Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-03-20
WEST SIDE.

1st-Rhines hill should be macadamized
with crushed rock ) inches deep from
ditch to ditch. \ sewer for surface drain
age should be, put in next to the Electric
Railway track with chimneys every 81
feet into which the water from the Elec-
trio Railway track and travelled way
could run.
2d-Green street from the top of RhineS
hill to State street should be graded down
and macadamized with inches of
crushed rock spread y feet wide.
3d-Commercial street. from Oak to
Bridge street should have a surface
sewer put in on the side next the railway
and should be treated to a coat of crushed
rock inches deep.
tending north from Edwards block to
Bond brook is muddy rough and uneven.
This should be graded and paved or
treated with crushed rock mixed with
5th-The sidewalks on sewall street
from Winthrop street to Western avenue
should be repaired and put on grade
6th-The north end of State street
should be graded and macadamized from
Winthrop to a point beyond Bridge street.
believe coat of crushed rock inches
deep and Is feet wide would be all sutti-
Cient for this street.
7th-That portion of Western avenue
extending from Sewall street to Gannett $
dwelling house should be macaddmized
at an early date. The road is continually
breaking down and washing away. The
absence of a permanent sewer upon this
street may delay this work beyond this
year.
and Dayton streets for the proper accom-
mediation of the residents.
Estimates:
1-Rhines hill and Green street to
State, grading and macadamiz-
ing ......,................ $500
9-CommerciaI street .......... 900
Water street paving ...... 1000
Sewall street ...... 800
Chestnut and Dayton
6-North State street macadam NH 500
Total $500
believe that the city should adopt a
more liberal and enlightened policy in
reference to country roads On the East
side we have three great thoroughfares
leading into the country. Who can count
the loss to the city arising from neglect
to make the Togus road Of easy grade
and tolerable condition. This can be done
at the cost of few thousand dollars,
perhaps now wasted in temporary repairs.
The River road by the wise use of gravel
on its sandy portion can be made one Of
the best roads in the State. The Belfast
road can be made much easier by careful
grading.
On the West side. $1,000 spent in grading
down the hills on Western avenue, espe-
cially Hussey hill and the hill near Whit
tens. would pay fourfold the cost within
half a decade We have the beautiful
Bond Brook road that can be easily made
a great thoroughfare by the expenditure
of $500 yearly for a few years in the
grading down its hills which now stand
like a Chinese wall between our mer-
chants and the people of Sidney, Bel
grade. Mt. Vernon and Rome. would
suggest that a small sum appropriated
for general repairs be set aside for grad
ing our country roads.
For general repairs and snow bills for
the East side ! recommend the same sum
as was appropriated, last year. For the
West side ! recommend an increase Of
$1,000 for general repairs and OF 500 for
snow bills over last years appropriations
Sincerely yours
l.. u. CARVER.
Chairman Committee on Streets
Feb 20 1900
NOTES AND COMMENTS-COST OF
GOOD ROADS AND LOSS FROM BAD
ROADS.
In a paper read before the Engineers
Club of Philadelphia. recently. Gen. Roy
Stone director OF the Office OF road in
utiry in the United States department of
agriculture, discussed Various Phases Of
the Road Question: says Municipal En-
cheering. From data obtained from over
10 900 letters of inquiry. General Stone de-
duced certain figures. referring to the av-
erage length of haul from the farms to
market or shipping points. the average
weight of load hauled and the average
cost per ton for the whole length of the
road. The figures tabulated are as fol-
lows: