The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-12-19
Memorandum Of Road Work In Ben.
nington County. W.

I During the past construction sea
son there has been considerable roa
work done In Bennington County.
! There have been constructed In fact
/ 70 sections In IA different towns.
This work has been done for the
most Part under the advice Of and
supervision Of representative OF
be United States Office Of Public
Z Roads. Several types OF surfacing
have been used, There hvae been
Il5 gravel reads built, 3 roads sur
faced with hard pan, with crush
ed stone. 2 with clay and gravel
mixed. and 2 roads were simply
drained and surfaced with the ma
lturnl soil
The distribution Of this road i'm
proyement among the towns is as
follows. pownal. sections; sand
gate, sections; Manchester 2 sec
tons; Woodford. 2 sections, sun
deIiand, 2 sections, Rupert, 2 sec
tions; aud ] each in Winhall. shafts
bury. Stamford. searsburg. Airing
ton, Bennington, Glastonbury and
Landgroye.
There H. been built IN addition
an arch stone bridge Of 25 foot
span IN the town OF Manchester.
The total length OF road graded
amounted to 26,972 feet, total sur
facing 26,272 feet. and the total
cost OF the work done was f20,399.-
SO reported TO date,
Some OF the principal features Of
The construction work were the re-
ductlon OF steep grades and the ell
mlnation OF curves. Some OF the
curves were dangerous To travel and
he roads were frequently narrow.
some filling was done to obtain
drainage, and considerable rock has
been removed. In all cases suitable
foundation for the roads has been
provided and adequate drainage.
The interest In road work In most
u the towns has been greatly stmu-
lated. In fact to such an extent
hat citizens donated gravel. stone
and other material. On almost all
the Jobs the officials worked In Co
operation with the engineer, Mr.,
Winslow. assigned by the office OF
Public Roads last May. There GER
lainly has been a gratifying result
in several directions. particularly In
the matter OF accounting and In the
use Of the split-log drag for main
tenancc. II has been found that
dragging can be done at a cost vary
ng from 20 cents TO $3.50 per mile.
and that the results are distinctly
beneficial 70 travel.
Mr.. Winslow, acting as the repre-
sentative OF the U. s. Office OF Pub
lc Roads, has continued TO collect
iata upon which 10 base thorough
economic study OF the service OF
he roads OF the county. II WAS
originally planned that traffic sta
istics and traffic survey would be
ompleted In every town In which
rad improvement was systematized.
I the ASS gnment OF the Government
Is continued. certainly
'ennlngton County should obtain
aluab.e information and assistance
q is road work. II the past season
! evidence 81 what can be looked
o..
IN addition to the activities IN
cad building. the work Of the gov
rnmant representatives In other
4 pacitlos must not be omitted. Mr.
VInslDw has been Of service In ever
own IN the county In connection
,lih ALI phases Of road work He
as given special attention 10 eoun-
~ highways whore his services hay
zen demanded for special inspee-
lou and advice. for assistance In
.lrecgiag road management and ae-
oantlng. TO deliver lectures and TO
aake surveys Besides all this,
Dad material has been investigated.
eioeailons suggested and Mr.. Win
lows time has been Al the service
4 ROAD officials al all times Tor