Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30

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tate aid roads, ma that each
county availing itself of state aid !
,e obligated to provide for sys-I
maintenance assisted by
he apportionment of the state
aid fund as above derived.
The maintenance should be
standardized and apportioned
among the counties in accord
ance with the number of miles
of state aid roads of different |
types in each county.
By this provision all state aid
roads would be assured of regu-I
lar maintenance.
MODIFICATION NUMBER TWO.
To give flexibility to the state
aid fund permitting the construc-)
ton of cheaper types of road, isl
insistently demanded by the vot-
ers of this Senatorial district.
l favor the application of the
state aid fund to four different
types of roads, each type, how
ever, being in logical sequence
70 the attainment of the ultimate
ideal in road construction-the
hauling of the maximum load
with the minimum power.
The first step of any road i'm
lprovement is reducing the steep
grades. browning the road to the
center, ditching and culverting.
All road improvement, to
which the state aid is applied,
should have embodied these fund
amental features.
They constitute the only perm
anent part of road construction,
and form the foundation for sub
lsequent economical improvement
| l favor the adoption of the fol-
flowing standard types to which
Estate aid can be applied
| ~ Reducing the grade to moi
greater than 9 per cent, GROWING
ditching and culverting. Approx!
mate cost, $500 per mile.
i ~ Same as number one with zoe
yards of limestone per mile, about
lone inch in size, and covered with fine
dust and with retaining shoulders
Cost approximately 81, 200 per mile.
~ Same as number one with one
Thousand yards of limestone per mile,
about one inch ia size, and covered
with fine dust and with retaining shous.
ders. Cost approximately 81, 500 pei
Imile. F
| AZ Water bound macadam similar
to type now used by State Highway
Commission. Cost as at present.
i The chief damage to roads is
not from travel, but from ero.
lsion by water and winds.
| AS each type improved will be
drained, graded and crowned
washing will be reduced to the
minimum.
/ Roads so improved can be
treated with macadam subse.
lquently and the benefit of the
first treatment would be still
existent.
! Type number one costing $500
could be used with great prac-
ticability on large part of eight
hundred 5000 miles of travelled
roads in Frederick county and
| will permit the Improvement of
roads in the outlying districts,
(which is not possible under the
tpresent law.
| The Board of Supervisors can
decide which type of road to
adopt in a particular locality, and
l predict, given this discretion
larry power, that few Of the high
Ipriced roads will be constructed,
and only where the most concen-
trated traffic conditions exist.
The efficacy of constructing ex-
lcellent roads with rough line
stone has been frequently shown
in the Valley.
All the old turnpikes were
constructed in this manner with
out the expense of rolling and
water binding.
Limestone has natural binding
qualities and will quickly cement,
When pulverized, to solid bed.
The retaining shoulders will
largely prevent the automobiles
scattering the stone from the
surface of the road, and the final
application of limestone dust
adds greatly to the quick solidi-
fication.
MODIFICATION NUMBER THREE.
The advantages of disbursing
the joint fund locally and the
Economies that can be thus eff
fected are apparent.
The state is protected by hav-
ing the power of approval of COM
potency of the local engineer.