The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-18
ROAD BUILDING
IN OLD VIRGINIA
Nothing More Influential in
Creating Sentiment for Roads
Than Good Highways.
LESSONS IN SOUTHWEST
Work Well Done That Put the
People to Thinking
About Roads.

Washington. January 17.-Logan
Good Roads in the Department of
Agriculture, has given The Times Dis
patch correspondent come interesting
data concerning object lesson and ex-
perrin entail roads built In Virginia dur
Ing tho past year According to Mr..
Page, these experiments have been
highly successful.
Detailing what was done at Jones'
Vile. Mr.. Page said:
Between May l and October II, 1912.
"a macadam road was built under the
direction OF the Office at Jonesville, and
during this time thirty-scven days
were lost on account OF bad weather
and five days from other causes. The
adjacent land Is h!lly and the natural
soil Is clay and gravel. The road was
graded to q width OF twenty feet for
$500 feet with the exception of short
section which was constructed twenty
four feet wide. For 1900 feet tho road
was located on the side OF hill. and
in this section 90 per cent OF the ex-
cavatlon was solid rock. The total
area graded was 21.S60 square yards,
and the maximum grade was reduced
from IL to per cent. The total vol
ume of earth and rock moved was
1890 cubic yards and the maximum
haul 500 feet. A macadam surface
$500 feet in length was constructed
upon a part OF the graded section ten
feet wide for length OF $500 feet,
twelve feed wide for $500 feet and
twentyfour feet wide for the remain
ing 800 feet. The total area surfaced
was S,T36 square yards. The surfacing
material-a limestone OF good bind
ing but only fair wearing qualities
WAS obtained from quarry fve-eig hths
mile from the road. 1t was crushed
In oh hp1 q
ty cubic yards capacity per ten-hour
day. and after being hauled to tho
road In slat-bottom wagons OF one md
orc-half cubic yards capacity was
spread in three courses with forks and
shovels. The first or foundation course,
seven inches in thickness before COM
pacting. consisted OF pieces varying
from two to three inches in size; the
second course, three inches thick, con-
sisted OF pieces from one-half inch to
two inches in size: and the third or
binder course, applied to n depth of
approximately ono inch, consisted OF
pieces varying in size from one inch
to dust.
Each course was compacted with
ten-tor roller, and was bonded In the
usual manner with q sprinkler wagon
and roller.
"Cuiverts were constructed OF cor
ruEated Iron pipe as follows: At sta
ticns ten, fourteen and twenty. twelve
Inches In diameter and twenty two
foe, in length. at citation seventeen.
twelve Inches in diameter and twenty-
-FOUR feet in length; ut station twenty,
nfteen inches In diameter and twenty
four feet In length; at stations TWEEN
Weight and eighty-two twenty-four
inches In diameter and forty and TWEEN
ty-six feet In length, respectively: and
ut stations forty three and flfty-two,
thirty inches In diameter and twenty
SIN and twenty-four feet in length,
respectively End walls of rough
stone were constructed at all culvcrts.
The equipment consisted OF a ten
ton roller, rock crusher, fivo wheel
scrapers. one turn plow, ono rooter
driii and hand tools Labor cost $3.50
and teams $3.50 per day. The other
principal items of cost were as fol-
lows: Excavation. at S0.36 per cubic
yard. S272695; shaping the subgrade,
at SO.024 per square yard, S2061O:
auarrying and crushing the stone, at
1898 per cubic yard. s3,14247: hauling
me ne ste stone. at soiee per ~cubic yard,
So06.3o; spreading tho stone. at SO.07
per cubic yard, S22s.9o; sprinklng. at
SCOOPS per square yard. S6O.S5; roll
Ing, ut 5000 per square yard, S1S3.7O:
trimming the shoulders, SSl 80; lower
Ing the water pipes and raising the
walks, s4s; culverts. s261.56: super
vision and general expenses, S3S2.20:
making tho total cost Of the road ST.
1888. This is at the rate OF $0.S37 |
pen square yard.
The Wisc-Norfon Pike.
Tho work of matchmaking the WISE |
Norton Road was begun on August /. |
1912, and discontinued on December
10. 1912. after 1880 linear feet or 1910
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