Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

u n aid IN ROAD puiioiH- h'fN a
4cw greatly stimulated the y
study Of the best methods OF road
building ,
While 70 the general public the idea ,
OF building permanent roads is 10 use !
broken stone after the system frs; em- !
ployed by John McAdam. about tho
wear 1875. other methods should be ,
carefully studied in order TO build the
best and most durable roads az the
lowest cost.
IL seems a remarkable fact In view
OF the great Improvements I'm every
thing connected with modern life. that
we are stul building our roads the
same way they were built over 100
years ago. This resulted from the uni-
versal introduction OF the railroad,
which caused the Improvement OF
cur common roads Co Dee sadly neg
lectcd. as wen as advancement In the
art OF building them.
4 great obstacle I'm the way OF build
ing durable roads OF crushed stone is
found in the lack Of suitable stone ina
most localities where good road stone \
- found. Tn New York. State. Tor ln-
stance. where road building has been I
very active ian recent years. stone has /
! been shipped over 800 miles In some |
/ instances In order 90 obtain stone OF |
good quality.
The lack 81 good road material has
caused careful study OF various meth
eds Of road building by experts. with
| the result chat FOR general use mod
ihcauon OF the old stone wheel track
or tramw.y roads. which have been i'm
d..
out material wear or cost. has been
highly commended. The OLD tramway
/ roads could only Doe built mo rCasona-
Bile cost in a few localities having suit
able stone. but hy substituting paving
brick FOR the stone slabs. this superior
form OF road can bee cheaply built in
every locality.
In fact. even On the favored localities.
where good road stone is abundant
the use of these hrick wheel tracks
considerably decreases the hrst cost
OF roads. while they practically do
away with all rc. alr expenses as well
as the dust ana mud. and "a, the same
time enable three or four times the
load TO bee handled with the same team
force.
This improved method az road build.
! ing has been adopted 10y number of
!. localities and the cost has been found
r 60 Doe from $500 Go $500 a mile. ace
a cordinc 60 the relative cost OF mate
q rials. labor etc. while the average cos
D.; OF crushed stone roads has been abou
& 5000 a mile in New York. where Che
:, greatest amount OF road building Aa
l. recently been done.
y A section OF This brick track roa'
- in the United States Department %
Agriculture grounds during 'ae las
four seasons shows uo material wcu
! and has been uniformly free irom dust
4 mud and ruts during chat Time. wll.
a. am adjacent section of crushed stou
road has been nearly ruined during ODD
same time. partly hy she washing q
Sf water.
. For lilly roads these nrlcS wines
= tracks are especially adapted. us %
depressing The tracks below tAe aaJ.
he. ccnr road surface tie water is su
per ccssfully carried down thc hills q
iat them without the use of Che objection
am able water breaks. besides cuan-l
arn three times the grade TO o. used vic
ere OF disadvantage.
Government road officials rcccr
mend that long term couv.cts De- cl
e ployod i'm pcnltcutiaries in making q
! 10 brick cement. etc, FOR these roat
tors and short term convicts be used
oe1 making the roads. TO the moral a