteen (18) inches of the surface of the 
subgrade. 
1 These specifications are substantially those prepared in the fall of 1913 by the Office 
of Tublic Roads for a project of considerable magnitude. 
2 The clause in parentheses should be omitted if plans and specifications for drainage 
structures are not included. 
