Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
ALL SORTS or R0ADS|E DRY As SAHARA
Forty.Seyen Kinds to Mile in Alabama Liquor Laws Most
New York. Drastic Ever
SOON TO BE CoNSTRUCT TED WERE ENACTED LAST WEEK
Agriculture Southern Club Holds Funeral Sev
Cornell University to Do Work ice Over Lockers
YARD SECTIONS SHIPMENT IS RESTRICTED
Even Advertising Of Alcoholic
Making-compleon in Early Newspapers Is
Expected. Under Severe Ban
Forty-Seven Kinds to Mile in
New York.
SOON TO be CONSTRUCTED
Department of Agriculture and
Cornell University to Do Work.
'oNE-HUNDRED-YARD SECTIONS
Designed to Give Data on Road
neutrality-suspicious. in Early
Fall Expected.

Forty-seven different sorts Of road to
the mile seems pretty large order. but
that is the sort OF construction that the
road office Of the Department of Agricul-
ture is undertaking in New York state
this month. 1t is large piece of work
and promises to give some Of the most
valuable comparative data on road max
ing that have ever been accumulated in
this country.
The work is to be done in conjunction
with Cornell University and will be on a
stretch of well travelled highway outside
of ithaca. The materials for the con-
stiuction are all being accumulated now
and work will soon be commenced. The
road will be divided into sections OF 100
yards each, and each of these will be
built Of different material and In diff
ferent manner. The road office already
has made plans for the construction of
telford and macadam sections and these
will be given top dressing of almost
every conceivable sort OF road binder
The roads will be coated with asphalt,
different sorts of tar. light and heavy
oils, and such other, binders as have been
brought to the attention Of the depart
ment from various sections OF the world
Materials to Be Used.
There will be roads constructed of Stag,
granite and various sorts of rock, and
these will be combined with different
sorts OF top dressings tending to form a
good chemical combination for preserving
the surface from wear.
1t Is expected that the road will be fin
ished before the coming Of cold weather
and the first report on its wearing quail
tiles will be made early next spring
From that time on there will be periodi-
cal inspections and reports. SO that the
department will know just how the vari-
GUS sections are standing up to the work
AL Of the sections will be kept In as per-
feet repair as is possible, and & record
will be made of the cost Of the work. SO
to give not only the original cost of
building, but the annual cost of upkeep.
The cost will be calculated for the vari-
Gus materials used, both with and with
out including the transportation charges,
so that 1t will be for any community
to tell just what a certain sort of road
ought to cost in Its own vicinity.
The department has SO far decided on
the sort of roads to be built on about
1900 feet of the experimental stretch.
and the whole work probably will cover
about mile.
Essential Features Of Reports.
One Of the essential features OF the
periodical reports that wili be made will
be how the different sections withstan nd
different sorts Of traffic. It has been
found that some Of the best roads where
iron-tired vehicles and horses are used
are the poorest in withstanding the
securing effect Of rubber automobile tires.
One great object Of the various sorts Of
binders to be experimental with is to
find something that will make a perma-
nentls dustless highway and one that
will not be disintegTated by motor traffic.
The experiments Of the road effice with
what 1t terms palliative dressings has
been quite wide In the past season and
tolerably satisfactory. The stretch Of
road laid In the Agricultural Department
gro .nds and treated with Wood-pulp sui
phite liquor has stood up quite well, but
It IS found that It will require about two
dressings per year to keep the road In
good condition. AS the liquor now costs
more than light oil for road dressing it
seems not to be an economical material
TO use.