Evening journal., 1909-10-19
WORK OF THE
ROAD CONVENTION
Continued from First Page.


said:
ION Wednesday afternoon we were
taken over q number of roads in Cleve-
land and vicinity which were of differ
ent kinds of construction. on the
previous day we had gone out to see
a macadam road treated with Glutrin,
a. residue obtained from the manu-
facture Of wood pulp. The road thus
treated presented hard, smooth sur
face, having apparently the consist
ency of a concrete pavement. The
cost OF treatment for a 12-foot wide
road would be about $3.50 per mile.
"This was the only treatment that
we had an opportunity 10 look at close
ly as during our trip in the afternoon
over tho roads, we rode between 81 ana
20 miles which necessitated too high
rate Of speed for close examination OF
the road surface.
zone road that wo saw was sur
faced with pulverized rock asphalt
that had been laid about one year, at
a cost Of s12.sO0 per mile for 15-feet
wide roadway. The surface already
showed signs Of deterioration and had
been patched In many places
"a type OF road that was new to
us as q country road, was the brick
pavement The surface was 4-inch
brick laid on a 4-inch base of Portland
cement concrete. This gives a smooth
substantial, lasting pavement, and
where there is a large amount Of
/ heavy traffic would probably be an
economic pavement TO lay, but its cost
would be prohibitive in this part of
the country owing to our distance from
the brick producing district.
"The last object of interest that we
saw on our ride was the concrete
bridge now being built over Rocky
River.
"The arch spanning the river is said
| to be the longest concrete arch in the
world. 1t has a span Of $50 feet and g
height Of SO feet above the river.
Continuing. Mr.. Price reported tha'
Logan Waller Page, director of U. S
Office of Public Roads read a papel
on the road situation in the United
states and other countries in whicl
he stated that the length of all ou
! pubic roads I'm the United States, i
2,155, 900 miles. 1.-THE most liberal es
innate of our annual expenditures oi
these roads both in. money and labo
was a fraction over $3.50. 100000 in 1901
or about S1.05 per capita. At the sam
rate this would be an expenditure o
! about S90,000.000 a year at the presen
time. England with only 10000 mile
Of road, spends about $50, 100000 a yea
or about IA times as much per mile a
we do.
According to our road census. "
have less than 1000 miles Of stone sur
faced roads, or about per cent. Of tn
total mileage: we have 10S.0O0 miles G
gravel roads or about per cent. @
the total mileage.
"In the matter Of road administra
ton. Delaware was mentioned as on
of the States that had taken step
to place 1t on a sound practical basii
! "The methods OF administration 1
: France. England, Germany an
Switzerland were described.
The erroneous impression general
prevails that when "A so-called perm
, anent road is contructed, 1t is ther
= for all time and the expense has pra'
tically all been met.
"In 1901 the cost OF maintainir
roads in England and Wales was Si7o
"a per mile. In 1907 the cost was S24e
"a per mile or in six years the cost
maintenance had increased s76.10 ID
mile, over 20 per cent. In France Il
increase in cost of maintenance Of Il
national roads has been about 8 p
cent. in the same period.
"Tne cost of maintaining main al
r urban roads n England and Wales
d 1905 and 1906 was S440.47 per mile.
N France the cost of maintaining {
IN roads during 1904 was s243.S3 per mi
le "In Germany the average cost
road maintenance in 1906 was $214
ID per mile and in Belgium the annu
ne cost is s277 Der mile.
~ "It is high time that our legislato
u take note OF the conditions Of affa
and provide ways and means so th
our roads once constructed, can
maintained efficiently and economical
and not allowed to 90 to ruin. a
that enormous sums need not be {
n | pended on fruitless efforts to maint;
them unsystematically and in an U
. scientific manner. We need and mi
have moro money for roads. defn
provision for maintenance, a syst
-, Of continuous repair and a centraliz
i,o skilled supervision.
IS 1.-THE principal lesson Of the conv'
he ton to me is that we should take c.
es Of our roads after they are bu
OF Maintenance Is Of equal importai
ICE with construction"